Our main goal in health and physical education is not to just simply teach children how to play games but to give them as many tools as we can to help them be active well into their life. Lifelong wellness is the main goal of my field. We believe that giving students a well-rounded background in multiple activities helps them to become more comfortable and find their "thing" that that are good at and enjoy. Some students succeed in team sports like basketball, volleyball, and football. Then you have your students who do better when they are competing more so just against themselves in activities like track events. There are also students who just need to see the opportunities to be active in leisure activities like boccie ball, croquet, and even juggling. There is something out there for everyone and our goal as educators in this field is to do everything to help them find it.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
A Deeper Look into Health and Physical Education
There are a lot of assumptions that are made of education majors. On top of that health and physical education majors are grouped into a whole new category of under acknowledgment. Many fields say that it does not take much effort, knowledge, or work to become a teacher. Within our education field even the other specialties feel that it does not take very much brain power to be a physical education and health teacher and that we just wanted to take the easy way out in college. This is where they are wrong. On the physical education side of the two majors we need to know all aspects of the human anatomy, physiology, and correct benchmarks where the students should be at a particular age. As for the health side, it is important for us to understand all sides of recent and ongoing health debates such as; Should you vaccine you children? Should alcoholism be considered a disease? Is it appropriate to teach only abstinence in schools? Introducing topics like these in your classroom is very important and it is crucial that as a teacher you are able to show the students both sides of the debate so they can be better informed and are able to make their decision with all possible pieces of subject at hand.
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I totally agree. I am also Health and Physical Education and I too have noticed the under acknowledgment for our field even though we play a large role in our society encouraging physical activity and staying active.
ReplyDeleteI am also in the education field. I get the "anyone can be a teacher" all the time. This is frustrating, but knowing that I am putting in all this work to make a difference helps.
ReplyDeleteI have so much respect for you and the career path that you have chosen. It is such an important job and people do not have enough appreciation for it. I have several teachers in my family and I know how much time and work goes into it. I definitely admire you for what you are doing.
ReplyDeleteThe physical education field is as important as you describe it. As you mentioned, physical education encourages enjoying yourself through physical activity, which causes increased physical health. Sports utilized in physical education classes can teaches life skills such as patience, determination, and work-ethic. There is no doubt that physical education teachers help students improve their quality of life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. My roommate is going into education and I always feel bad for her when people make it sound like teaching is so easy. I had to go and do a teaching project for nursing school for a day to fourth graders and I learned I could never do it. I have a lot if respect for teachers.
ReplyDeleteIt was really great to hear you explain exactly what a Health and P.E. teacher hopes to give their students. Too frequently I think Health and P.E. gets a bad rep. in the education field, and this was a great way to show that it is a necessary skill to have, especially with obesity on the rise. It's important to give kids the tools to succeed, especially when it comes to physical issues.
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