(ELED 343) PE and Health Methods
This course is designed to prepare elementary teachers to understand and apply different methods of teaching physical education, health, and rhythmic movement/dance to children in their classrooms related to Hawai'i State Curriculum Standards. In this interdisciplinary course, a variety of skills and fundamentals applicable to all elementary school levels will be covered.
| Credit hours | 2.0 lecture |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite | EDU 212 |
| Offered | Fall, winter, spring |
| Programs | Elementary Education (BS), Education Minor |
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrates the ability to apply national and state standards of health and physical education in an elementary setting.
- Use effective and appropriate methods in teaching health and physical education in an elementary setting.
- Demonstrate the ability to create meaningful and age-appropriate lessons in health and physical education.
- Apply effective management strategies in health and physical education.
- Create performance tasks to assess student performance in health and physical education.
- Implement games and activities, manage the use of equipment and props, maintaining the level of excitement.
- Implement dance and music into physical education lessons, using technology to enhance physical education lessons.
- Advocate for health and physical education, doing more with less.