Career Goal:
My career goal is to be the most successful teacher and basketball coach I can be. I want to give students and athletes the knowledge that they can use to be successful, and to have them receive the most out of the experience of physical education and sports in general.
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15 resources:
Buswell,
Deborah J., and Carolyn Cantu. "Adapted PE: A Vital Contribution to Health
and Well-Being." The Exceptional Parent 10th ser. 33 (2003): 58-61.
The two authors provide information on adapted physical education. They discuss the development of adapted physical education and its impact on children who have special needs. This journal shows the differences between general, modified, and adapted physical education programs. It compares physical education in relation to the individual education program. And lastly it gives national standards for teacher qualifications in adapted physical education.
Henderson, Karla A. "Enjoyment as the Link Between Leisure and Physical Activity." Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 7th ser. 74 (2003): 6-15. 02 Mar. 2004
Karla Henderson feels that people must enjoy their physical activity if they are to become more physically active and consequently healthier. That is why it is important that professionals in the fields of health, human movement, and recreation continually seek ways to help people enjoy becoming and remaining physically active. We as Professionals need to combine efforts to help individuals find meaningful physical activity in order to encourage the well being through physical movement.
Lumpkin, Angela, and Keith L. Tennant. "Mentoring New Faculty in Higher Education." Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 8th ser. 74 (2003): 49-53.
The writers identify several characteristics of successful induction processes for new faculty. In this journal they paid particular attention to teaching, research, service, and the institutional expectations linked to each of these areas. They propose that mentors can offer a valuable service by providing guidance, coaching, and wise counsel to help their new colleagues grasp what is expected of them, avoid innocent errors, and succeed.
Websites:
Physical Education Digest. 01 Mar. 2004
<http://www.pedigest.com/>.
This is a good website for anyone
who wants to be a physical education teacher.
This site contains articles that can be helpful to learning more about
the classroom. It also gives current
issues that are going on not only in physical education but education
itself. This website has a feature that
I feel that really will benefit teachers.
It is called What’s New; this shows the issues in education that have
just recently happened throughout the country towards education. This is a very productive site.
Promoting Active & Healthy Lifestyles. Central Washington University. 01 Mar. 2004 <http://www.pelinks4u.org/>.
I feel that this may be the best website that I found. The sections that it has makes it easier to find the information that anyone is looking for. For example they have a subtitle for coaching and sport, Elementary Physical Education, Interdisciplinary physical education, and secondary physical education. By separating the topics as such it makes it easier on the viewer to find what they are looking for.
Smith,
Mitchell. Basketball Coaching Websites Resources. 01 Mar. 2004
<http://www.scoutbb.com/basketball_coaching_websites_b07.php>.
This website is a good source for a coach who is starting the career. This website has good sources from top coaches around the country, whether it be college or pro. It gives advice on what sets to run against all different types of defenses. All long with what defenses work and when you should use them. This website also gives tips on how to motivate you team and how to think positive. Coaching can be a struggle just like teaching and this site gives different situations on problems with players and ways you can work through the problems. Anyone that wants to be a basketball coach should look at this site.
Books:
Shalaway, L. Learning to teach…not just for beginners.
N.p.: Scholastic,
Inc, 1998.
An essential guide for all teachers, "Learning to Teach--Not Just
for Beginners,” offers a wealth of great strategies for all those who desire to
instruct others as a career. This book is an invaluable guide to teaching and
learning. This book is able to bring
theory and practice together into an accessible form in the classroom setting. It is a great book that I feel that every
teacher can get some good ideas from.
Smith, Dean. Basketball Multiple Offense and Defense. San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings, 1999.
This book is about the coaching philosophy of one of the best basketball coaches who ever lived. Any player or coach who wants to improve his or her knowledge of the game can benefit from reading this book. It contains the strategies, and techniques that produced the greatest winning tradition in college basketball in North Carolina. When the material in this book is applied it can produce results and success for coaches and players at all levels.
Wong, H K.,
and R T. Wong. How to be an effective teacher: The first days of. N.p.:
17th Printing edition, 2001.
Harry and Rosemary Wong detail some invaluable techniques for creating lesson plans and reevaluating your teaching technique. They detail how to create classroom procedures, which is helpful for all ages. Some of the techniques they suggest for classroom management (such as ringing a bell, using finger gestures, and hands up to get attention) were too elementary for the high school students. Though they are good ideas it may be harder for a person like myself who wants to teach high school kids. It could really make it hard to get the respect from the students if they feel I am babying them.
Videos:
Sports Science / Agency for Instructional Technology. Dir. Jim Cirigliano. Perf. Jack LaLanne, Kennth Cooper, Lou Ferrigno, James C. Whorton, Joe Weider. Videocassette. New Video Group, 1998.
This movie has 10 different subtitles that it shows in the film. These are The ancient workout--The Puritan workout--The fitness guru--The Lords of Battle Creek--The war workout--The aerobic workout--The circus strongman--Muscle binding--The original Muscle Beach—Steroids. While looking at these subtitles it explores the desire, the drive, and the methods which people have used throughout the centuries to develop strength for athletic bodies. It is mixed with interviews from national personalities such as: Jack LaLanne, Kennth Cooper, Lou Ferrigno, James C. Whorton, Joe Weider, and others
Teaching Children Physical Education: Becoming a Master Teacher. Dir. George Graham. Videocassette. Human Kinetics. 1993.
Describes and illustrates the teaching skills used by successful physical education teachers to develop appropriate and worthwhile physical education activities for children. I felt this movie gives a lot of ideas to the teacher who is just starting.
Winning Sports Nutrition / a Human Kinetics Video. Dir. Linda Houtkooper. Perf. Dr. Linda Houtkooper, Sean Elliott, Lute Olson. Videocassette. Human Kinetics. 1994.
This movie involves leading sports nutritionist Dr. Linda Houtkooper, basketball player Sean Elliott, and basketball coach Lute Olson. The three offer updated practical tips on what to eat and drink for training, for competition, and for peak performance. The video reviews the VIM plan (variety, individualized diet, and moderation), the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, how to count calories and calculate daily intake of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats; how to eat at fast food restaurants and much more
Computer Software:
“Team Scheduler” Updated 3 January 2004. http://www.empiresoftware.org/team scheduler/index.html. Cited 4 March 2004.
"Team Scheduler has been designed to help you create league schedules for an unlimited number of teams very quickly and efficiently. It has a showcase of features such as the power to set team, field, and/or schedule availabilities/game times; advanced time management features to help you lay out the games the way that you want; field, team and schedule availability sharing; automatic schedule generation and rescheduling; project web site creation, publishing, export to HTML (great for schools), and text; standings support with tie-breaker formulas; contact and sponsor management; import teams and fields from other project; availability and conflict checking and resolution even for manually created/modified games; full printing support with print preview facilities; Perfectly suited to team sports such as soccer, baseball, hockey, football, rugby, and so on.
“Teamanizer Software.” http://www.teamanizer.com/basketball2_addin.htm. Cited 4 March 2004
This is great software for any basketball coach. It includes over 300 graphic based drills for in every facet of the game of basketball. It discusses everything you need to know about offense, defense and even agility and fitness. This software is a must need for the coach who is just beginning. When you pick a part that you want to practice it not only gives descriptive definitions of what is going on but also it shows you the way it looks like when it is done completely. This is a great tool for coaching basketball.
Woolfolk, Anita. “Becoming a Professional” [CD-ROM]. Cited 1 March 2004.
This CD came with one of my textbooks that are title Educational psychology. This CD is a great resource for teachers. It asks questions on different situations in classrooms so you can practice figuring out what to do if the situation ever comes up. It also ahs games for you to play such as crosswords puzzles and word finds. Although this was for one of my textbooks I can promise that I will use it again.
Lesson Plan #1:
Name
of Activity: Straights
and Curves
Purpose of Activity: Students will improve aerobic fitness through running and walking.
Suggested Grade Level: 9-12
Materials Needed: Performed on a track or other outdoor or indoor area.
Description of Idea
Once students have completed a proper warm up of movement and stretching, they will be prepared to perform "Straights and Curves". The students will spread out around track before beginning the activity. On a 400-meter track, students will stride the straights and walk the curves. The students will complete four laps at their own pace. The work-active rest (stride-walk) model helps the less fit student to successfully complete the task of four laps.
Lesson Plan #2:
Name of Activity: Pass
Catching
Purpose of Activity: To help students practice catching and throwing skills in a dynamic setting. Students have already learned the basics of catching and throwing.
Activity cues: lead the catcher, quick feet, and eye on ball
Suggested Grade Level: 4-5
Materials Needed: Different size balls, cones for general space boundaries
Description of Idea
Spread many balls of different sizes
around the gym or outdoor area. Each student has a partner, and the object is to
pick up any ball, complete 2 passes with the partner, set the ball down, and
move to another ball. To make this more challenging set a number for them to
try to reach or you could set a time limit.
Variations:
Two teams on either side of the line. On the signal "Go", players pick up balls, complete 2 passes, and roll the ball to the other side. The object is to get rid of the balls on your side.
