Creative Physical Education offers a flexible extended
learning experience for 7- to 14- year olds that focuses on
physical, cognitive, and interpersonal knowledge and skill
development. A combination teacher’s guide and student workbook, Creative
Physical Education has everything you need, including a CD-ROM
of printable and adaptable class materials.
Creative Physical Education presents a project framework that
you can adapt to fit the needs of your class. Great for physical
education teachers looking for a fresh approach, Creative
Physical Education also makes an excellent structured project
for classroom teachers working with physical education.
Creative Physical Education begins with a teacher’s guide
that details the underlying pedagogical models behind the project.
Rather than focusing on one approach, Creative Physical
Education integrates a number of pedagogical models and
describes how these can be combined to form a creative PE project.
This all-in-one resource includes a student workbook with all the
worksheets needed for each part of the project. The project
worksheets are included on the accompanying CD-ROM and can be
modified as needed and printed for use. In addition, homework items
offer ways to reinforce concepts learned in class.
Creative Physical Education progresses students through team
building, game creation, organizing a season, and practicing skill
development. In the first part of the project, you’ll help students
discover the essentials of working in teams, the benefits of a team
approach, and characteristics of successful teams.
The developing teams will then create their own games. Creative
Physical Education provides you with all the necessary tools
and ideas for this task. Through this section, the student teams
discuss the ingredients of a game, plan their own team game, and
teach it to other teams. The students are also involved in
evaluating and reflecting on the games of others. After this, you’ll
help students use their games to create one game for the whole
class, which they play over the course of a larger-scale sporting
season. Through regular participation, students improve their
knowledge and skills and learn the strategies of their game. This
section of the project also helps students experience a range of
roles, always as a member of a team.
In the final section you’ll help students improve their tactics and
skills through practice. By critically assessing the teamwork,
skill, strategy, and fitness requirements of their particular game,
students learn how to improve their individual and team performance.
Activities in this final part also allow students to celebrate their
success and reflect on their project.
This student-directed creative PE project offers students a new way
to enjoy and learn from sport while also offering the possibility of
integrating other curriculum areas with physical education. With
step-by-step guidance and a full set of class materials, you’ll have
everything you need to implement a fun, creative learning experience
for your class. Find new ways to move, create, and collaborate with
Creative Physical Education.
Audiences
Resource for middle primary and middle secondary physical education teachers as well as general teachers responsible for PE and preservice PE teachers. Text for introductory courses for elementary and middle school physical education teachers.
About the Authors
John Quay, PhD, is a lecturer in the graduate school of education at the University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), where he works with preservice teachers in primary and secondary teacher education.
Quay has many years of experience working in outdoor education and as a teacher and coordinator of physical education and sport at the middle school and junior high levels. As a researcher, he has published more than 15 scholarly articles on physical education, experiential education, outdoor and environmental education, and educational philosophy.
Quay is a member of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) and has served as a member of the ACHPER Victorian Board. He is also a member of the Australian College of Education (MACE), Australian Council for Educational Leaders (MACEL), the Philosophy of Education Society of Australia (PESA), and the Victorian Outdoor Education Association (VOEA).
In 1999, Quay received the Victorian Inspirational Environmental Education Teacher Award from Ford One Planet Environment Awards In his free time, Quay enjoys bushwalking, skiing, running, and cycling.
Jacqui Peters, ME, is a lecturer in the department of health and physical education at Deakin University in Burwood, Victoria, Australia, where she has worked primarily with preservice elementary classroom teachers since 2002.
Peters taught K-12 physical education for 15 years before teaching at the university level. Her work as a practitioner and her current research keep her in contact with the state of physical education in the schools and, in particular, issues facing classroom teachers responsible for physical education instruction.
Peters has published three journal articles pertaining to Creative Physical Education and has presented the project at numerous conferences. Peters is also a frequent presenter of practical and theoretical sessions at Australian Council for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (ACHPER) state conferences and in schools as a consultant for health and physical education. She is a member of ACHPER and also a member and the convener of the Health and Physical Education Tertiary Alliance-Victoria (HPETA-V). An active supporter of community sport, Peters volunteers as both a youth coach and committee member.
Currently a PhD candidate in physical education at Deakin University, Peters holds a graduate diploma in business (sport management) in addition to a master’s degree in education. Peters and her family live in Box Hill South, Victoria, Australia. In her free time she enjoys walking, practicing yoga, and reading.
