PHED 190 - Elementary Activities

1 Credits

Emphasis is placed on determining the unique contribution physical education plays in the total education of the child. Particular attention is placed on progression of activities (K-8) designed to improve the child’s perceptual motor, physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development. The course also introduces to the students alternative and indirect teacher-learner approaches which will facilitate individual, master, or basic movement competencies. Potential classroom teachers are also introduced to movement strategies that can facilitate the cognitive learning process.