EDUC 364 - Physical Education Pedagogy for Early and Middle Childhood Education

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This course is designed to prepare multi-age physical education teacher education candidates to teach physical education to children and young adolescents, pre-kindergarten through grade 9. The course prepares candidates to demonstrate with competence, develop appropriate sequences for, and create and use appropriate instructional cues and prompts to teach the critical elements of basic motor skills, rhythms and physical activities; and concepts and strategies related to skillful movement and physical activity. State and national standards are used to frame instruction and assessment. Candidates are also prepared to design varied instruments and procedures for instructional assessment, interpret assessment data and provide assessment results to students, parents and others. Prerequisite(s): 0 credits;