PE Connections: Helping Kids Succeed Through Physical Education

PE Connections: Helping Kids Succeed Through Physical Education

by ThomasFleming (Author), Lisa Bunting (Author), PamelaErnest (Author)

Synopsis

This book is aimed at PE teachers, classroom teachers, after-school recreation providers and physical instructors. The book is designed to help young people succeed in a much broader sense than is usually associated with a physical education class. It features 135 enjoyable activities and teaching strategies that go beyond the movement skill, fitness and social competency objectives of a typical PE class. It covers activities grouped by equipment type with fresh, creative ways to use equipment that readers will already have.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: Nov 2006

ISBN 10: 0736059105
ISBN 13: 9780736059107

Author Bio
Thomas Fleming, PhD, works as a consultant. He has taught health education for 13 years and been the director of health and physical education at the Texas Education Agency for 12 years. Lisa Bunting is a physical education teacher at the Gene and Betty Schmalz Elementary School in Katy, Texas. She was named Elementary Physical Educator of the Year for the state of Texas in 1996. Lisa also co-authored the Texas Edition of the Grade 4 Harcourt Health and Fitness Teacher's Guide. Pam Ernest is co-ordinator of Physical Education, Belton Independent School District, Texas. She is also the district champion for the Co-ordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH). Pam was Elementary Physical Educator of the Year for the state of Texas in 1991.