1I I very much enjoyed this PE class. It was nice to be given the opportunity to teach the class an activity. Teaching a tactical perspective was a lot easier, because you thought of a skill that needed to be worked on, and then built up your activities for that. Whereas the first time teaching, you just had to put together a lesson plan to teach kids social and personal responsibility. However, I do think social and personal repsonsibilty is a bit more important, just because it it something everyone needs to work on. Some kids have the tactical problem you are teaching downpat, while others really dont care. But when teaching kids how to be respectful, it is something that we all need to know and work on. These two models can easily, and always should be, intergrated. In any skill you are working on, it is easy to find a game that also requires the students to work together, be respectful, and to just have fun.
If I do end up becoming a PE teacher, which is what I was initially planning on doing, this class will have really helped me that. I learned a that there is a lot more to teaching PE then just telling the kids what their gonna play, and then watching them do it. This class was a lot of fun, besides these blogs, of course. Every lesson was a good time, filled with activities and laughter. I'm really gonna miss it!
