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Book Synopsis
Developmental Physical Education for All Children, Fifth Edition, will help you deliver developmentally appropriate physical education for kids in pre-K through grade 5. Lessons for all levels are based on the new national standards, and a host of ancillaries supplement the learning.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Learner

Chapter 1. Quality Developmental Physical Education

The Case for Quality Physical Education

Overview of Developmental Physical Education

Big Ideas

Chapter 2. The Healthy Child

Physical Activity

Fitness Education

Nutrition Education

Big Ideas

Chapter 3. The Thinking, Feeling, and Socializing Child

The Thinking Child

The Feeling and Socializing Child

Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility

Big Ideas

Chapter 4. The Moving Child

Motor Development and Motor Learning

The Process of Learning

Perceptual-Motor Development

Phases and Stages of Motor Skill Development

Learning New Movement Skills

Making Connections

Big Ideas

Part II: Movement Content and Learning Environment

Chapter 5. The Movement Framework

Rationale for the Movement Framework

Movement Content

Movement Concepts

Putting it All Together

Big Ideas

Chapter 6. The Environment and the Task

The Environment

The Task

Making Connections

Building Movement Task Progressions

Big Ideas

Chapter 7. Designing Movement Skill Practice

Focusing Practice

Classifying Practice

Feedback

Big Ideas

Part III: Instructional Design

Chapter 8. Standards-Based Physical Education

Development of Standards, Outcomes, and Guidelines

National Standards and Outcomes for Physical Education

Unpacking Standards

Guidelines for Preschool Children

Alignment Charts

Big Ideas

Chapter 9. Assessing Student Learning

Understanding Assessment

What to Assess

How to Assess

When to Assess

Grading

Big Ideas

Chapter 10. Effective Teaching: Designing and Implementing Learning Experiences

Choosing Movement Activities

Choosing Practice Conditions and Feedback

Choosing Instructional Strategies

Reproduction Cluster

Production Cluster

Mobility Ability

Universal Design for Learning

Homework

Big Ideas

Chapter 11. Diverse Learners

Marjorie Ellis

What’s in a Name?

Differentiated Instruction

Impact of Federal Laws on Physical Education for Students With Disability

Categories of Disability, Characteristics, and Needs

Dimensions of Diversity

Big Ideas

Chapter 12. Classroom Management

Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility

Positive Teacher Attributes

The Social Contract

The Physical Environment

Establishing Developmentally Appropriate Protocols

Effective Management Practices

Big Ideas

Part IV: Standards-Based Learning Experiences for Pre-K Through Grade 2

Chapter 13. Designing Learning Experiences for Pre-K Students

Development of Pre-K Learners

Designing Instruction

Assessing Learning

Providing Feedback

Activities to Reinforce Personal and Social Responsibility

Movement Activities

Chapter 14. Designing Learning Experiences for K-2 Students

Standards-Based Learning

Assessing Learning

Designing Instruction

Practice and Feedback

Activities to Reinforce Personal and Social Responsibility

Chapter 15. K-2 Learning Experiences for Locomotor Skills

Traveling

Flight

Chapter 16. K-2 Learning Experiences for Stability Skills

Balance

Rolling

Step-Like Actions

Chapter 17. K-2 Learning Experiences for Manipulative Skills

Throwing

Catching

Rolling

Kicking and Dribblin

Bouncing

Strikes With Body Parts

Striking With Paddles

Striking With Bats and Polo Sticks

Part V: Standards-Based Learning Experiences for Grades 3 Through 5

Chapter 18. Designing Learning Experiences for Grades 3 Through 5

Development of Learners in Grades 3 Through 5

Standards-Based Learning

Assessing Learning

Designing Instruction

Practice and Feedback

Activities to Reinforce Personal and Social Responsibility

Chapter 19. Developmental Games

Developmentally Appropriate Games

Best Practices When Teaching Games

Game Classification

Designing Instruction

Big Ideas

Target Games: Combination Level

Target Games: Application Level

Striking and Fielding Games: Combination Level

Striking and Fielding Games: Application Level

Net and Wall Games: Combination Level

Net and Wall Games: Application Level

Invasion Games: Combination Level

Invasion Games: Application Level

Chapter 20. Developmental Dance

Movement Framework for Developmental Dance

The Role of Dance in Physical Education

Outcomes of Developmental Dance

Rhythmic Fundamentals and the Elements of Rhythm

Dance and the Spectrum of Teaching Styles

Developmental Progression for Teaching Creative Dance

Designing Instruction for Developmental Dance

Big Ideas

Learning Experiences for Developmental Dance: Combination Level

Learning Experiences for Developmental Dance: Application Level

Chapter 21. Developmental Gymnastics

Movement Framework for Developmental Gymnastics

Best Practices When Teaching Gymnastics

Designing Instruction for Developmental Gymnastics

Big Ideas

Combination-Level Task Progressions

Application-Level Task Progressions

Chapter 22. Fitness Education for Grades 3 Through 5

Debra Ballinger

FITT Guidelines

Exercise Principles

Skill-Related Fitness Development

Best Practices for Fitness Education

Fitness Assessment

Fitness Education Programs

Enhancing Physical Activity and Fitness With Technology

Designing Instruction

Big Ideas

Exercise Glossary

Part VI: Professional Development

Chapter 23. Developmental Physical Education Curriculum

Steps in Curriculum Planning

Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program

Big Ideas

Chapter 24. Professionalism, Leadership, and Advocacy

Professional Standards

Big Ideas

Developmental Physical Education for All Children

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      Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/10/2016
      ISBN13: 9781450441575, 978-1450441575
      ISBN10: 1450441572

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Developmental Physical Education for All Children, Fifth Edition, will help you deliver developmentally appropriate physical education for kids in pre-K through grade 5. Lessons for all levels are based on the new national standards, and a host of ancillaries supplement the learning.

      Table of Contents

      Part I: The Learner

      Chapter 1. Quality Developmental Physical Education

      The Case for Quality Physical Education

      Overview of Developmental Physical Education

      Big Ideas

      Chapter 2. The Healthy Child

      Physical Activity

      Fitness Education

      Nutrition Education

      Big Ideas

      Chapter 3. The Thinking, Feeling, and Socializing Child

      The Thinking Child

      The Feeling and Socializing Child

      Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility

      Big Ideas

      Chapter 4. The Moving Child

      Motor Development and Motor Learning

      The Process of Learning

      Perceptual-Motor Development

      Phases and Stages of Motor Skill Development

      Learning New Movement Skills

      Making Connections

      Big Ideas

      Part II: Movement Content and Learning Environment

      Chapter 5. The Movement Framework

      Rationale for the Movement Framework

      Movement Content

      Movement Concepts

      Putting it All Together

      Big Ideas

      Chapter 6. The Environment and the Task

      The Environment

      The Task

      Making Connections

      Building Movement Task Progressions

      Big Ideas

      Chapter 7. Designing Movement Skill Practice

      Focusing Practice

      Classifying Practice

      Feedback

      Big Ideas

      Part III: Instructional Design

      Chapter 8. Standards-Based Physical Education

      Development of Standards, Outcomes, and Guidelines

      National Standards and Outcomes for Physical Education

      Unpacking Standards

      Guidelines for Preschool Children

      Alignment Charts

      Big Ideas

      Chapter 9. Assessing Student Learning

      Understanding Assessment

      What to Assess

      How to Assess

      When to Assess

      Grading

      Big Ideas

      Chapter 10. Effective Teaching: Designing and Implementing Learning Experiences

      Choosing Movement Activities

      Choosing Practice Conditions and Feedback

      Choosing Instructional Strategies

      Reproduction Cluster

      Production Cluster

      Mobility Ability

      Universal Design for Learning

      Homework

      Big Ideas

      Chapter 11. Diverse Learners

      Marjorie Ellis

      What’s in a Name?

      Differentiated Instruction

      Impact of Federal Laws on Physical Education for Students With Disability

      Categories of Disability, Characteristics, and Needs

      Dimensions of Diversity

      Big Ideas

      Chapter 12. Classroom Management

      Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility

      Positive Teacher Attributes

      The Social Contract

      The Physical Environment

      Establishing Developmentally Appropriate Protocols

      Effective Management Practices

      Big Ideas

      Part IV: Standards-Based Learning Experiences for Pre-K Through Grade 2

      Chapter 13. Designing Learning Experiences for Pre-K Students

      Development of Pre-K Learners

      Designing Instruction

      Assessing Learning

      Providing Feedback

      Activities to Reinforce Personal and Social Responsibility

      Movement Activities

      Chapter 14. Designing Learning Experiences for K-2 Students

      Standards-Based Learning

      Assessing Learning

      Designing Instruction

      Practice and Feedback

      Activities to Reinforce Personal and Social Responsibility

      Chapter 15. K-2 Learning Experiences for Locomotor Skills

      Traveling

      Flight

      Chapter 16. K-2 Learning Experiences for Stability Skills

      Balance

      Rolling

      Step-Like Actions

      Chapter 17. K-2 Learning Experiences for Manipulative Skills

      Throwing

      Catching

      Rolling

      Kicking and Dribblin

      Bouncing

      Strikes With Body Parts

      Striking With Paddles

      Striking With Bats and Polo Sticks

      Part V: Standards-Based Learning Experiences for Grades 3 Through 5

      Chapter 18. Designing Learning Experiences for Grades 3 Through 5

      Development of Learners in Grades 3 Through 5

      Standards-Based Learning

      Assessing Learning

      Designing Instruction

      Practice and Feedback

      Activities to Reinforce Personal and Social Responsibility

      Chapter 19. Developmental Games

      Developmentally Appropriate Games

      Best Practices When Teaching Games

      Game Classification

      Designing Instruction

      Big Ideas

      Target Games: Combination Level

      Target Games: Application Level

      Striking and Fielding Games: Combination Level

      Striking and Fielding Games: Application Level

      Net and Wall Games: Combination Level

      Net and Wall Games: Application Level

      Invasion Games: Combination Level

      Invasion Games: Application Level

      Chapter 20. Developmental Dance

      Movement Framework for Developmental Dance

      The Role of Dance in Physical Education

      Outcomes of Developmental Dance

      Rhythmic Fundamentals and the Elements of Rhythm

      Dance and the Spectrum of Teaching Styles

      Developmental Progression for Teaching Creative Dance

      Designing Instruction for Developmental Dance

      Big Ideas

      Learning Experiences for Developmental Dance: Combination Level

      Learning Experiences for Developmental Dance: Application Level

      Chapter 21. Developmental Gymnastics

      Movement Framework for Developmental Gymnastics

      Best Practices When Teaching Gymnastics

      Designing Instruction for Developmental Gymnastics

      Big Ideas

      Combination-Level Task Progressions

      Application-Level Task Progressions

      Chapter 22. Fitness Education for Grades 3 Through 5

      Debra Ballinger

      FITT Guidelines

      Exercise Principles

      Skill-Related Fitness Development

      Best Practices for Fitness Education

      Fitness Assessment

      Fitness Education Programs

      Enhancing Physical Activity and Fitness With Technology

      Designing Instruction

      Big Ideas

      Exercise Glossary

      Part VI: Professional Development

      Chapter 23. Developmental Physical Education Curriculum

      Steps in Curriculum Planning

      Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program

      Big Ideas

      Chapter 24. Professionalism, Leadership, and Advocacy

      Professional Standards

      Big Ideas

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