Scientific & Theoretical Knowledge
Physical
education teacher candidates know and apply discipline-specific
scientific and theoretical concepts critical to the development of
physically educated individuals.
Element1.3: Describe and apply
motor development theory and principles related to skillful movement, physical
activity, and fitness.
Artifact: Assessment of Run, Gallop, and Hop
Date: Spring 2012
Reflection:
I had
the chance to be a mentor for elementary aged students through CHAMP (Cortland
Home After-school Mentor Program) for Motor Development. The CHAMP program was
offered to students after school and gave them a chance to do homework and participate
in activities. As a mentor I was assigned two students and would guide them
through homework and the activities.
This
artifact meets standard 1 because I was observing and describing the motor
skills of a young boy and girl. This task allowed me to recognize and analyze
their movement patterns. These labs gave me a great opportunity to evaluate and
assess the different abilities and motor skills of elementary age children. In lab
3 I was focusing on evaluating the run, gallop and hop.
As
a future physical educator it is my responsibility to be able to observe and
critique student’s movements. I need to be able to break down skills into parts
and evaluate each part of the skill. Acquiring this ability as a teacher will
allow me to give specific feedback to the students to help them become the most
proficient.
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Element 1.1: Describe and apply physiological and biomechanical
concepts related to skillful movement, physical activity and fitness.
Date: Spring 2013
Reflection:
While partaking in Exercise Physiology I participated in and
observed a VO2 max test. The purpose of testing someone’s VO2 max is to find his
or her maximum volume of oxygen used per minute. The maximum volume represents
a person’s upper limit of aerobic metabolism.
This
artifact meets standard 1 because it required me to explore physiological and
biomechanical concepts that affect people’s fitness capabilities. While this
lab finds a person’s VO2 max, it also can also pinpoint what type of activities
a person may excel at more, aerobic or anaerobic activities. If a person has a
high VO2 max they will more likely perform best at aerobic activities, such as
distance running or cross country skiing. If a person has a low VO2 max they will
more likely perform best at anaerobic activities, such as power lifting or
sprinting.
This
standard is important to my development as a future physical educator and coach
because it gave a tool that can be used to help analyze the fitness level of
older students or athletes. Specific to teaching, this tool could be used with
middle/high school to help show them where their aerobic fitness stands and explore
different ways to improve their fitness level. In regards to coaching, finding
the VO2 max of athletes can help measure how well training is improving the
fitness of the athletes. This is true because the greater VO2 max the high
level of aerobic fitness the individual has.
