KNS 264 Teaching Fitness Education
This course will learn how to incorporate health-related physical fitness and lifetime activity into physical education programs. The course will involve an in-depth look at strategies, research, and activities of the Physical Best program and FITNESSGRAM.
Offered
Spring, even years
Student Learning Outcomes
- Components of health-related fitness for school-age children, including cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, endurance and flexibility, body composition, and power (SHAPE 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b).
- Basic training principles of physical conditioning and the implementation of developmentally appropriate training protocols in K-12 physical education settings (SHAPE 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2a, 2b).
- The development of alternative curriculum and instructional strategies for the promotion of school-age children's physical activity and health-related fitness (SHAPE 3a, 3b, 3d, 3f).
- Assessment issues and techniques typically associated with school-age children's physical activity and health-related fitness programming in schools (SHAPE 5a, 5b, 5c).
- Concept of personal fitness by demonstrating age and gender-appropriate Healthy Fitness Zone values as identified on the FITNESSGRAM (SHAPE 2a, 2b).
- Ability to use FITNESSGRAM tests, software and reports to develop an individual fitness program (SHAPE 2b).