Designing the Physical Education Curriculum: Promoting Active Lifestyles - Hardcover

Rink, Judith E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0767410084 ISBN 13: 9780767410083

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2008

Synopsis

Using the national standards as a guide, Designing the Physical Education Curriculum: Promoting Active Lifestyles shows you how to plan and develop effective physical education curricula at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Taking a practical approach, the text balances curriculum theory with strategies for planning and implementation. Designing the Physical Education Curriculum: Promoting Active Lifestyles will help you plan programs that achieve the goal of educating children for physically active lifestyles.

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About the Author

Judith E. Rink is a professor in the Department of Physical Education at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. She has published numerous books, research and articles related to effective teaching of physical education. She has been an editor of both the Journal for Teaching Physical Education and the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Dr. Rink was the chairperson of the committee to develop national content standards for physical education and has been the recipient of the NASPE Hall of Fame Award, the Curriculum and Instruction Academy Honor Award and the American Education Association Special Interest Group Outstanding Scholar Honor Award. She is currently the program director the South Carolina Physical Education Assessment Program and is working with the National Association for Physical Education and Sport to develop performance indicators and assessment materials for the national standards.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767410084
• ISBN 13: 9780767410083
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264