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Standards are measurable so that both teachers and students know when progress has been made.

These standards are defined by various competencies that children are expected to accomplish. A quality program is driven by a set of content standards.

Quality physical education programs are organized around content standards that offer direction and continuity to instruction and evaluation.Figure 1.1 summarizes the eight essential components of a quality physical education program. Each component is described briefly here, whereas in-depth coverage is provided in the chapters referenced under each point.

This is a complex and difficult task that physical educators must implement for the benefit of youth.īased on this large body of evidence from many areas, quality physical education programs must address several essential components that interlock to form a program that will be valued by parents, teachers, and students. Again, a strength of physical education is that it applies the evidence from a variety of areas to provide evidence-based practice. All these disciplines, and others, are interwoven to provide students with a quality physical education experience designed to teach students skills, provide them knowledge, and develop positive attitudes toward all physical activity. The information and curriculum provided in this book are deeply grounded in research from exercise physiology, psychology, motor control, and pedagogy and teaching. One of the unique characteristics of physical education is that it is informed by many other disciplines. To do this, programs must be guided by current research, thinking, and philosophy. Physical education teachers must make sure that students receive a quality physical education experience that results in student learning. This is an excerpt from Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children-19th Edition by Robert P.