Teaching Styles in Physical Education

In the world today, having qualified professionals in the physical education field is often overlooked. People do not give enough credit to these professionals when in reality they play one of the most important roles in a child’s life. Everyone who partakes in a physical education class as a student is able to look back at their personal experience, and form a conclusion as to if they thoroughly enjoyed it or not. This may be subconscious or discussed openly, but it does happen at some point or another in one’s lifetime. Proper instruction by the teacher is imperative for the students understanding and development as a human being.

The skills taught early on in one’s life by physical education professionals are skills that go hand in hand with living and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Physical education teachers are now taught to teach the students in specific manners to keep them active whether or not they are blessed with athletic ability. These practices have been implemented with the idea that everybody has to start somewhere in leading a healthy and active lifestyle. Physical education is becoming more and more a means to get kids of all athletic abilities engaged in learning skills that will help them throughout all phases in life. Living a healthy lifestyle is an important practice for everybody to adopt because it has been proven to show improvements in quality of life.

Physical education professionals have concluded that it is necessary to include direct, indirect, and interactive teaching styles within their lesson plans to give all students the experience they deserve. As a child matures and grows the impact their physical education experience has the ability to impact how they live their life during adulthood. W...

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...orcement from their peers, they can then break up into small groups and practice the skills with each other. The interactive method should follow up the direct and indirect methods, because some students may need more time to practice the given skill before jumping into a mini game. In sequence these different styles are proven to be effective and keep students engaged and active throughout the full length of a physical education class.

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