Humanistic and Social Development

The humanistic and social development curriculums are both excellent ways to design a physical education class. The humanistic approach focuses on helping students reach their maximum potential. This approach believes learning is viewed as a personal act to fulfill one’s potential. On the other hand, the social development curriculum is designed for students to interact with peers to develop in a positive way. Social development is the process of change exhibited by individuals resulting from their interaction with other individuals. These two curriculums are often interrelated. For instance, by developing socially, you can positively impact you’re self-esteem. Therefore, by increasing your self-esteem, you can reach your full potential easier.

When taking a closer look at the humanistic teaching approach, you’ll discover five key components. These include choice or control, felt concern, the whole person, self-evaluation, and teaching as a facilitator. To begin, choice or control emphasizes more self-choice on the student. For example, you may let the student choose between different activities to participate in during physical education class. For instance you can have them choose if they want to play basketball or soccer. Next, you need to have felt concern for your students. This means that you focus on the concern’s and interests of the students. If it’s January and you know your students enjoy going outside in the snow, then take your students for an outdoor hike. Having felt concern for your students leads us to the next point, learning about the whole person. In order to focus on the interests of your students, you need to learn about your students. You must know each student by name and take time to get to know them bet...

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...ation lessons on. By combining humanistic teaching theories with social development theories you can create a positive learning environment. Both of these theories can then be applied to the physical education classroom.

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Lynch, April, Barry Elmore, and Tanya Morgan. Choosing Health. Boston: Benjamin Cummings, 2012. Print.

Pangrazi, Robert P., and Paul W. Darst. Dynamic Physical Education for Secondary School Students: Curriculum and Instruction. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997. Print.

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