Health, Wellness, and Movement in Elementary Education

Catalog description

This course provides preservice elementary teachers with basic knowledge, skills, and dispositions to introduce principles and methods of health, wellness, and movement to be integrated into curricular activities throughout the core elementary school curriculum. The course also develops candidates’ understanding of principles and methods involved in teaching developmentally appropriate health and physical education for elementary school students. The course is set in the context of persistent health concerns, their connection to elementary student learning with the goal of promoting a value for life-long healthy living.