Health, Wellness, And Physical Education

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Current conceptions of elementary school physical education, physical health, mental health and wellness, and safety of the school-aged child are considered. Particular emphasis on ways in which the elementary teacher meets his or her responsibilities for promoting pupil health, and how this is implemented into the curriculum are explored. Typically offered Fall Spring. Course Learning Outcomes 1. Possess a broad and comprehensive understanding of fundamental concepts and process of the health, wellness, and physical education, and demonstrate the ability to provide content-specific instruction in health, wellness, and physical education, including a) basic functions and structures of human body systems and processes of human growth and development including basic principles of human nutrition and common human diseases and illnesses, b) basic motor skills; movement forms and patterns; fitness activities, games, and sports; and adventure and recreational lifetime activities, c) major components of health-related fitness and developmentally appropriate strategies and skills for promoting health and fitness, d) major processes and dimensions of wellness and personal behaviors; practices that have positive effects on lifelong health and wellness; and strategies for making, implementing, and evaluating independent and collaborative health-related decisions, e) the effects of substance abuse; factors contributing to substance abuse; and strategies for resisting pressure to use alcohol, tobacco products, and other drugs, f) Characteristics of interpersonal relationships and strategies for maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships that enhance health and wellness, g) the effects of social and cultural values and belief systems on family and community perspectives related to physical activity and issues related to health and wellness, h) the use of decision-making, goal-setting, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills to promote personal, family, and community health and fitness and to evaluate health and fitness-related information, products, and services, i) the Indiana Academic Standards for Health, Wellness And Physical Education, and the ability to apply and utilize state and national standards and resources in health, wellness, and physical education, j) methods for planning and delivering evidence-based health, wellness, and physical education instruction that fosters students’ understanding and mastery of concepts and skills related to health, wellness, and physical education and the development of critical and creative-thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and performance skills, and k) strategies and skills for effectively assessing students’ understanding and mastery of essential health, wellness, and physical education concepts and skills, using ongoing assessment to monitor progress and inform instruction; and applying Response to Instruction (Rti) procedures. View Class Schedule