Teaching Methods in School Health Education

Catalog description

This pedagogy course is focused on the Society of Health and Physical Education (SHAPE) National Health Education Standards, Wisconsin Teacher Standards (WTS), and best practices related to methodology and assessment. This course includes a clinical experience organized as a professional development school (PDS) where teacher candidates spend significant time developing lesson plans, teaching, and assessing student learning, as well as interacting with secondary school students and teachers. A professional learning community approach is utilized throughout the course to provide students multiple opportunities to collaborate. A multi-day, consistent schedule to participate in the field experience classroom is established by the course instructor in consultation with the teacher candidate and cooperating teacher. Prerequisite: ESS 330 , ESS 419 ; ESS 420 taken concurrently; admission to physical, adapted, and school health education. Offered Fall, Spring.