Practical Assessment for Physical Education Teachers.
by Sarah Doolittle
Physical Education Teachers, unlike classroom teachers, generally have not felt obliged to demonstrate student achievement of goals in a formal and systematic way. Instead, we often simply require students to attend classes and demonstrate good behavior. Thus, in order to earn physical education credit for graduation, students are graded on attendance rather than achievement, on participation rather than learning.
Is this what we want to be? Is this cutting edge?
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Your question Sarah, is dead on the money. The title "teacher" assumes that students are learning something - something beyond playing ball or swimming a few laps. Raising the bar a bit more - the 21st century requires students to do far more that the 19the century did. Students must be able to create knowledge instead of simply memorizing it, students must be able to work collaboratively instead of just independently, students must be able to categorize, rearrange, translate, and apply knowledge, students must be able to communicate persuasively through speech, writing, and non-verbals.
So... what 21st century wisdom are students learning in your PE class and what have they created to show it?
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