| Easy-to-read and very practical in approach, this text provides prospective middle and secondary school physical education teachers with the skills and knowledge to develop, implement, teach and maintain a concepts-based fitness course within their physical education course. It doesn't just tell teachers what to teach, but also how to teach it, while altering the students' behavior to include activities for a lifetime of fitness. |
Foreword, Robert P. Pangrazi.
I.UNDERSTANDING FITNESS EDUCATION.
1.Fitness Education: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?
2.Developing a Concepts-Based Fitness Course.
II.TEACHING COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF FITNESS EDUCATION.
3.Teaching and Testing Concepts in a Classroom Setting.
4.Introduction to Fitness, Safety, and Consumer Awareness.
5.Cardiovascular Endurance.
6.Muscular Strength and Endurance.
7.Flexibility.
8.Body Composition and Weight Control.
9.Nutrition.
10.Stress Management.
III.TEACHING PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF FITNESS EDUCATION.
11.Teaching and Testing in an Activity Setting.
12.Choreographed Aerobic Exercise.
13.Walking, Jogging, and Running.
14.Strength Training.
IV.PROMOTING FITNESS EDUCATION.
15.Public Relations and Advocacy for Fitness and Physical Education.
Glossary.
References.
Index.
