Sports Education allows students to become more involved with the curriculum of the class. This is done by educating students to be players in the fullest sense, and to help them develop as competent, literate and enthusiastic sports people. This model should not be used in a regular physical education class because its take a lot of devotion and motivation on the students’ part to make this work. Offering a class as an elective that uses this model as the basis for their curriculum would be most beneficial. This way students that want to dedicate themselves to a class like this can do so by choice.
Through participation, students will achieve the twelve objectives laid out by this model.
Develop skills and fitness specific to particular sports. Appreciate and be able to execute strategic play in sports. Participate at a level appropriate to their stage of development. Share in the planning and administration of sport experiences. Provide responsible leadership. Work effectively within a group toward common goals. Appreciate the rituals and conventions that give particular sports their unique meanings. Develop the capacity to make reasoned decisions about sport issues. Develop and apply knowledge about umpiring, referring, and training. Decide voluntarily to become involved in after-school sports.
The Sports Education model isn’t about students playing a game every day it’s much more than that. For students, the benefits of sport education participation include an increased investment in physical education, an increased level of learning in games units, and increased opportunities for potentially marginalized students. This model is broken down into six basic components that include seasons, team affiliation, formal comp...
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Anyone can participate in a sport and be physically active. A student that experiences a sports education while get more of an understanding of the sport then someone who just plays the sport. This is because of the students are doing more than just playing the game. They set up the game; referee the game, and attempt to understand how every position is played. Utilizing core concepts of the interdisciplinary physical education model and the fitness education model one can ensure that they will leave with a well-rounded education.
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