Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children with Curriculum Guide: Lesson Plans for Implementation: International Edition (17e)

Used by over a half-million students, the best-selling Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children offers the next generation of physical education teachers the best guide in step-by-step techniques for teaching physical education. This text covers everything from games and activities suitable for every developmental level to teaching strategies and guidelines for common classroom situations.

Whether instructors are starting a new program, restructuring an established one, or working with a team in an existing system, Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children provides the best combination of theoretical framework and hands-on activities available. The Seventeenth Edition underscores the importance of lesson plans provided in the accompanying Curriculum Guide by calling them out in the text and including them with the main text at no additional charge, offering the best value to students forrunning a successful PE class from Day 1. Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children provides solid suggestions for incorporating physical education elements into classroom spaces, highlights the importance of teaching toward every student, emphasizes the tie between academics and PE, and underscores the importance of lifetime physical activity.

I. Instruction and Program Implementation

Section 1. Understanding the Need for Physical Education  

1. Elementary School Physical Education  

2. Understanding the Growth and Development of Children 

Section 2. The Instructional Process

3. Preparing a Quality Lesson

4. Curriculum Development  

5. Improving Instructional Effectiveness  

6. Management and Discipline  

7. Children with Disabilities

Section 3. Program Implementation

8. Evaluation

9. Legal Liability, Supervision, and Safety 

10. Facilities, Equipment, and Supplies 

11. Integrating Academic Concepts in Physical Education

12. Promoting and Monitoring Physical Activity 

II. Teaching the Objectives of Physical Education

Section 4. Personal Health Skills

12. Promoting and Monitoring Physical Activity 

13. Physical Fitness

14. Active and Healthy Schools 

Section 5. Motor Skills

15. Movement Concepts and Themes

16. Fundamental Motor Skills and Introductory Activities

17. Manipulative Skills

18. Body Management Skills

Section 6. Specialized Motor Skills

19. Rhythmic Movement Skills

20. Gymnastic Skills

21. Cooperative Skills

22. Game Skills

Section 7. Lifetime Activities and Sport Skills

23. Lifetime Activities

24. Basketball

25. Football

26. Hockey

27. Soccer

28. Softball

29. Track, Field, and Cross-Country Running

30. Volleyball

Backmatter: Glossary, General Index, Activities Index, Photo Credits

• New! Four affordable ways for students to have all of the ingredients to prepare a successful lesson and curriculum from Day 1. Students can choose from: text + lesson plans, Books a la carte + lesson plans, a Pearson eText (which includes electronic lesson plans), or the ability to custom publish the text.
  • The Curriculum Guide: Lessons Plans for Implementation is packaged with the main text at no additional charge and is integrated closely into the chapter text through in-text callouts and references to the numbered Lesson Plans.
  • The Books a la carte features the same exact content as Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children in a convenient, three hole punched, loose leaf version. Books a la carte with the Curriculum Guide: Lessons Plans for Implementation also offers a great value for your– this format costs 35% less than a new textbook package.
  • For the first time, we are creating a Pearson eText. Pearson eText gives students access to the text whenever and wherever they can access the Internet. The eText pages look exactly like the printed text, and include powerful interactive and customization functions. This does not include the actual bound book. This will be available for purchase from the Companion Website.
  • For the first time, the text and Curriculum Guide: Lessons Plans for Implementation are available on the Pearson Custom Library, allowing instructors to create the perfect text with lesson plans for their course. Select the chapters you need, in the sequence you want. Delete chapters you don’t use: Your students pay only for the materials you choose. To create the perfect text, visit: http://www.pearsonlearningsolutions.com/custom-library.
• Expanded coverage of disabilities and recommendations for modification and integration for students with disabilities in schools has been included.
• New featured topics covering additional key issues such as the establishment of a chief health and movement promoter (CHAMP) of a school, encouraging physical activity outside school hours, safety tips for recess, and integration of academic concepts without sacrificing PE time, have been added to chapters 1-14.
• A thorough examination and update of activities has been conducted to ensure they are still relevant and usable in the current physical education environment.
• Discussion of the integration of physical activity in the classroom has been expanded and the role of the physical educator in classroom activity is thoroughly examined.
• Classroom management and activity videos have been tied more closely to the text through the inclusion of video icons to indicate the ideal time to watch an available video that reinforces the chapter concepts.

• A realistic approach to teaching physical education in a world of changing school policies helps teachers better cope with challenges.
• Modification of games and lead-up sport activities encourages inclusiveness and eliminates any potential for isolation, thereby promoting cooperative learning and teamwork. It also provides an environment where children of all skill levels can have an equal opportunity to develop individual skills.
• The text contains more activities, games, teaching strategies, and instructional cues than any other book on the market.
• Chapter-opening features are adapted from NASPE guidelines and indicate which components of quality P.E. programs and which content standards are highlighted in each chapter.
• More than 400 detailed photos and illustrations provide clearly referenced skills instruction.
• Tips for students of practical ways to implement chapter ideas are featured throughout.
• Seventeen videos come in full-screen format on one DVD (for viewing in class) with closed captioning and as links from the Lecture Outlines accompanied by discussion questions. These instructional videos are also available directly to students via a password-protected portion of the companion website.
• Management and Implementation Videos
• Management and Discipline Strategies for Physical Educators
• Teaching a Four-part Lesson
• Using Pedometers to Promote Physical Activity and Program Accountability
• Management Strategies for Teaching Classroom Activity Breaks
• Teaching Throwing Skills
• Activities Videos:
• Bubbles
• Dandy Dice
• Duo Balance
• Finger/Hand Wrestling
• Hand Signals
• Hi Low Jackpot
• High Medium Low
• In a Line
• Partner Mix
• Pass the Buck
• Pigs Fly
• Teacher Leader
• Throwing

Robert Pangrazi, Ph.D., taught for 31 years at Arizona State University, Tempe, in the Department of Exercise Science and Physical Education, and is now Professor Emeritus. An AAHPERD Honor Fellow and a Fellow in the Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, he was honored by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) with the Margie Hanson Distinguished Service Award. He is a best-selling author of numerous books and texts over the years, including multiple editions of Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children, and Dynamic Physical Education for Secondary School Children, with Paul W. Darst (Benjamin Cummings). He co-edited Toward a Better Understanding of Physical Fitness and Activity: Selected Topics, for the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, with Chuck Corbin (a McGraw-Hill fitness and wellness author). In addition to numerous other books and texts, he has written many journal articles and scholarly papers for publication. He is the lead author of our new first edition text, Promoting Physical Activity and Health in the Classroom, addressing the growing classroom teacher market.

Aaron Beighle, Ph.D., is an instructor of university-level Physical Education and Physical Activity for Youth courses. In addition to numerous scholarly articles and other academic materials and frequent chapter contributions to a number of widely-used texts, he has co-authored the previous edition of Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children (16/e), Promoting Physical Activity and Health in the Classroom (1/e, 2009, Pearson), Pedometer Power (2e, 2007, Human Kinetics), and Physical Activity for Children: A Statement of Guidelines for Children Ages 5-12 (2/e, 2004, NASPE). His areas of research include physical activity promotion, specifically examining school-based physical activity programs, and the use of pedometers to encourage physical activity for youth. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky, Lexington in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion.