Bloomsbury Academic Mastering Primary Physical Education (Mastering Primary Teaching)

Mastering Primary Physical Education introduces the primary physical education curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make physical education irresistible. Topics covered include: - Current developments in physical education - Physical education as an irresistible activity - Physical education as a practical activity - Skills to develop in physical education - Promoting curiosity - Assessing children in physical education - Practical issues This guide includes examples of children's work, case studies, readings to reflect upon and reflective questions that all help to exemplify what is considered to be best and most innovative practice. The book draws on the experience of four leading professionals in primary physical education, Kristy Howells, Alison Carney, Neil Castle and Rich Little, to provide the essential guide to teaching physical education for all trainee primary teachers. Review This easy-to-read book provides support and guidance for those wishing to develop their own competence in the delivery of physical education. Photographs of skills and activities, alongside 'pause for thought' moments, allow the reader to reflect on their own teaching to enhance the learning opportunities of all pupils. Covering both the early years and primary phases of education, the reader is encouraged to develop their understanding of the progress pupils make over time and the specific characteristics of performance they can expect to see. - -- Julia C. Lawrence, Head of Teacher Education Subject Group, School of Education and Social Sciences, University of Hull, UK About the Author Kristy Howells is Director of Physical Education within the Faculty of Education in the School of Childhood and Education Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. Alison Carney is Senior Lecturer in Physical Education in the School of Childhood and Education Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK, delivering a variety of Physical Education programmes. Neil Castle is Senior Lecturer in Physical Education in the School of Childhood and Education Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK, delivering a variety of Physical Education programmes. Rich Little is Senior Lecturer in Physical Education in the School of Childhood and Education Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK, delivering a variety of Physical Education programmes.