- Lecture
- Discussion groups
- Practical application
- Field observation and/or video observation
- Self-study via print or online materials
- Reading assignments
- Online discussion groups
Physical Education Content
Module 1 – Role of Physical Education
- Goals for physical education
- Purpose of PE
- Prescribed Learning Outcomes
- Student centred, teacher driven
- School-based
- Community-based
Module 2 – Teaching for learning within physical education
- Teaching
- The art of teaching
- The science of teaching
- Improving teaching
- Developing teaching expertise
- Determining how students learn – checking for understanding/learning
Module 3 – Creating the learning environment
- Planning for
- Relationship building
- Goal setting
- Student inclusion
- Managing the learning environment
- Assessment
Module 4 – Future of physical education
- Factors to consider
- Social trends and issues
- Future scenarios
Recreation Content
Module 1 – Role of recreation
- Goals for recreation
- Canadian context: historical and present day
- British Columbia context: historical and present day
- Outdoors – parks and fields – multipurpose users
- Leisure and lifestyle across the lifespan – multipurpose users
Module 2 – Provision of recreation services
- Leadership within recreation
- Planning and administrative skills
- Scheduling various recreation programs
- Personnel management
- Facility planning and usage
- Facilities management
- Equipment management
- Marketing and promoting recreation programs and services
- Meeting the needs of public, commercial, voluntary, and non-profit users
- Leading within culturally diverse communities
Module 3 – Recreation programming
- Planning to meet community needs
- Youth, adults, and seniors
- Community cultural diversity
- Community sport, games, fitness, health, and leisure
- School-based needs
Module 4 – Future of recreation
- Factors to consider
- Social trends and issues
- Future scenarios
Coaching Content
Module 1 – Making ethical decisions
- Apply a 6-step ethical decision-making process
- Step 1: Establish the facts in a situation
- Step 2: Decide whether the situation involves legal or ethical issues
- Step 3: Identify your options
- Step 4: Evaluate your options
- Step 5: Choose the best option
- Step 6: Implement your decision
Module 2 – Planning a practice
- Create practice plans that answer the following questions:
- What are the logistics of my practice?
- Who are my athletes?
- What are the safety risks, and how should I prepare for them?
- What am I trying to accomplish with my practice?
- How am I going to organize by practice?
- How will I deliver my practice?
- What abilities and skills does my sport require?
Module 3 – Nutrition
- Help athletes maintain good dietary habits
- Provide general information on nutrition
- Eat well before, during, and after activity
- Keep athletes and their parents informed
Module 4 – Teaching and learning
- Differentiate between teaching and learning:
- Define learning and identify different learning styles
- Steps in effective teaching
- Step 1: Organization and Set-up
- Step 2: Explanations and Demonstrations
- Step 3: Observation
- Step 4: Intervention and Feedback
- Step 5: Effects of the Feedback
- Use assessment tools to help coaches create conditions favourable for learning
Module 5 – Design a basic sport program
- Create a sport program based on training and competition requirements:
- Know your athletes and your program
- Analyze your program to plan for the season as it relates to the LTAD
- Set training objectives based on abilities and skills of the sport
- Create practice sessions to meet the training objectives
- Reflect on the program/sport season
Module 6 – Basic mental skills
- Identify and plan for inclusion of different mental skills:
- Attentional control
- Emotional control
- Goal setting
Physical Education, Recreation, and Coaching Interdisciplinary Content
Module 1 – Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L)
- Physical Literacy
- Physical Education
- Recreation
- Coaching
Module 2 – Leadership Roles
- Leadership for cultural sensitivity, diversity, and inclusion
- Physical Education
- Recreation
- Coaching
Module 3 – Planning
- Activity management and pedagogical considerations
- Physical Education
- Recreation
- Coaching
Module 4 – Interview and reporting skills
- Develop and refine skills
- Conducting interviews: oral, written, and physical (i.e., body language) communication skills
- Creating questions
- Presenting/summarizing information
- Creating concept maps
- Attending conferences and clinics to obtain and upgrade professional qualifications
The learner has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Observe and interview service providers (physical education teacher, recreation leader, and/or coach) and reflect on their role in promoting physical literacy and community development.
- Create sport, game, fitness, and health activities (i.e., lesson plans, recreation programs, unit and season plans) to meet the needs of various interest groups (i.e., community, regional, and provincial).
- Critically analyze concepts and issues pertaining to physical education, recreation, and coaching.
- Integrate the concept of physical literacy into the role of physical education, recreation, and coaching.
- Formulate a concept map for achieving either a personal and/or a professional goal related to physical education, recreation, or coaching.
The selection of evaluation tools for this course is based upon adherence to ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½evaluation policy regarding number and weighing of evaluations. For example, a course of three credits or more should have at least three separate evaluations.
A sample assessment for this course:
PE, recreation, and coaching plans | up to 30% |
Quizzes, midterms, and/or exams | up to 30% |
Individual and/or group projects | up to 30% |
Career research plan | up to 30% |
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students
Will be decided by course instructors. Potential resources include:
- Competition – Introduction Parts A & B Coach Workbooks and Reference Materials (Coaching Association of Canada, 2007)
- Course Pack for SPSC 2210
- Graham, G. (2008). Teaching children physical education: Becoming a master teacher (3rd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
- Karlis, G. (2011). Leisure and recreation in Canadian society (2nd ed.). Toronto, ON: Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc.
- Martens, R. (2012). Successful coaching (4th ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.