KINS 378 - Teaching Middle School Physical Education

4 credits.
This is the third course in the pedagogy sequence and is designed to explore the teaching-learning process and develop teaching skills specifically for the middle school grades (grades 5-8). This course focuses specifically on the planning and implementation of a developmentally appropriate physical education program for the middle schools (grades 5-8). Learning experiences are provided to address issues such as diversity, characteristics of children in the middle school years, curriculum development aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning, behavior management, teaching techniques and assessment of learning. Teacher candidates have an extensive field teaching experience at the middle school level.

Prerequisite(s): KINS 377 and Admission to the Teacher Preparation Program.
Corequisite(s): KINS 350.