C4T for November

I was assigned to read Mel Hamada's blog for my C4T for November. She is a Physical Education teacher and currently teaches at Yokohama International School in Yokohama, Japan. 

PE SPECIALIST TEACHERS, PE MINUTES AND MORE

Summary:

Mel Hamada explains why having a PE specialist in schools is beneficial.  She uses research from Dick Telford who studied over 800 students. They were tested at age 7 and were re-tested for the next four  years. In 13 of the study schools, the team employed PE teachers to teach two 50-minute classes to the students.  The other 16 schools had PE taught to the students by their classroom teachers. Telford’s research has proved that ”there’s a clear relationship, the fittest schools are the ones which got the best results.

My Comment:

Hello,
My name is Raven Williams and I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I plan on being a physical education teacher and I thought this post was very interesting. Especially the part about Telford’s research. I definitely agree that all schools should have a full time specialist PE teacher.

Concept Based Learning - Invasion Games

Summary:

Mrs. Hamada shares her thoughts about the changes in physical education classes. She uses a method called invasion games.

My Comment:

Hello,

My name is Raven Williams and I am a student at the University of South Alabama. I completely agree that PE is changing. I think it is important that teachers see this and embrace it.