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Bill Nguyen (Bxn4205)
Junior Member
Username: Bxn4205
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Monday, September 07, 2009 - 7:42 am: |       |
• Some school districts in the Pittsburgh area are now coming up with new ideas to get students to become more active. A high school I know allows their student-athletes the choice of taking Physical Education class. Those who are not athletes at the high school are required to take Physical Education. So, many of those who were not athletes would try to join a sport so that they would not have to take Physical Education during their school day. I think the idea is great in the best interest of their high school athletics but they are screwing over Physical Education teachers. My school district is planning on doing this with our high school kids and the idea might be spreading to your district. What do you have to say about that?
Basically, they are going to use less Physical Education teachers and hire more coaches.
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anna coffman (Akc2007)
Junior Member
Username: Akc2007
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 8:46 am: | |
I think the idea of athletes not participating in PE is completely wrong. PE is not just about sport skills, running around the gym, and using up energy. It is so much more knowledge based and that is the future. Students need to be informed on every aspect of PE including fitness, lifelong activity, and the benefits of it all. If this is going to be the case then why isn't English being eliminated if your student is involved in a Book or Writing Club after school? |
Michael J. Roskamp (Roskampm)
Member
Username: Roskampm
Post Number: 21
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 3:19 pm: | |
I have used this argument, and I believe it makes sense IF you offer a quality physical education curriculum that aligns with NASPE Standards, appropriate practices, etc. Here's the argument: "If you can show me that your varsity sport, marching band, ROTC, or whatever else you would like to substitute for Physical Education, is capable of meeting all the goals and objectives of my physical education curriculum, then I would support that substitution option. Of course, if your ACTUAL Physical Education curriculum fails to meet or address the NASPE Standards or does not have clearly defines objectives that are addressed in day-to-day classes, you might not have a very good argument. |
Thomas Butts (Tom_b)
Junior Member
Username: Tom_b
Post Number: 6
Registered: 8-2012
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 11:29 am: | |
It looks like we are going to be dealing with this at our school over the next year or two. Our argument has been two fold. 1) How do you justify the student-athlete that does not play very much in games or avoids practice time getting credit for PE. Also, what about students that participate in sports like bowling where they will never attain a target heart rate? And 2)How will the school handle re-scheduling students to PE classes that are cut from a team or decide to quit part of the way through the season. |
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