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Andrew Schroeder (Acschroeder1)
New member
Username: Acschroeder1
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 12:03 pm: |       |
Coaches tend to focus on sports rather than physical education in the classroom. Should coaches teach physical education? Or Should the professions kept separate? |
Thomas Peppers (Coachpeppers)
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Username: Coachpeppers
Post Number: 11
Registered: 2-2010
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 12:50 pm: | |
Sounds pretty generalized to me. I wouldn't say being a coach should prevent you from teaching. I think what you mean to say is 'should bad PE teachers be eliminated from the profession?' To that, I'd say cheers and heck yes. That's what it all boils down to. Coach or not, the country is riddled with lousy PE teachers who never should have graduated from their program in the first place, let alone get hired. Time to go. there are many good ones out there who can't find a job. |
Dan Kozak (Dkozak)
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Username: Dkozak
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 12:08 pm: | |
I feel if the coach has a background, i.e., degree in physical education they he/she should be able to coach and teach. There is a lot that this person can bring to both professions from an educational standpoint for their students or athletes because of their expertise in both areas. If a person is strictly just a coach then they should just stick to coaching so the PE program doesn't suffer from being a sport based curriculum. |
Gerard O' Callaghan (Ocallaghanger)
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Username: Ocallaghanger
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - 9:48 am: | |
I believe coaches should not be involved in teaching Physical Education. PE focuses on developing each individual students skill level at an appropriate level so that they can apply their learned skills in a game or modified game situation, i.e. every adaption necessary will be made for both the weaker and stronger students to prosper in the Physical education setting. Coaching is goal orientated and usually this goal is "Winning" the thing that can ruin a Physical Education class. To win you need good players not weak students. This results on more time being spent with the stringer students and the weaker students being forgotten about. The final aspect in which I am against coaches teaching in a Physical Education is that they have never received training on how to teach students. The different types of feedback, adapting a task and using motivation tasks to make a situation more exciting and able for all students is not known by coaches. This is one of the many things all Physical Educators will learn about in their training, helping them to provide their students with the necessary skill level and understanding of games. |
