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Tamara Strawn (Tstrawn)
Junior Member
Username: Tstrawn
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2011
| | Posted on Saturday, February 12, 2011 - 7:46 am: |       |
What does everyone think about the Physical Education Teacher being physically fit and physically active? I believe it is a must! How are you going to teach lifetime skills/sports and not be a part of them yourself? |
Gavin Keith (Gkeith)
Junior Member
Username: Gkeith
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 8:15 pm: | |
I agree Tamara! As a physical educator you should be a shining example to your students of physical fitness. You don't have to be a gymnast or a body builder, but you should represent fitness as a whole. An educator who looks like they need to go on a diet (except for medical reasons) just looks lazy and does not motivate students to achieve their own personal fitness. |
Denise Nero (Fitnessandkids)
Junior Member
Username: Fitnessandkids
Post Number: 2
Registered: 3-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 8:21 am: | |
Of course they need to be physically fit and active. You are their role model and you need to fit the part. |
Kristy Schelb (Kms6222)
New member
Username: Kms6222
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2011
| | Posted on Monday, April 04, 2011 - 7:55 pm: | |
As a physical educator the teacher needs to demonstrate each activity (moving through the movements/critical elements) as well as move (during the class) with the students. If the teacher isn't in shape and not moving how are the students going to have any motivation on wanting to participate. And if the teacher/professor is trying to promote good health and not following through with their words the students will think that's okay and then the students will follow in their teachers footsteps. So, the teacher should always be moving and always be involved. I feel that they don't have to be physically muscular visually, however, they should be able to keep up with the students (physically active). |
steve acree (Stephenpe)
Senior Member
Username: Stephenpe
Post Number: 142
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - 5:32 am: | |
I do the stair master 30 minutes a day.
100 sit ups and exercise with my classes.
But keep up with them? Not anymore.
Re-post this when you are 56 and have taught PE for 33 years. Btw I can teach circles around
a 25 year old marathoner.
just saying ;)
(Message edited by stephenpe on April 05, 2011) |
Lindsay Ritchey (Lnr1959)
Junior Member
Username: Lnr1959
Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 04, 2011 - 6:33 pm: | |
I agree with you Tamara! A physical educator should be able to keep up with his or her own students. It doesn't matter if the educator excels at a given activity, but he or she should be able to demonstrate it and not be out of breath afterwards. I know that as a student I was never motivated to do activities that my teachers couldn't even do. If the teacher doesn't care enough to be physically fit, then the students won't care. We as educators/ future educators need to live a healthy, physically active life style so that we can inspire our students to live in the same way. |
Lynzee Panchik (Lpanchik21)
Junior Member
Username: Lpanchik21
Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 10:59 am: | |
I believe that a PE teacher should be physically fit and active. Students in today's society base most of their opinions on actions and looks rather than words the PE teacher is teaching. A PE teacher shuld practice what he/she preaches. |
Zack faith (Z28faith)
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Username: Z28faith
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2011
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 1:43 pm: | |
I agree with you Tamara. Physical education teachers should act the part that they teach. What better way could there be for a physical education teacher to lead their students than to be physically fit and have a healthy lifestyle. This would be the perfect instance of leading by example. |
Paula Summit (Summit5)
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Username: Summit5
Post Number: 180
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 - 1:11 pm: | |
Being physically fit and active are a plus, but as one ages, it gets harder and harder to maintain what you had when in college. I had a successful gymnastics coach who never participated in gymnastics on a competitive level, but was competent and was able to coach and inspire gymnasts to perform. She was a world class softball player.
I am short, but was/am the poster child/adult for making the attempt at activities that being short a huge challenge. I hope I passed that concept of TRYING to do things outside of one's comfort level to my students. I tried to teach my students that you can't be the best at everything, but making the attempt sometimes ends in success, but you'll never know unless you make the attempt. This works in all phases of life, not just in PE class.
There is NO WAY I could keep up with my students, but they learned to appreciate my attempt. I was no kind of athlete growing up, so I approach physical education from a different point of view. I taught PE as an approach to life. Hopefully their learning how to approach tasks that seemed out of their reach, has helped them in their college/adult lives. My basketball skills earned me a D at Springfield College, the home of basketball. It didn't stop me from teaching basketball skills to my students. When I tried to scrimmage with my soccer team, they were always careful not to knock me over...I basically got in the way. My soccer teams were always at the top of the league. Was it because I was a specimen of a top notch soccer player in great shape...nope. It was my ability to inspire kids with athletic ability to perform and think on the fly. Same for my track and field teams and gymnastics teams. Don't think for a minute that I demonstrated the skills they were doing.
I wasn't a bump on the log either. I moved around and encouraged those whose skills are lacking to make them more comfortable with their attempt to try something that made no sense to them or their body. Should we all live healthy physically active lives...you betcha, but we don't always look it. We come in all shapes and sizes...and abilities. |
