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Steve Jefferies (Admin)
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Post Number: 28
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 2:01 pm: |       |
What is the age you begin to teach kids sportsmanship? Why at this age, and what are your methods? Will practicing good sportsmanship be part of the grade? This is information we would like to share, so please add to this thread.
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Diane Kay Walker (Jalopydi)
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Username: Jalopydi
Post Number: 6
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 25, 2005 - 5:03 pm: | |
Dear Mr. Jefferies,
I begin teaching good sportsmanship to students in kindergarten. I teach 5 year olds good sportsmanship because they need to learn how to get along with others just as much as the older children. And now days recreation programs have them playing soccer and T-ball on teams against one another so they need to learn how to lose and win gracefully.
The first day of the school year I go over the rules with each class. I only have 5 rules and one of them is to be a good sport and play by the rules. I further explain that if someone is cheating or breaking the rules of a game he is acting like a bad sport. Also if someone gets upset because his team lost he is acting like a bad sport. And finally, if someone who wins brags about it or taunts to the other team he is acting like a bad sport. To be a good sport one must follow all rules, play fair and after the game whether they win or lose to shake the hand of someone on the other team and say, "good game."
The school system I teach in only requires me to give an 'S' grade for satisfactory, and 'N' for needs improvement and a 'U' for unsatisfactory. These grades are based on behavior in elementary PE rather than skill development.
Since good sportsmanship does have to do with a childs behavior, then acting like a poor sport often in my class could determine me giving the child an 'N' or a 'U' rather than an 'S'. I suppose the grading is different for different school systems, but this is how I have to do mine. I try to emphasize learning the gross motor skills and enjoying the activity more than winning or losing in my classes, therefore, poor sportsmanship behavior is usually not a problem. By the way, I teach at a K-5th grade elementary school.
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Gerry Cernicky (Pingeyez2)
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Post Number: 2
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2005 - 8:54 am: | |
Just this month in the PE LINKS 4 U website , I posted a sportsmanship article for the monthly issue. It can be found at http://www.pelinks4u.org for the March magazine.
It is interesting that in todays papers , the college basketball coach from Temple suspended himself for telling one of his players to get even with the rough play. The result ended up with the other player sustaining a broken arm. Of course the coach apologized , tried to make restitution and pleaded forgiveness to the parents , whose son is out for the rest of the year.
When should sportsmanship be taught= well, as early as the child is ready to formulate and mature enough to understand right from wrong. That may come in the form of preschool and later in the primary gardes using Hellison's Model of social resposnsiblity.I have used this model to help with school responsiblity and each class is watched for a class of the month certificate which is given to them if they earn enough "credit" acccording to the model. For example Model ONE is repect for self and others , follows directions , exemplary care of equipment, stays on task without prompt and helps others. Model FIVE is doesn't follow directions , not on task , etc. which is the direct opposite of Model One. The other models follow with needs help, needs prompted, at times , etc.
After class , I give "credit" to those who have exemplified social responsibility and sportsmanship . There is no specific grade other than "O" "S" and "N" but as an incentive the class that displays the most #1 Models at the end of the year receives "extra points" along with grading skill / rubrics to get them to the "O" category.
During any activity , I have taught the students to officiate their own games/activities and if an arguement occurs , the offending team(s)/groups are penalized a score , a point or any scoring mode that activity uses.
The best idea will be to lessen the importance of competition at any early age so they come to realize that winning is secondary , which in turn, helps with the sportsmanship issue. |
Valerie Gray (Hoopster55)
Junior Member
Username: Hoopster55
Post Number: 4
Registered: 1-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 2:29 pm: | |
I think that it is important to start teaching good sportsmanship as early as possible. Kindergarten if you teach PE for kindergarteners, if not then first grade. You could show them first by your own actions, then once the students start to validate others you acknowledge their good sportsmanship. I would also maybe spend a little bit of time talking to them about the fact that winning is not important in your class, having fun and doing your best is the most important thing. This will drive home the sportsmanship dilemma a little more. |
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