Teaching Resources

Teaching Resources

In this section of my blog, I will be posting different websites, blogs, and tools I will use throughout my education journey! I am hoping to accumulate a variety of sources that I will be able to incorporate into my teaching.

Websites

Journals

Physical Health Education Journal

The Physical Education Journal is comprised of many different articles that expand on all aspects of physical and health education. It is specified towards upcoming techniques and successful practices within the domain of fitness, healthy living, physical activity/education, teaching technics and lesson plans. This journal will help me expand my ways of thinking by looking at ideas and techniques from other educators.

Published quarterly

Individual Subscription: 65$/year

Institution Subscription: 175$/year

https://journal.phecanada.ca/issues/253/volume-84-issue-2/issue-spectrum-inspiration

European Physical Education Review

The European Physical Education Review is an international journal that covers many topics within the field of physical education. Some key point includes sport, leisure issues, and research. Contributions to this journal are made from all over the world, giving readers a broad perspective of physical education in different cultures. I will use this journal to gain a better understanding of physical education, and how it is taught worldwide. 

Published quarterly

Individual Subscription: 115$ (print only)

Institution subscription: 1,125$ (print only)

https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/european-physical-education-review#description

Journal of Teaching in Physical Education

Journal of Teaching Physical Education is a journal that focuses on peer-reviewed research articles about all different levels of physical education. Articles are based on classroom studies, laboratory studies, survey studies, and many different research techniques. This journal will allow me to observe different studies taking place in the field of physical observation, and gain a better understanding of newer physical education practices.

Idividual student subscription: 63$ USD

https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jtpe/jtpe-overview.xml

Books

Physical Education and Health: Global perspectives and best practices

This book provides an analysis of new physical education practices from all over the world. Health and physical education professionals give feedback on upcoming research and review new methods within the field. Practitioners, global scholars, and researchers from over forty countries provide insight into different practices and challenges physical educators are facing. This book will help me understand different educational perspectives in the domain of health and physical education from across the world. I would be able to use this book to gain a more broad perspective of physical education and different methods of teaching from different cultures.

Authors: Ching, Ming Kai ; Edington, Christopher R

Publisher: Urbana, IL Sagamore Publishing

Publication date: 2014

Chin, M. K., & Edginton, C. R. (2014). Physical education and health: global perspectives and  best practice. Urbana, IL: Sagamore Publishing.

https://casls-primo-prod.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01CASLS_REGINA_ALMA2194157640003476&context=L&vid=01CASLS_REGINA&lang=en_US&search_scope=default_scope&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,physical%20education%20and%20health&offset=0

The Future of Health, Wellbeing, and Physical Education: Optimising Children’s Health through Local and Global Community Partnerships

This book focuses on the development of physical education in elementary schools with input from universities, schools, and multiple health and government organizations. Many aspects of the book highlight the importance of community, local and global partnerships to help the growth of physical and health education within primary schools. This resource will expand my knowledge of the importance in regards to community involvement with teaching phys ed. 

Author: Lynch, Timothy

Publisher: Cham: Springer International Publishing

Publication Date: 2016

LYNCH, T. I. M. O. T. H. Y. (2018). Future Of Health, Wellbeing And Physical Education: optimising childrens health through local … and global community partnerships. Place of publication not identified: SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PU.

The Socioecological Educator: A 21st Century Renewal of Physical, Health, Environment and Outdoor Education

This book focuses on teaching the skills and understanding needed to overcome the difficulties within teaching physical education. It focuses on outdoor education, health, physical activity, and connecting with the natural world. Not only does this book include methods of physical education, it helps readers face the social and environmental challenges found in the world of teaching. The outdoor education aspect of this book will be beneficial for me because I am planning on pursuing a minor in outdoor education.

Authors: Wattchow, Brian; Alfrey, Laura; Brown, Trent; Cutter-Mackenzie, Amy; Jeanes , Ruth; O’Connor, Justen

Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

Publication date: 2014

Wattchow, B. (2016). The socioecological educator: a 21st century renewal of physical, health, environment and outdoor education. Dordrecht: Springer.

Audio-Visual Resources

Yoga with Adriene- Instructional Yoga Youtube videos

Title: Yoga with Adriene

These instructional Youtube videos are ten to twenty minutes long and are for many different skill levels. There are multiple videos posted weekly, with lots of information within each video. The instructor has good explanations, and I would be able to use different yoga explanations in my classroom or incorporate different videos into a lesson plan. 

Producer: Adriene Mishler

Production date: August 30th, 2012 – present

yogawithadriene. (n.d.). Yoga With Adriene. Retrieved October 17, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene/videos.

Adapted Physical Activity- Youtube channel

This Youtube channel has videos ranging from three to thirty minutes long with a variety of different physical education-related activities and adapted physical activities. All of the videos on this channel provide exercises for all different types of students and examples of the activities. The activities range from different physical education games and warm-ups to individual workouts for different types of training. This channel posts phys-ed videos weekly and will be a great resource for adapted physical education activities.

Production date: November 28th, 2016 – present

kidweba. (n.d.). Adapted Physical Activity. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/user/kidweba/videos.

https://www.youtube.com/user/kidweba/videos

The PE Specialist- Youtube channel

This Youtube channel is run by an elementary school phys ed teacher, who shares different social activities and instructional lessons that can be used in an elementary school physical education class. There are many videos ranging from two to thirty-five minutes in length that give examples of different station work, technics in teaching body movement, and helpful tips for lesson planning. I would be able to use different activities that are posted on this channel, and see how this teacher explains different concepts to his students, using it as a reference.

Title: The PE Specialist

Producer: Ben Landers

Production date: November 6th 2014 – present

The PE Specialist. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHKzImjJIb-uLIk8e2KxwQ.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzHKzImjJIb-uLIk8e2KxwQ


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