Developmental Physical Education for All Children

Part 1 The learner: an overview of developmental physical education childhood growth and motor development movement skill acquisition physical activity and fitness enhancement cognitive learning affective growth children with disabilities. Part 2 The teacher: effective teaching - skills, responsibilities, choices facilitating learning - positive discipline and classroom management teaching styles - connecting with the learner planning for success - skill themes and lesson planning assessing progress - motor, fitness and physical-activity assessment advocacy - educating, communicating, motivating. Part 3 The developmental programme: the developmental curriculum the physical-education content movement skill development through movement concept learning safety considerations and legal liability. Part 4 The skill themes: fundamental stability skill themes fundamental locomotor and non-locomotor skill themes fundamental manipulative skill themes. Part 5 The content areas: developmental games developmental dance developmental gymnastics. Part 6 The programme strands: developing the active child developing the thinking child developing the feeling child.