Found in the journal of Teaching in Physical Education, new research

found in 2017 has formed discussion on revisiting the National Physical

Education Standards: what do we really know about our achievement of the

physically educated/literate person? The purpose of this article is to look at

the national standards for physical education and assess the five major focus

areas. Ultimately looking more in depth at each specific outcome statement,

looking at the research that has already been published and research

questions to be asked about the statement. The audience is directed toward

physical education teachers and allows us to back up our reasoning for what

we want to be accomplished in the classroom.

The national standards for physical education gives a guideline of what

should be accomplished in a physical education class and how to measure

that. There are five major focus areas that I will focus on and refer back to,

so that my students will become physically educated. 1. A physically

educated person has learned skills needed to perform a variety of physical

activities. 2. Knows the Implications of and the benefits of involvement in

various types of physical activity. 3.Participates regularly in physical activity.

4. Is physically fit. 5. Values physical activity and its contributions to a

healthful lifestyle.

Reading this article has helped me to categorize my goals and for each of my

lesson plans I ask myself does this help my students become more physically

educated in these ways. It is hard to want to fit so much into a lesson but if I

have an end goal insight it helps me to narrow and focus on the parts of my
basketball unit that will benefit the student and might not make them the

best basketball player but help them to value physical activity and want to

engage in it.

Hastie, P. A. (2017). Revisiting the National Physical Education Content Standards: What Do We Really Know About Our
Achievement of the Physically Educated/Literate Person? Journal of Teaching In Physical Education, 3-19. Retrieved from
Hekman Library .

George Graham the co founder of PEentral.org, a resource used a lot

by physical educators to get new ideas on games and lesson plans wrote an

article found on education world.com that argues for more teaching in

physical education. After being in physical education for 45 years and seeing

teachers that have zero structure, to teachers that dont let students have

any fun, concluded there needs to be a balance. He is specifically targeting

physical education teachers to help them strategies ways to be more

effective in a P.E. classroom. He defines a successful teacher as someone

who helps kids to be physically active for a lifetime.

He gives three criteria for us educators to help us reach our goal of

helping students be physically active for life. The first one is to be more

intentional about describing and demonstrating intended goals for students

not just making them do something without a purpose. Following that,

providing feedback instead of just saying the score. This will help them to

enhance their skill or technique and not get discouraged if they just lost a

game, or getting too over confident if they always win. Lastly, having

students describe and demonstrate what they learned after themselves

helps them to retain what they learned and give the teacher a better idea of

where the students are at and how the teacher is teaching. Knowing the

importance of having clear objectives and standards for each lesson plan is a

strategy that I will use in my basketball unit will help me be a better teacher.

Gorman, N. (2015, October 6). Expert argues for more teaching in physical education . In Education World. Retrieved April 2,
2017, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_news/expert-argues-more-teaching-physical-education-2045418982