During the school year, your child will be involved in numerous activities during Physical Education class. As the Physical Education teacher, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and outline my plan for the upcoming year. I am Coach Wolshon and my educational background includes teaching many grade levels and subject areas, where I have been able to gain valuable experience. I graduated from The University of Nevada-Las Vegas with a Bachelors of Science in Physical Education and Oakland University with a Masters in the Art of Reading and Language Arts.
Physical Education plays a unique and significant role in education. It deals holistically with students, which affect their health and promotes physical and mental development. In addition, it is a social agent used to express cultural identity, to express emotions and to initiate youths to the rules and laws that govern societies.
Huron’s Physical Education program addresses and integrates the following elements into all activities:
Cognitive Learning::
· know the rules and techniques of the sports and games
· accept and appreciate sport/game rules and decisions of officials
· understand and apply more advanced movement and game strategies
· apply principles of skill games to new situations
· learn the importance of lead-up games for learning fundamentals
· know the rules and how to officiate a sport/game
· understand and apply democratic principles in selecting players for representative teams
· be able to analyze personal abilities for various sports/games
Affective Learning:
· appreciate good winners and gracious losers
· accept and appreciate sport/game rules and decisions of officials
· enjoy competition without undue worry over the outcome
· appreciate fair play in competition
· appreciate advanced skills in sports and games
· contribute to the benefit of the group in organized activities
Psychomotor Learning:
· develop strength, endurance, accuracy and improved reaction time
· develop fundamental skills and integrate them into game situations
· have well-developed muscular coordination
· have skills in more than one sport or game
The content of our curriculum comprises the actions performed in sports, games and movement activities. It emphasizes knowledge and attitudes as much as motor skills. More specifically, it is the study of different movements performed whether for the purpose of increasing functional capability (health-related fitness) or mastering the challenges of the physical environment (motor skills) or developing the potential for self- expression and communication with others (creative and expresses and social skills). In short, our goal is to cultivate healthy lifestyles in students using activities which are enjoyable and challenging.
To contact Mr. Wolshon: wolshonb@huronacademy.org
