Human Kinetics: 443 books
Game Changer
Phil Lawler's Crusade to Help Children by Improving Physical Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2011
Engaging and inspiring, Game Changer: Phil Lawler’s Crusade to Help Children by Improving Physical Education charts Lawler’s tireless mission to refocus physical education to a wellness-based model that encourages fitness for a lifetime. Game Changer captures the passion of this legend in the...
Creative Physical Education
Integrating Curriculum Through Innovative PE Projects
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Creative Physical Education offers a flexible extended learning experience for children and teens that focuses on physical, cognitive, and interpersonal knowledge and skill development. A combination teacher’s guide and student workbook, Creative Physical Education has everything you need, including...
by Barry W. Lavay, Ron French, Hester L. Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
It’s never been more challenging to manage behavior and motivate students in a physical activity setting.
There are more at-risk children and students with disabilities to manage. Physical activity professionals also face the unique challenge of providing instruction to large groups with...
The Healthy Eating and Active Time Club Curriculum
Teaching Children to Live Well
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Early elementary years are perfect for instilling healthy habits in children—and The Healthy Eating and Active Time Club Curriculum: Teaching Children to Live Well offers you the resources and tools you need to instill those healthy habits.
The text helps children understand what a healthy...
PE Metrics
Assessing Student Performance Using the National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
If you are looking for the definitive resource to help you measure your students’ achievement, your search is over.
PE Metrics: Assessing Student Performance Using the National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education, Third Edition, aligns with SHAPE America’s National...
by George Graham, Eloise Elliott, Stephen Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
It’s never been more challenging to teach physical education to children and adolescents. Between managing difficult behavior and adapting lessons for students with diverse needs, teachers have their hands full. Teaching Children and Adolescents Physical Education: Becoming a Master Teacher has...
by Doris L. Watson, Brian Dean Clocksin
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Using Physical Activity and Sport to Teach Personal and Social Responsibility shows you how to implement a character education program in your school or community organization. Authors Watson and Clocksin offer an ideal companion text to Don Hellison's classic Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility...
by Robin S. Vealey, Melissa Ann Chase
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Although the physical and psychological benefits of youth participating in sport are evident, the increasing professionalization and specialization of youth sport, primarily by coaches and parents, are changing the culture of youth sport and causing it to erode the ideal mantra: “It’s all about...
Fitness Education for Children
A Team Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
In the latest edition of his book Fitness Education for Children: A Team Approach, Stephen Virgilio emphasizes the importance of collaboration to combat obesity and promote active lifestyles. Virgilio shows how you can combine the efforts of physical educators, administrators, classroom teachers,...
by Bruce Martin, Mark Wagstaff
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Controversial Issues in Adventure Programming offers an engaging approach to the consideration of enduring, current, and emerging issues in the field. Written primarily for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, the text presents 20 issues in a debate format, challenging students to participate...
Building Character, Community, and a Growth Mindset in Physical Education
Activities That Promote Learning and Emotional and Social Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Building Character, Community, and a Growth Mindset in Physical Education is a highly practical and theoretically sound resource that will help you build a positive learning environment, teach valuable life skills, and inspire in students a desire to live active, healthy lives. It reinforces the many...
Health and Physical Education for Elementary Classroom Teachers
An Integrated Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
In elementary schools across the United States, teachers are often tasked with teaching health education or physical education, although they may not have specialist training. Health and Physical Education for Elementary Classroom Teachers: An Integrated Approach is the perfect resource for these...
Survive and Thrive as a Physical Educator
Strategies for the First Year and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Stay energized and organized throughout your school year! Survive and Thrive as a Physical Educator: Strategies for the First Year and Beyond will help you face the unique challenges of teaching and support your development as a physical educator. Practical and reader friendly, Survive and Thrive...
The Essentials of Teaching Health Education
Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
The Essentials of Teaching Health Education presents a skills-based approach to teaching K-12 health education that prepares students for success in the 21st century. This practical text is endorsed by SHAPE America and written by seasoned and highly credentialed authors with experience in both university...