Human Kinetics Inc : 442 books
Urban Physical Education
Instructional Practices and Cultural Activities
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Urban Physical Education targets the teaching circumstances and conditions of urban schools with innovative instructional practices and culturally diverse and contemporary activities. You’ll find games and modified sports from around the world as well as sport and performance activities such as...
Physical Best
Physical Education for Lifelong Fitness and Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
Physical educators play a critical role in shaping the health and fitness of America’s youth—and Physical Best, Fourth Edition, is the resource that will help them achieve success in that role.
Physical Best, developed by experts identified by SHAPE America, has long been the standard in...
by Kathleen M. Ortiz
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Tumbling Basics helps teachers new to tumbling break down each skill into small, easy-to-teach steps. This book focuses on seven tumbling skills that provide the basis for any tumbling program. With Tumbling Basics, you can learn how to safely teach the essential skills needed for tumbling.
Using...
by Bridget A. Duoos, Anne Rykken
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Whether you are new to teaching cross-country skiing or an experienced instructor, Teaching Cross-Country Skiing has everything you need for delivering a fun and successful learning experience for children and young adults. This complete teaching tool offers foundational information, teaching aids,...
by Joy I. Butler
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Games, in the right environment and with the right guidance from teachers, offer students opportunities to grow as independent problem solvers, decision makers, and team players. In addition, students can learn a host of other skills, strategies, and concepts that can transfer not only to other games...
Healthy and Sustainable Fundraising Activities
Mobilizing Your Community Toward Social Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
For most schools and organizations, fundraisers bridge the gap between budgets and the money they need in order to operate. Despite the continued rise in childhood and adult obesity and increased attention to humankind’s ecological impact, many fundraisers still rely on the sale of high-calorie,...
by Charles B. Corbin, Karen E. McConnell, Guy Le Masurier
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
This innovative new textbook, with a full suite of related resources, has been created to support student development and enhancement of healthy behaviors that influence their lifestyle choices and fitness, health, and wellness.
A key feature of this curriculum is the complete integration of...
Physical and Health Education in Canada
Integrated Approaches for Elementary Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2018
Physical and Health Education in Canada: Integrated Approaches for Elementary Teachers is a comprehensive text for Canadian teacher candidates preparing for responsibilities associated with physical and health education teaching in the elementary grades (K through 8). The book also serves as a practical...
by Jo P. Harris, Lorraine Cale
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Promoting Active Lifestyles in Schools is ideal for those who want to promote healthy, active lifestyles in schools—not just during physical education classes, but throughout the school day. This book presents a holistic perspective on physical activity, exposing teachers to a broad spectrum of...
Physical Literacy on the Move
Games for Developing Confidence and Competence in Physical Activity
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Authors have addressed physical literacy in books before—but these books have never comprehensively tied theory to practice. Author Heather Gardner has found a way to help K-12 physical and health education teachers bridge this gap in Physical Literacy on the Move.
The result? Students not...
FitnessGram Administration Manual
The Journey to MyHealthyZone
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
The best just got better.
FitnessGramis the gold standard for assessing the health-related fitness and activity levels of youths. The Cooper Institute has updated the FitnessGram Administration Manual with new material to ensure that FitnessGram is the most comprehensive and informative program...
Effective Physical Education Content and Instruction
An Evidence-Based and Teacher-Tested Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
As a physical educator (or student preparing to become one), you need to know more than the skills, techniques, and tactics of the sports and activities you teach. You need to understand, among other things, how to create task progressions, how to organize and adapt those tasks, and how to detect...
Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education
Meeting Secondary-Level National Standards
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education is a highly practical and useful resource for middle school and high school health educators looking for innovative and tried-and-true ways to implement a skills-based approach to health education.
The text—written by renowned authors Sarah...
The Essentials of Teaching Physical Education
Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
The Essentials of Teaching Physical Education is the definitive guide for future K-12 physical educators, as well as current teachers and administrators, and is an appropriate resource for learning to teach at both the elementary and the secondary levels.
Preparing Future Teachers for Success
The...