EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Why Is Physical Education Class Only Directed Towards the Small Percentage of Athletes?
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Why Is Physical Education Class Only Directed Towards the Small Percentage of Athletes?

- by Harry Simson

In traditional sports and physical education classes, educators are only teaching how to stay physically active through basic sports, which can be just the thing for the athletes, but why don’t you consider students who do not become professional athletes? The NCAA posted data on the possibility of an increased school athlete playing attending college and ultimately going pro. Comparing men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer, football, and men’s ice hockey, the data shows that the easiest sport to turn pro in is baseball. For baseball, approximately 0.44% or 1 out of every 225 high school graduation participants reach the professional ranks. Since that number is so low, how come physical educators continuing to instruct these sports? There is a small future because of these sports along the obesity academic is increasing at a fast pace.

Elementary physics. ed . should be focused on learning the fundamental fundamentals of every sport to assist the youngsters to develop physically. There are many youth leagues for children to buy and remain active with age. You always see many children involved with sports in youth leagues, nevertheless, the number dwindles immensely as they age. We need to stop teaching traditional sports in secondary education and still provide the students with knowledge of lifetime fitness and health to be healthy. There are minimal numbers of adult leagues for sports, so teaching towards the small percentage of athletes is not going to help you in America using the obesity epidemic. Physical education in secondary …

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Ways To Be a Better Physical Education Teacher
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Ways To Be a Better Physical Education Teacher

- by Harry Simson

There is an issue whenever a great lesson falls apart because of the performance of your teacher. This article is here to deliver tips to help Physical Education teachers enhance their necessary skills. Many skills will probably be covered including, voice, speaking, motivation, and creativity. These four are a few items that teachers may use as a checklist to make a certain performance at their full potential.

Let’s commence with voice. Physical Education is usually taught outside or perhaps in a gymnasium, which suggests an instructor needs the proper voice with this environment. The students won’t hear you should you be too quiet, but you wouldn’t like to scream. Being quiet makes an instructor look weaker and it sends out a look of devoid of the authority. A teacher who screams creates a place not enjoyable for your class. The balance of the two can be a powerful voice. One that is certainly loud enough to find the attention in the class while still inside the proper tone. Being capable of cast your voice-over a distance helps students hear you and also react when they’re inside the middle of a task. If you try this as well as your voice still gets “swallowed up” inside air, then utilize a whistle. Make sure the students know that the whistle ways to stop and listen for instruction before using it. Having the proper voice level is one factor in causing you to a far more effective teacher.

Speaking compliments voice. There are …

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Life After High School
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Life After High School

- by Harry Simson

When we enter our teen years, we often begin to ponder what we will do when we graduate from high school. Unfortunately, many of us lack direction at that time and we might not know what we want to do when the big day approaches. In reality, however, there are very few choices that need to be made and as long as you can make one big decision, that’s generally enough to help get you started in life. You can then begin to shape your life around that decision and even change the way you live your life as it continues.

Direct Entry into The Job Market

One option available to you in many cases is direct entry into the job market. This is beneficial for those who do not have the tendency to attend all types of universities. This is also beneficial for those who want to go through one of the university degree programs but are not assigned to the financial responsibilities that accompany it. It is important for you to consider the options available if you enter the job market before you jump. That is because of the fact that making the right decision will give you the freedom needed to change as you move on. Making the wrong decision can lock you in that decision for life.

Attending the Business Schools

Another option that you might want to consider is attending one of the business schools and programs offered through universities. There will always be demand …

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A Unique Course to Study That You Might Not Have Considered
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A Unique Course to Study That You Might Not Have Considered

- by Harry Simson

If you’re looking for something interesting to study, why not try photography? Whether you’re planning on using it as a basis for a career or you just want to learn a new skill or develop a new hobby, there are many different things you can do with your newfound abilities. Photography can be very lucrative, but it can also be a lot of fun, too. It’s worth exploring because there are so many options for it, and it’s a skill that you can take with you all of your life. Many people really enjoy taking pictures, and when you learn how to take better ones they bring you and your family members even more joy.  

Another course you can take would be film studies. It’s a great opportunity for you to learn something new and different, and to create something artistic and lasting. Some people study film so that they can start making their own, and some people study it so that they can learn more about how their favourite films were made. Whatever your reasons for taking that kind of class, there is a lot that you can learn there and you’ll have a chance to meet some great new people, too.  

Ever wondered what was going on inside someone else’s head? Well, if that’s the kind of thing you’re curious about, why not take psychology? People who study in this field can go on to have really great careers but they can also just enjoy what …

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Does Special Education Correlate With Delinquency?
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Does Special Education Correlate With Delinquency?

- by Harry Simson

I can’t give you data, but I can give you some interpretations. I was special education teacher for over 35 years; I did 5 years of volunteer work (up to 20 hours/week) in the CaliforniYouth Authority and 2 years of part-time teaching in detention center in the 1980s. The reason was that I wanted to know how to prevent my special education students from going to jail. I worked for gang diversion project in East Lduring for year. I studied juvenile delinquency for masters program and sociology in my doctorate. There is lot of information about delinquency/criminality in socioeconomic data: poverty has high population densities, high aggression/physical abuse rates, etc. Sociologists know that “quiet” space is necessary for mental health and does not exist in households of poverty.

You’ll have to be very careful about making assumptions when reading about school statistics, because there are many factors and special conditions that go into those statistics. Drop-out rates may include those who are on the 5+ year plan but do not include those attending alternative schools, etc. Minors may be incarcerated or detention, but after certain number of absence days they are dropped from their home school enrollment. Some students the transfer for enrollment (accountability) purposes. Schools may also include those on minimum day or special arrangements (i.e., 1-2 hrs/day) to avoid drop-out figure (this fact figures into school accountability for current methods of evaluating schools after NCLB). way around laws for attending public schools is to sign up for home …

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