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A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators
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Applications for Constructivist Teaching in Physical Education

 

Abstract

As obesity rates rise among youth, physical education classrooms have become a resource for teaching children how to make lifelong changes that will lead to improved overall health. In addition, new curricula and government mandates are focusing on health-related fitness content and its application to lifelong fitness. As these components become integrated into physical education classrooms, physical educators need to utilize teaching techniques that are student-centered. Constructivist teaching practices can help students in making personal, life-long connections to health-related fitness content. This article synthesizes research pertaining to past and contemporary physical education practices, with an emphasis on current views of constructivist teaching practices, and presents effective approaches to constructivist teaching in the modern physical education classroom.

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Jennifer V. Butz

Jennifer V. Butz ([email protected]) is a physical education teacher in the Northern Lehigh School District in Slatington, PA, and a doctoral candidate in the Department of Professional Studies in Education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, PA.

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