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  • HPE 140: Aquatic Fundamentals/ Emergency Water Safety

    2.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    Review of aquatic skills with advanced stroke techniques, safety, and survival techniques. Successful completion of all skills will possibly earn the student American Red Cross (ARC) Level 6 classification in the three areas of Swimming, Diving, and Fitness Swimming. Emphasis is placed on lead-up skills and teaching progressions of aquatic skills. This is not a beginner swimming course.
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  • HPE 186: Motor Development and Motor Learning

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    Understanding how children and adolescents acquire motor skills and become a skillful movers requires an integration of knowledge from the fields of motor development and motor learning. Motor development focuses on the progressive age-related changes in motor behavior attributed to growth, development and maturation. Motor learning focuses on the relatively permanent changes in motor behavior brought about by practice and experience. The focus of motor development and motor learning each provides a unique aspect to understanding the motor behavior of the moving child and adolescent; however it is the relationship between the aspects that provide a rich understanding of how both acquire motor skills. Physical education teachers must be able to use motor development knowledge to design goals appropriate for the developmental stage and perceptual motor abilities of the learner; and use motor learning knowledge to design appropriate movement tasks and practice conditions for the type of skill.
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  • HPE 201: Developmental Gymnastics and Dance

    2.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    The purpose of this two-credit course is to provide health and physical education teacher candidates with the appropriate methods, materials, and skills needed for teaching gymnastics and dance in the K-12 physical education curriculum. Focus will be placed on the development of skills and concepts as they relate to gymnastics and dance.
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  • HPE 202: Invasion Games

    2.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    The course will incorporate three elements throughout the semester: teaching, performance, and analysis. The Tactical Games Approach for all subjects will be utilized along with a clear focus on an Invasion Game concept, will be used to develop a clear and logical teaching approach to various physical education subjects. With this approach the students will learn each sport in its entirety, not just the specific skills used when in possession of the ball or disc. Students will be required to develop fundamental demonstration skills for each sport while simultaneously learning the skill progression for each. After learning each skill, the students will then perform systematic analyses on their classmate's performance on various motor skill elements.
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  • HPE 203: Net and Wall Games

    2.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    The course provides future physical educators with the knowledge and skills necessary to instruct, demonstrate, and assess the lifetime sports of tennis, badminton, volleyball, and pickleball. The Tactical Games Approach for all subjects will be utilized along with a clear focus on the Invasion Games concept and will be used to develop a clear and logical teaching approach to various physical education topics. With this approach students will learn the different sports in their entirety, not just specific skills used when in possession of the ball. Students will be required to develop fundamental demonstration skills for each sport while simultaneously learning the skill progression for each. After learning each skill, the students will then perform systematic analyses on their classmate's performances on various motor skill elements.
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  • HPE 205: Curriculum and Instruction: Inclusion in Health & Physical Education

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    To provide Health and Physical Education majors with the skills, knowledge and attitudes: 1) to provide individuals with disabilities appropriate physical education/activity in inclusive setting, 2) to prepare participants with disabilities for lifetime physical activity and fitness pursuits in the school and community settings, 3) to advocate for appropriate physical activities for individuals with disabilities; 4) to modify the environment for participation of individuals with disabilities to the maximal extent possible in the general physical education class/community based settings; 5) to assess students with disabilities and make recommendations for goals, objectives, specially designed instruction, placement, and modifications to curriculum, equipment, and other support services; 6) to work as a team player on the multidisciplinary team. Prerequisite:    HEA 186, KIN 103, Field Clearnances Corequisite:    HPE 206
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  • HPE 206: Adapted PE & Health for Students with Disabilities

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    Through classroom and hands-on teaching experiences this course will provide health and physical education teacher certification majors with the skills, knowledge and attitudes to meet the needs of students with disabilities in inclusive and segregated health and physical education classes and to meet the NASPE beginning teacher standards and the PA chapter 49.13 special education standards. Prerequisite:    HEA 186, KIN 103, Field Clearnances Corequisite:    HPE 205
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  • HPE 300: Curriculum and Instruction Elementary PE

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    Students in this course will examine the design, implementation and assessment of an elementary physical education program. Prerequisite:    HPE 186, KIN 103
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  • HPE 302: Curriculum and Instruction Mid-Sec PE

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This third course in pedagogy will relate all topics to the middle and secondary physical education setting. Intended to give students a comprehensive overview of topics that relate to the planning, execution and reflection of lessons presented in the physical education setting. Prerequisite:    HPE 186, KIN 103
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  • HPE 304: Secondary School Wellness Education

    6.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    Teacher candidates will learn to positively impact the wellness of K-12 students through the Whole School, Whole Child and Whole Community framework. As part of the course, students will learn to plan and implement effective middle and high school wellness education lessons, follow developmentally appropriate practices, demonstrate best practices, describe an effective secondary wellness program and design a school wellness policy as required by Federal law. The course addresses the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (6) risk behaviors which lead to premature death and disability. Prerequisite:    HPE 186, KIN 103
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