"It went well. The students seemed to enjoy it."
Very few times do PTs default to some form of learning outcome, objective or indicator. Even though within their lesson plans and taught lessons there is clear alignment between the design and implementation of appropriate learning tasks, assessments and learning objectives. Even when I ask primary students what they learned, there is a clear answer focused around some form of learning objective (e.g. we learned about force today). If primary students can articulate the element of learning, I guess my main question for everyone is1. Why do PTs hang their hat on the concept of enjoyment, although PTs design and implement lessons that can be viewed as developmentally and educationally appropriate?
Just something to ponder:)
I think we as teachers want our students to enjoy what they are doing and this will lead to them learning the focus of the lesson or unit. IMHO
ReplyDeleteI understand your viewpoint, but is there a way that we can get our teachers to (a) focus more on the learning aspect and (b) balance the enjoyment/learning idea. I know that enjoyment is important, but as someone once said to me. If we veer to far towards enjoyment and not on learning, why would we need a certified teacher. All we would need is a certified activity specialist that makes sure that students are safe. It is my hope that some day physical education can be viewed as a profession with an important job to do.
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