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Barker, D. M.; Aggerholm, K.; Standal, O.; Larsson, H. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2018
Background: Physical educators currently have a number of pedagogical (or curricular) models at their disposal. While existing models have been well-received in educational contexts, these models seek to extend students' capacities within a limited number of "human activities" (Arendt, 1958). The activity of "human practising,"…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Movement Education, Models, Teaching Methods
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Munjee, Tara – Journal of Dance Education, 2012
Contact improvisation can serve as a way to access new understandings of Bartenieff Fundamentals. Inherent elements of contact improvisation such as thinking and feeling bodily in the moment, sensitivity to activated weight along with weight sharing and bearing, flow, whole-body organization, and immediacy of embodied presence provide fertile…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Investigations, Models, Movement Education
Tate, Marcia L. – Corwin, 2012
Best-selling author Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark "dendrite-growing" teaching strategies to this practitioner-friendly collection of brain-compatible methods for engaging K-12 students in social studies. Included are 20 proven strategies and more than 200 grade-leveled activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Learner Engagement, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning
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Gartrell, Dan; Sonsteng, Kathleen – Young Children, 2008
Healthy child development relies on physical activity. New curriculum models are effectively integrating physical activity in education programs. The authors describe three such models: S.M.A.R.T. (Stimulating Maturity through Accelerated Readiness Training); Kids in Action, incorporating cardiovascular endurance, muscle strength and endurance,…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Obesity, Body Composition, Physical Activities
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Jewett, Ann E. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1987
An overview is presented of the Purpose Process Curriculum Framework (PPCF), designed initially as a conceptual framework for physical education curricular decision making. Information is provided on the development, evaluation, and professional context of the PPCF. (CB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Kohler, Alfred D. – 1973
This manual is intended for use by adopters or adapters of a media-oriented arts and humanities program designed to train teachers in the techniques of humanizing the general curriculum. The first chapter presents an overview of the program and outlines the theoretical model upon which it is based. The second chapter relates the theory to actual…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Audiovisual Instruction, Creative Dramatics, Creativity
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Potgieter, Christo; Bredenkamp, Esther – Childhood Education, 2002
Presents general background information on migration in South Africa and its effect on education. Described a cross-cultural communication program that addresses creatively the outcomes of migration, including its theoretical model, an application, program operation for learners and educators, and challenges. Reviews lessons learned by migrant…
Descriptors: Community Support, Cultural Context, Extracurricular Activities, Foreign Countries