Foundations in Physical Education, Recreation, & Coaching

Physical Education Content

Module 1 – Role of Physical Education

• Goals for physical education
• Purpose of PE
• Prescribed Learning Outcomes
• Student centred, teacher driven
• School-based
• Community-based

Module 2 – Teaching for learning within physical education

• Teaching
• The art of teaching
• The science of teaching
• Improving teaching
• Developing teaching expertise
• Determining how students learn – checking for understanding/learning

Module 3 – Creating the learning environment

• Planning for
• Relationship building
• Goal setting
• Student inclusion
• Managing the learning environment
• Assessment

Module 4 – Future of physical education

• Factors to consider
• Social trends and issues
• Future scenarios

Recreation Content

Module 1 – Role of recreation

• Goals for recreation
• Canadian context: historical and present day
• British Columbia context: historical and present day
• Outdoors – parks and fields – multipurpose users
• Leisure and lifestyle across the lifespan – multipurpose users

Module 2 – Provision of recreation services

• Leadership within recreation
• Planning and administrative skills
• Scheduling various recreation programs
• Personnel management
• Facility planning and usage
• Facilities management
• Equipment management
• Marketing and promoting recreation programs and services
• Meeting the needs of public, commercial, voluntary, and non-profit users
• Leading within culturally diverse communities

Module 3 – Recreation programming

• Planning to meet community needs
• Youth, adults, and seniors
• Community cultural diversity
• Community sport, games, fitness, health, and leisure
• School-based needs

Module 4 – Future of recreation

• Factors to consider
• Social trends and issues
• Future scenarios

Coaching Content

Module 1 – Making ethical decisions

• Apply a 6-step ethical decision-making process
• Step 1: Establish the facts in a situation
• Step 2: Decide whether the situation involves legal or ethical issues
• Step 3: Identify your options
• Step 4: Evaluate your options
• Step 5: Choose the best option
• Step 6: Implement your decision

Module 2 – Planning a practice

• Create practice plans that answer the following questions:
• What are the logistics of my practice?
• Who are my athletes?
• What are the safety risks, and how should I prepare for them?
• What am I trying to accomplish with my practice?
• How am I going to organize by practice?
• How will I deliver my practice?
• What abilities and skills does my sport require?

Module 3 – Nutrition

• Help athletes maintain good dietary habits
• Provide general information on nutrition
• Eat well before, during, and after activity
• Keep athletes and their parents informed

Module 4 – Teaching and learning

• Differentiate between teaching and learning:
• Define learning and identify different learning styles
• Steps in effective teaching
• Step 1: Organization and Set-up
• Step 2: Explanations and Demonstrations
• Step 3: Observation
• Step 4: Intervention and Feedback
• Step 5: Effects of the Feedback
• Use assessment tools to help coaches create conditions favourable for learning

Module 5 – Design a basic sport program

• Create a sport program based on training and competition requirements:
• Know your athletes and your program
• Analyze your program to plan for the season as it relates to the LTAD
• Set training objectives based on abilities and skills of the sport
• Create practice sessions to meet the training objectives
• Reflect on the program/sport season

Module 6 – Basic mental skills

• Identify and plan for inclusion of different mental skills:
• Attentional control
• Emotional control
• Goal setting

Physical Education, Recreation, and Coaching Interdisciplinary Content

Module 1 – Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L)

• Physical Literacy
• Physical Education
• Recreation
• Coaching

Module 2 – Leadership Roles

• Leadership for cultural sensitivity, diversity, and inclusion
• Physical Education
• Recreation
• Coaching

Module 3 – Planning

• Activity management and pedagogical considerations
• Physical Education
• Recreation
• Coaching

Module 4 – Interview and reporting skills

• Develop and refine skills
• Conducting interviews: oral, written, and physical (i.e., body language) communication skills
• Creating questions
• Presenting/summarizing information
• Creating concept maps
• Attending conferences and clinics to obtain and upgrade professional qualifications