Classroom Management

Physical Education teachers are required to manage which of the following?

• space, people, time & task

• safety, equipment, tasks & feedback

• analysis, observation & productivity

• student activities & teaching methods

Which of the following is a common safety mistake?

• Listening, interpreting and carrying out instructions

• Enjoying teaching and learning

• Enthusiastic participation

• Trying to perform skills which they are not capable of doing

Safety considerations in the physical education class includes...

• Student responsibility; before, during and after activities

• Is the task being performed as demonstrated?

• Positively reinforcing students who are on task

• present a clear, concise, performance specific statement.

Explain two (2) methods a teacher can use to ensure student safety in the physical education class.

Answer explanation

Anticipate potential safety problems and arrange: people, equipment and space

Task safety:

Landing softly

Observation of surroundings when swinging equipment
Student responsibility; before, during and after activities.
Students understand the task.

Students can sometimes pose a safety hazard because they...

• are performing skills

• are trying to perform skills which they have never performed in class

• are working with each other

• have not been taught to be aware of their surroundings and others

If a teacher observes that students are not carrying out tasks, this may be because students...

• do not feel capable of performing the skill (ashamed)

• need to be corrected

• need to increase the time to accomplish the task

• need to change the activity

When a teacher recognises a student is not carrying out a task because the student has misinterpreted the instruction. The teacher should respond to correct that specific problem by ...

• removing the distraction

• providing a safe environment

• encouraging students to perform the skill

• rephrase and clarify the statements made

When a teacher recognises that all of the students in the class are not carrying out a task. The teacher should...

• correct each student individually

• stop the group and clarify, redesign or restate the task

• remove any distractions

• rephrase and clarify the statements made

Teaching instructions should be...

• clear, concise and performance specific

• detailed, explained and repeated

• general, elaborate and based on performance

• a student activity and teacher explanation

Write five (5) progressive teaching points for throwing to the wicket in cricket.