My first day of EDU 255: Basic Instincts of Effective P.E came as a total shocker as Dr. Yang immediately told me to teach a 5 minute lesson. Was I prepared? No, Was my activity good?, No as I look back on it do I see the mistakes and know how to correct them? yes. Knowing your weaknesses and working on them is one of the most important life lessons. It applies in P.E too.
When I started off the class I noticed that I didnt even introduce myself, this was very rude on my part. On top of the lack of the formal introduction, the activity was Suicides. The class barely knew me and they hated me already. The directions were very poorly explained, And I didn't even make it clear that the signal to start was go. During the activity I did not provide any sort of feedback. Plus the students were so bored that this P.E class was sounding like a history class.
When I switched the suicides from running to side shuffles, again, I explained the directions very poorly. I also saw that I had my hands in my pocket when I was explaining the activity. During the activity I did not give any feedback again. I also caught myself turning my back to the students (This was a good example of lack of professionalism). The best part of my lesson was probably the cool down after the side shuffles. To put the icing on the cake I said a meaningless, "Good Job" and "Thank You." The class was not very happy, I wasnt very happy this is not the way P.E should be. P.E should be fun, not like bootcamp (If you title your lesson boot camp make it a fun bootcamp). The lesson was an overall flop, but the most important part of the lesson is that I learned from my mistakes. Next time a situation like this happens I hope that teaching effectively is just going to be natural.
Here is the Link to the Verbal Transcription of the Lesson:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgpj7t5x_0ggwbwhdn
When I started off the class I noticed that I didnt even introduce myself, this was very rude on my part. On top of the lack of the formal introduction, the activity was Suicides. The class barely knew me and they hated me already. The directions were very poorly explained, And I didn't even make it clear that the signal to start was go. During the activity I did not provide any sort of feedback. Plus the students were so bored that this P.E class was sounding like a history class.
When I switched the suicides from running to side shuffles, again, I explained the directions very poorly. I also saw that I had my hands in my pocket when I was explaining the activity. During the activity I did not give any feedback again. I also caught myself turning my back to the students (This was a good example of lack of professionalism). The best part of my lesson was probably the cool down after the side shuffles. To put the icing on the cake I said a meaningless, "Good Job" and "Thank You." The class was not very happy, I wasnt very happy this is not the way P.E should be. P.E should be fun, not like bootcamp (If you title your lesson boot camp make it a fun bootcamp). The lesson was an overall flop, but the most important part of the lesson is that I learned from my mistakes. Next time a situation like this happens I hope that teaching effectively is just going to be natural.
Here is the Link to the Verbal Transcription of the Lesson:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgpj7t5x_0ggwbwhdn
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