Monday, January 14th, 2013

THEORETICAL CLASS

Today, we started with the Lesson 5 Games & Sports.

In this link you can see the presentation: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9A1lFjdd7btS0dwZWFfQ2FhZlk/edit

First of all, we were talking about the differences between games and sports which are the rules and they have an institution behind. 

The most important thing when you play is a purpose which is to enjoy the game. A game is also a free activity because children can be creative. Nevertheless, Sport is something related with adult life, I mean, a sport has more detailed rules than a game. But also a play has restrictions such as time and place. 

It is important to clarify that in English the word game can be a sport. So to play is the word to refer to a game in Spanish.

Later, we were talking about the Educative Values of sport if it has which are different for an individual sport and a team sport. So, for example, a value is team work, cooperation, effort, get the best of one self, willpower, how to win, how to lose, self-achievement, among others. 

Nevertheless, sport is not good always because it promotes competitions, winners and losers...

Secondly, we saw a video about the training of children in Shangai. You can see the video in this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuxAMVUIoj4

I think that this methodology is cruel and terrible. Trainers make a lot of pressure to children and sometimes children cry because they feel ache in their bodies. I know that to be a Olimpic person you have to train a lot but with different methods. For example a method which motived you to train and to achive the result. Instead of methods which you suffer.

In the video parents are who choose that their children have to be Elite persons but sometimes what parents choose and not what children like. So parents have to choose taking into account the opinion of their children. My opinion is that sports are wonderful for children but with the correct ways to teach it.

Finally, we started to see the presentation about Games & Sports. 

There are a traditional classification of Games & Sports which are Individual, Dual (Tennis, Badminton, table tennis...) and Team games (Football, Rugby...). 

Moreover, there are a classification taking into account the appoach which are Invasion (Basketball, Handball, Football, Hockey...) they are more common in Spain, Net/ Wall (Badminton, Tennis, Voleyball...) they are more common in Spain, Striking and Fielding games (Baseball, Criket, Softball...)they are more common in EEUU, Target Games (Golf, Criquet, Bowling...) they are more common in EEUU.

Moreover, there are a classification taking into account the rules which are Low organization games and High organitation games (Sport).

There are different kind of use the teaching of a sport. You can use a game to teach another knowledge. So games can be a content of teaching or you can use it to reach another content. 

When you are teaching a sport it is better to play first and later the teacher have to introduce little by little some rules. In order to adapt what they know to new things. 

In order to select games and sports you have to take into account some things:

-Enjoyment & Success.

-Maximum participation.

-Similarity of strategies. Because there are sports with the same rules but you have to adapt them to the new sport. 

-Physical and emotional safety. 

-Learning.

Finally, a teacher shoul let children to modified the game or the sport, to be creative. Also the teacher has to vary the games, to demostrate the gameand to explain it. 

I think that this Lesson is very useful to learn because I think that in Primary Education the base is to play games and sports. But before this presentation I have never considered the classification of games, the different approaches to teach them and the criteria to select them. Nevertheless, now I know what steps I have to follow in order to choose the best games and sport taking into account the age, the purpose, the learning, and the educative values. 

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

PRACTICAL CLASS
Today we continued with the Interdisciplinary Activities.

-Miriam, Chusa & Elisa: 

I like very much this activity because it is a good conexion between PE and Geography about Spain. It is a perfect game for children in order to learn the autonomous communities and the provinces.

In this game each of us are a community or a province. We have to do different physical exercise and also we have to memorize who community or province are the rest of the class. Later the teacher ask a question such as: What is the capital of Spain?. And people have to catch the person who is Madrid. So this game promote memorization. 

I would not change nothing about this game. I think that is perfect in order to learn two subject at the same time. 

-Anna & Azahara:

I think that this Activity is a good connexion between Science and PE because it is based on evolution and we have to do exercise in the activity. First you are an ameba and you have to do the movement that the amoeba does, later you are a crap with his movement, later a frog with his movement and later a human with his movement. This game promotes  imagination because children have to do the movement of each step of evolution and later the teacher say them the correct movement in order to improve the physical activity. Moreover, this game promotes cooperation in order to evolve. 

I think that is an excellent game because at the end children can see that always there are all the steps of the evolution. 

-Almudena Bellot & Pablo:

In mi opinion this game is difficult to understand, I mean, when we played I did not know how I had to do. I have not seen the physical activity because we had to imitate an animal and later we had to write the name in a paper and runned to correct it. The group who finished first was the winner. So it promotes competitions between groups. I think that children can not learn anything from this game, which I think that is one of the purpose of this activity. 

This game is a way to measure the knowledge. I think that this activity needs to improve in the objectives of the activity and in the final goal.

-Gemma & Almudena López: 

In this game the teacher assigned a number to each child and they have to separate in two groups taking into account if you are a even or odd number. Later by gestures the memembers of the group have to put from low to high age. I think that this game is perfect for the firsts days of the school because ir improves cooperation between children. And they can meet each other. Nevertheless, this game is not appropriate for a PE class because it does not promote physical exercise. My suggestion for this game would be to add some physical exercise. 

-Anna & Belén:

In this game we have to make couples and the teachers assigned us an animal and we have to imitate it. The other person of the couple has to guess what animal you are. The game consists on the number of animals that you guess.

I do not really see the conexion between physical education and another subject. Also I do not see the physical activity in this game. So my suggestion would be to add physical exercise and something to be teach. For example to imitate mammal, reptiles, ocean animal etc. And children are going to learn the different kind of animals. 

Monday, December 17th, 2012

THEORETICAL CLASS.

We started with the Lesson 4: "Fundamental motor skills".

The most important thing in this lesson is to identify the differences between skill and ability.

Also the differences between specialized motor skill and fundamental motor skill. And the patterns of movements. 

First of all, we have to know the definition of skill which is the learned ability. It means accuracy and precision. The skill has some components such as fluent, aesthetic, follows a technical model, goal directed and efficient.

Moreover, we have to know the definition of ability which is innate, stable and enduring. It is the support of skills but with limits on the degree of skill. 

Also, we have to know the definition of fundamental motor skill which is a series of basic movements that involve some of movement patterns. It is common to everyone. For example, the pattern of throwing. 

Also, we have to know the definition of specialized motor skill which is a fundamental movement skill or combination of fundamental movement skills. It is related to a sport. For example, Baseball, tennis.

There are three types of movement skills:

• Stability. (Balancing, body rolling...)
• Locomotor. (Walking, running...)
• Manipulative. It can be Gross motor manipulation and Fine motor manipulation.  (Throwing, catching...)

In this link you can see the Lesson 4.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9A1lFjdd7btWGpuWWtXNkpXcTg

OPINION.

I think that this Lesson is very important for future teachers because we have to know concepts such as skill and ability and they differences. Moreover, teachers have to conduct well activities in order to student´s acquire and understand the differences and the movement patterns. So, for this reason students have to practice very much the patterns. 

Finally, the other day we had to write another word related to the Glossary. My word was Interdiscipliary teaching.

• Translation: Enseñanza Interdisciplinaria.

• Definition: It is a method used to teach two or more concepts from different areas to help students see the interrelatedness of knowledge.

• Practical application: Teaching social sciences related to things such as Egypt and through physical education teach students with movements. So, students will memorize the steps and they will relate what has been learned about Egypt.      

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

PRACTICAL CLASS.

First of all, we started doing different exercise with the "Indiaca" in order to warm up.

• We had to throw the indiaca as far as possible and running to collect it. (Some repetitions).

• We had to throw the Indiaca but taking in to account the patter of motor movement when you throw someting. This patter consist on do a step with the opposite leg to the arm which you are going to throw the ball. And you have to rotate the truck in order to do more energy. 

• We had to throw the Indiaca as high as possible mainteining the posture.

• We had to throw the Indiaca and tried to catch it before the Indiaca touch the floor. 

• We did groups of two and we had to pass the indiaca among us and we had to throw the indiaca with the opposite arm and the opposite leg because the pattern changed.

• Finally, we hd to try to score on the basket but mainteining the posture. 

Later, we started with the Interdisciplinary Activity. 

So, Raquel and me started with our Activity. My Activity was thinking for three subjects: Music, Social science and PE.

First of all, We explained that the music is divided into 8 times and we marked them with the music.
Then, Raquel explained something related to Egypt, which is the most important content. And I did a step relevant with the explanation. So, my class mates had to repeat with me the steps in order to memorize them.
For example, Egipstians did pyramids. So, the step was to walking hunched doing two steps and streched the body doing two steps. In order to do like a pyramid in a "V".

Finally, we put together the steps and we did the choreography which was fantastic!!

In this link you can see the development of the activity:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9A1lFjdd7btQWR3anZFNmQ3QjQ

Here you can see the music which we used.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXUpYYYs5jM

This activity was funny but very difficult in order to conduct it. Because there were people who did not do well the step or people who did not understand. But I think that it is a very good experience in order to know how much it is difficult to do a class. 

Moreover, I have learned very much from my errors. Because it is better to give a name to each step to memorize well. Also, It is better to teach a step and seeing the step with the music. 

OPINION.

Related to the exercises with the Indiaca. I think that are great because there are useful to practice the patter of throwing something. It is a funny game because you are using a different material. For teachers this activity is fantastic in order to create a class in order to improve the patter. And I realize that students have to practice many times. 

Related to the Interdisciplinary Activity. I really like very much to teach a choreography. Now, I know better how to do it. And the teacher has to know very well the steps and the way of teaching them to the students because it is very difficult.

After doing the interdisciplinary activity I think that this kind of activity is very good for teachers and for students. Students can learn different concepts in the same exercise. And the teacher can teach different knowledge in the same activity. 

Monday, December 10th, 2012

THEORETICAL CLASS. 

First of all, we corrected some things related to the interdisciplinary activities. For example, my groups have some corrections like the content because we tought that the content in the objectives and not the content is what you are going to teach. In my activity the content is Egypt. 

Moreover, the teacher assigned us a word related to the Lesson 2. Because among us we have to create a glossary about the lessons which we see. 

Furthermore, we were talking about the different motor patters. And we saw them through videos. These videos were about hop, throw and run. 

I think that if children didn´t learn these patterns they will have problems in sports. 

In the videos we had to answer some questions such as:

-Is the swing leg active?.

-Does it move rotary movement?

-Are there a step?

-Is the step bilateral or homolateral?

We saw children and teenagers. They were boys and girls.

For example, we saw a teenager who was hopping and we saw the movements of the arms, the legs and the back. We compared the movement of a child and a teenager.

Also, we say a teenager throwing a ball and he did a step in a opposite movement. So, the support leg was the opposite to the hand. This step used to maintain the equilibrium. 

Then, we did examples with some of us and we discovered that in order to create more energy you have to rotate the truck. So, you have to do a step with the same leg that the hand behind the body. 

A child throw a ball with a balance but not with rotation because he had not mature in the truck. 

Another child throw a ball doing a step but without rotation and he put the hand behind the head. 

Moreover, we saw the movements when someone runs. Run means that there is a little moment when the leg do not touch the floor. When this correct patter is acquire the swing leg flexes at least 90 degrees and the hand move in opposition to the legs. 

So, I think that the teacher has to do different activities in order to develop well the proper patterns in children:

-Arms.

-Legs.

-Truck

For that reason, children have to practice a lot. 

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

PRACTICAL CLASS

In order to warm up, we did a game call "Follow the leader".

This game consist on make groups of four or five people. Each group have to form a line and the person who is the first has to do an exercise and the rest of the people have to do the same exercise. Later, they have to change the leader when the leader do two exercise. Moreover, we did the same but with two stretching exercise.

We continued with the Tag Game.
-Dani: In this game there is one person who has to catch the rest of the people. However, the rest have to run following the lines which are painting on the floor. And when someone is catching he or she has to sit down over the lines. And if someone run in the direction where is a person sit on the floor, the person who is running can´t croos to the other side. Only the person who catch can croos to the other side. 

Later, we did a works hop: "Understanding motor skills".                            
First, we were talking about the characteristics of the pattern of hop:
-The leg which is the support has to use the ball of the foot.
-The two arms have to move in the opposite direction.
-The swing leg has to be active.
-The swing leg has to go behind the support leg.

Besides, we saw some explamples with our classmates.

Then, we had to put in groups of three people and we had to go out in order to do observations to the way of the people hop. We had to do the sample to 10 persons. But we had to have in main some conditions like use a proper space, students had to run as fast as possible and the observers had to asses the motor action in a lateral plane ir order to see better the movement.
And after that we had to make notes in our table of results. In the table of result appeared the number of students, the type of observation and the sex.
The observations were:

1. Is the swing leg active?
2. Does the swing leg swing behind the support leg?
3.  Does the swing leg steer the locomotor movement?
4. Does the weight shift onto the ball of the support foot before extension at take off?
5. Is the arm action opposing (moving in opposite direction) at the same time?
6. Do both arms move in opposition to the legs or just one?

Later, after did the sample we had to make conclusions:

-University students do not have coordination.

-University students do not have a development of motor skills.

-There were only one person who did well the exercise.

-Most of boys do not move the ball of the support leg.

-Most of the people move only one arm or do not move the arms.

-The swing leg is activie in all the samples,

Finally, we were talking about our conclusions and the evolution of this motor skills:

1. Develop the use of the swing leg.
2. Develop the use of one arm.
3. Develop the use of two arms moving on the opposite direction.

This link is the Activity. 

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9A1lFjdd7btOEVHUGl2ZWtNUGs

OPINION.

Related to the Dani´s game: I think that is not what the teacher said in the conditions of the Tag Game. Because most of the people are sitting all the time in the floor. This game does not promote exercise. There is only one person who is moving all the time. Also there are people who are eliminated. And the purpose of the Tag Game is to promote exercise and not eliminate people.

Related to the Work hop. "Understanding motor skill". I think that it s good activity in order to realize that the relation to hop and the movements of the body which are involved. I think that this activity is funy because we has to interact with other people. I understand that there a pattern of hopping but there are a people who have it and people who do not have it. 

 

Monday, December 3th, 2012

THEORETICAL CLASS

In this class we continued with the analisis of the content blocks. In my group we had to talk about the block 1 wich is The body: image and perception.

In this block there are some objectives which have inside of them the contents which the teacher can teach them to the students. 

For example: In the First Cycle.

-Affirmation of laterality. The content is laterality.

-Notion associated with spatial and temporal relationship. The content is spatial and temporal relationships.

-Experience of different body postures. The content is body postures.

In the Second Cycle.

-Adjustment of posture to expressive and motor needs. The content is posture.

-Space-time oganization. The content is organization.

In the Third Cycle.

-Awareness and control of the body at rest and in motion. The content is control of the body.

-Static and dynamic balance in complex situations. The content is dynamic balance.

In this link you can see the curriculum.
 https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9A1lFjdd7btOG5mUXJOYUJfUmc

Moreover, all the groups explained their block and their contents.

OPINION.

I think that this activity is very useful as future teachers because I have learn the differences between General objectives which are implicit during the course and the Learning objectives which are implicit during the Units. The learning objectives are more specific for each cycle. Moreover, I learn that the purpose is related with the learning objectives. For example, the purpose is the instruction of a game.

Besides, in this lesson we can learn how to find a content in the block of the curriculum

I think that is necesary to know the curriculum and to understand it because the teacher has to follow the objectives, methodology etc of the curriculum in order to manage a class.