Teaching Healthy Lifestyles in Middle School PE: Strategies From an Award-Winning Program

Author:   Crystal Gorwitz
Publisher:   Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN:  

9780736086783


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   14 September 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Format:   Paperback
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Teaching Healthy Lifestyles in Middle School PE: Strategies From an Award-Winning Program


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Reference for middle school and junior high school physical education teachers, directors, and administrators. Supplemental text for methods or curriculum courses.

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Author:   Crystal Gorwitz
Publisher:   Human Kinetics Publishers
Imprint:   Human Kinetics
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780736086783


ISBN 10:   0736086781
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   14 September 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started It’s all about the PATH! Chapter 2 Beyond Dressing Out Use authentic assessment to find out how healthy your students are (or aren’t)! Chapter 3 Unit Plans for a Lifetime Moving beyond sport leads to motivated lifetime movers! Chapter 4 Fitness Warm-Ups Use the five components of fitness to plan fun warm-up activities that build your students’ bodies and minds! Chapter 5 Using Heart Rate Monitors and Pedometers Simple, inexpensive technologies can provide images of a healthy lifestyle! Chapter 6 Staff Wellness Follow the PATHway to a successful wellness program! Chapter 7 After-School and Summer Programs Promoting a healthy lifestyle beyond the classroom!

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Crystal Gorwitz has been teaching physical education since 1992. She is a 2001 Carol M. White PEP grant recipient, the 2003 Wisconsin Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year, the 2003 Midwest Middle School Teacher of the Year, and the 2004 NASPE National Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. She also was selected for the 2011 Champion Award from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. A teacher at Hortonville Middle School in Hortonville, Wisconsin, Gorwitz led her school in receiving NASPE STARS School Awards in 2005 and 2008. This award recognizes schools with physical education programs of excellence. Under her guidance, her school also received a Bronze Award from the Alliance for a Healthy Generation, which recognizes schools that provide a healthy environment for students’ learning. Gorwitz is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) and is president-elect of Wisconsin AHPERD. In her spare time, she enjoys doing yoga, fishing, and kayaking.

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