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Adolescent Development in Physical Education

Adolescent Development in Physical Education. KNR 242 . Define a physically educated person?. NASPE Has the skills necessary to perform a variety of physical activities. Is physically fit. Participates regularly in physical activity.

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Adolescent Development in Physical Education

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  1. Adolescent Development in Physical Education KNR 242

  2. Define a physically educated person? NASPE • Has the skills necessary to perform a variety of physical activities. • Is physically fit. • Participates regularly in physical activity. • Knows the implications and benefits of involvement in physical activity. • Values physical activity and its contributions to a healthy lifestyle.

  3. Focus of Physical Education • Focus shift from product to process • Fitness score factors • Fitness testing should be used for educational purposes not grading

  4. Factors that influence youth physical activity • Biological • Psychological • Social and economic

  5. Growth and Development Factors • Growth Spurts: girls at age 9-12, boys at age 11-13 • Height: 98% of adult height achieved by - • girls at age 16, final growth by age 18 • boys at age 18, final growth by age 20-21 • Weight Gain During Teens: girls ~35lbs., boys ~45 lbs. • Overweight vs. Overfat • Muscle Fiber Differentiation

  6. Physical Growth and Development Middle School High School • Rapid swings in metabolism • Increased height and weight • Lack of coordination • Sexual gender characteristics occur • Hormonal changes leading to mood swings • Wide range of physical development • Some may still experience rapid growth spurts • Boys gain more muscle than fat; girls gain more fat than muscle • High potential for increasing muscular strength and endurance • Bones are still growing • Loss of flexibility

  7. Physical Growth and Development • Maturation: • Aerobic Capacity: • Strength:

  8. Intellectual Development Middle School High School • Capable of abstract thought • Beginning to question and understand complex cause and effect relationships • Curious • Unlikely to be interested unless material is personally relevant • Reaching adult cognitive abilities • Increase in ability to use language • Increased memory • Increased interest and capacity to understand abstract thinking and problem solving

  9. Intellectual Development • Physical education vs. Academic achievement?

  10. Social Development High School Middle School • Seeking independence from adults • Can show both maturity and immaturity • Very group oriented • Moody, sensitive • Self-conscious • Views their problems as unique • Interested in opposite gender • Begin to break reliance on peer groups • Explore relationships with opposite gender • Can be expected to display appropriate social behavior

  11. Social Development • Physical Education Dropouts • Reinforcement of early maturing students

  12. Motor Skill Development • Fitts & Posner, 1967 • Cognitive Stage • Motor Stage • Autonomous Stage • Development is content specific

  13. Implications of Student Differences for Teaching • Importance of individualized instruction. • Wide age range within a grade. • Motor ability factors affect success. • Importance of a varied curriculum.

  14. Eliminate embarrassment and failure. • Exercise as punishment • Choosing teams • Elimination games • Fitness testing by putting individuals in the spotlight • Grading policies

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