Character Education through Team Activities

1. “Sports participation surpasses reading, discussing, and role playing environments because it’s ‘experienced,’ and sport provides spontaneity – situations are unplanned, unforeseen, and unique. Responses are based on application of concepts, and accountability becomes real, mirroring the agency in real life.” -Tod and Hodge

2. Character Education through Team Activities Andrea (On-dree-uh) Leduc Spring 2011

3. Human Knot • Stand in a circle shoulder to shoulder • Cross your arms out in front of you • Hold 2 other hands • Not 2 from the same person • Not the people next to you • Without releasing hands, untangle yourselves until all arms are uncrossed

4. Leadership Communication Teamwork Honesty Breaking Barriers Human Knot (Pretzel)

5. Character Building – Social Skills:making a connection • Building one’s character isn’t only for the benefit of the individual, but for the individual to bring forth their good for the whole community, and this is where social skills play a role • Character and social skills are not dependent on each other but they compliment each other • Ex: communication, honesty

6. The Unit 7 days of basketball, 5 of which began with team building activities Philosophy Create 1st list 2nd list Reflection

7. Team Building Activities Group Juggle

8. Team Building Activities 2 TRUTHS – 1 LIE HELIUM STICK

9. Team Building Activities HUMAN KNOT

10. Team Building Activities TRUST WALK

11. The Skills: Dribbling +CARDIO KNOCK-OUT

12. The Skills: Passing 3-MAN / 5 MAN WEAVE A FLAT BASKETBALL?!

13. The Skills: Defense 1 V 1 3 V 3

14. The Skills: Shooting AROUND THE WORLD 2-BOUNCE

15. American Heart Association SHOWCASE 80+ KIDS

16. Hoops for Heart JUDGES DUNK CONTEST

17. Reflections Sportsmanship, effort, respect, teamwork, encouraging others, responsibility, reliability, trust Wasn’t about basketball Finding the value in athletics

18. All of these aid us in performing the tasks that we find most simple in our daily lives • Walking, running, tying our shoes, bringing food to our mouth, sitting up, avoiding running into objects or tripping, copying words from the board, wearing clothes that will keep us warm/not overheat us, handshake • Directional Awareness is a basic component of learning how to read Motor Development/Perception 7 components- Hand-eye coordination General coordination Laterality Balance Tactile touch Body Image Language

19. Harter and Pike subdivided perceived competence into • Cognitive • Social • Physical (movement) • General Self-Worth • Our global self-concept is based on competence in areas that have personal meaning • The North American society places high value on movement competence • When we aren’t as successful with something we tend to stop doing it Self-Concept/ Recreational Activity Small studies have been done on athletes attitudes about themselves – They have higher perceived movement competence but the study rejects the notion that playing sports gives one a better global self-concept

20. Research! • Axiology – philosophical study of value • 3 dimensions: Intrinsic (individual uniqueness) Extrinsic ( comparison good/better/best) Systemic (fairness) • “If a person can achieve greater value in one dimension and maintain balance, then the value gained may transfer to the other dimensions. • “…possibilities exist for developing character through steady improvement in all 3 value dimensions and by maintaining balance, individuals and society can gain greater richness”

21. Great Debate *54 percent of male football players, 49 percent of male basketball players, and 18 percent of females in all sports approve of trash-talking. *34 percent of all the boys and 12 percent of all the girls approve of a coach trying to pump up the team by swearing at officials to get himself or herself thrown out of a game. *Two-fifths of the boys and one-fourth of the girls see nothing wrong with using a stolen playbook sent by an anonymous supporter before a big game. *30 percent of all boys and 20 percent of girl softball players think it's okay for a softball pitcher to deliberately throw at a batter who homered the last time up.

22. Don’t Assume Character is Being Built Traditionally assumed that playing competitive sports would naturally build one’s character This assumption is where everything goes awry - it leaves out the important component to the building of character: freedom of choice Sports offer athletes and teams the opportunity to build their character through the choices they make A conscious, determined, intentional effort and focus to shape one’s character through participation in competitive sports is something everyone works toward making happen.

23. Make a Difference Place A High Emphasis on Character Place High Expectations For Behavior Set A Good Example Make Good Sportsmanship A ‘Must’ Hold Kids Accountable View Sports With A Holistic Approach If “winning” and “character” are ever at odds with each other, character must come out on top

24. Sources • http://www.goodcharacter.com/Sports.html : Character and Sports with Dr. Mike • http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone/201006/how-can-character-be-built-through-sports : Ethics for Everyone • http://www.weplay.com/sports-parents/performance/101-Building-Character-Through-Sports : Helping Team Moms Help Teams • http://thesportdigest.com/archive/article/developing-character-through-sportathletic-participation : Developing Character through Sport/Athletic Participation • Gallahue, David, and John Ozmun. Understanding Motor Development. sixth. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print. • Brit Johnson. Movement and Brain Development for the Classroom Teacher, Spring 2009

25. A Special Thanks… …to my cooperating teachers in Springport Elementary and Middle School for letting me share their classroom and teaching me their tricks of the trade, to all of the professors I’ve had along the way for their high expectations and the knowledge they’ve given me, to my field supervisor for making the trips to observe me and make sure I was staying on track, and the “biggest-warmest-most sincere-thanks-you-could-ever-give-to-anyone – thanks” to my parents for making all of this possible and supporting me in everything I do.