ERIC Number: EJ733990
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-May
Pages: 4
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 2
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1045-4853
A Fair Play Unit for Elementary School: Getting the Whole School Involved
Johnson, Lynn V.
Teaching Elementary Physical Education, v16 n3 p16-19 May 2005
Teaching elementary aged students about the importance of fair play and being a good sport is becoming a much more difficult task. Professional athletes, once touted as positive role models, have become increasingly poor examples for children. So, while physical educators often deal with issues of fair play in their classes, it has become a larger issue that might best be handled as a whole school community. Winning at all costs seems to be the prevailing attitude in professional sports and in society in general, so it is difficult for teachers to make their students understand that some of the behaviors they observe are inappropriate. This article presents a whole-school fair play unit that was developed for a K-6 elementary school. The physical education teacher provided the main instruction for the unit, but it was successful only due to the support and efforts of all the teachers, administrators, and staff. It was truly a whole school community effort. (Contains 5 figures.)
Descriptors: Physical Education, Social Values, Units of Study, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, Play, Recess Breaks, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Cooperation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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