Teaching Fitness Concepts

PRPE 2170 (3)

This course is designed to provide physical education pre-service teacher candidates a basic background in exercise and health related fitness concepts. Planning, conducting and evaluating lessons in the area of fitness will be emphasized. The five health-related fitness components will be highlighted. Teacher candidates will participate in various fitness assessments; preparing, conducting, and evaluating each assessment area of fitness and learning how to develop goals and activities for behavior change. Teacher candidates will also complete a physical education teaching field experience with homeschool children the last six weeks of the course.

In order to maintain accreditation requirements, this course is unique to UNM and may be not be replaced with a transferred course from another institution.



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