Building Character, Community, and a Growth Mindset in Physical Education With Web Resource: Activities That Promote Learning and Emotional and Social Development

201 Pages·2017·8.536 MB·English

by  Anderson, Leigh Ann, Glover, Donald R

Building Character,
Community, and a
Growth Mindset in
Physical Education
Activities That Promote Learning and
Emotional and Social Development
Leigh Anderson, MA
Donald R. Glover, MA
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Anderson, Leigh Ann, 1969- author. | Glover, Donald R., author.
Title: Building character, community, and a growth mindset in physical
education : activities that promote learning and emotional and social
development / Leigh Anderson, MA, Donald R. Glover, MA.
Description: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2017]
Identifiers: LCCN 2016031662| ISBN 9781492536680 (print) | ISBN 9781492548232
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Subjects: LCSH: Physical education for children--Study and teaching--Activity
programs. | Moral education (Elementary) | Social learning.
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Copyright © 2017 by Leigh Anderson and Donald R. Glover
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Paul Shirilla, PhD, department chairman, and outdoor education professor at the University of Wisconsin at
River Falls, incorporated several popular outdoor activities into team-building challenges featured in chapter
5. Great ideas for that chapter were also provided by Victoria A. Otto, who was 2011 Secondary PE Teacher
of the Year for the Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and 2012
Secondary PE Teacher of the Year for the SHAPE Midwest district.
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This book is dedicated to my mom, Carol, and dad, Don.
Mom, thanks for always making your kids and grandkids
feel like they are the most important and loved people on earth.
Dad, there is no one who motivates and inspires others more than you.
You have a unique ability to bring out the best in others
through your compassion, enthusiasm, knowledge, and humor.
I love you both, and I couldn't be more proud to be your daughter.
— Leigh Anderson
I would like to dedicate this book to Cora, William,
Sammy, Ruthie, and Nora.
These grandchildren and great grandchildren are keeping us young.
— Don Glover
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Contents
Activity Finder vi
Preface viii
How to Access the Web Resource x
CHAPTER 1 Strengthening Emotional Intelligence . . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER 2 Building Community to Enhance Learning
and Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
CHAPTER 3 Strategies for Building Character . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
CHAPTER 4 Character-Building Games and Activities . . . . 111
CHAPTER 5 Team-Building Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
CHAPTER 6 Facilitating a Growth Mindset Through
Reflection, Goal Setting, and Assessment . . . . 179
About the Authors 189
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Activity Finder
Activity Title Page number
Community-Building Activities
Agadoo 38
Chicken Dance 45
Cowboy Slap Dance 44
Foreign Language 42
Frozen Tag 48
Get That Name Right 47
Hi and Move 37
Hoops 49
I Will Find You 34
Move Like Me 43
Multiple Buddy 40
Pop Goes the Weasel 41
Shoe Shuffle 46
Tambourine or Whistle 36
Team Warm-Up Activities
Add On 74
Bridges 63
Circuits 60
Disc Math 72
Exercise Tag 54
Five-Minute Run 67
Follow the Yellow Brick Road 68
Get a Grip 59
Gift Collection 57
May I Assist You? 56
Mirror, Mirror, in My Gym 52
One, Two, Three O’clock Rock 78
Playing Cards for Fitness 64
Poly-Spot Alphabet 76
Seven Jumps 75
Shadow Dancing 70
Spelling 51
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Stations 58
Team Egg Exercise 66
Team Problem Solving 62
Tennis Ball Frenzy 55
Winter Sports 81
Character-Building Activities
Basketball Dribble Battle 125
Beanbag Toss for Character 144
Character Construction 142
Character-Education Basketball 148
Character-Education Puzzle 138
Character-Education Fitness Tag 140
Character-Education Treasure Hunt 130
Curling for Character 116
Do You See My Reflection? 120
Help Me Find My Character 113
Inspirational Race Game 126
Integrity Tag 128
Matchmaker 114
Monster Mash 122
Parachute Play 119
Reflection-Scenario Matching Game 136
Rubber Ducks 146
Slovenian Relay 134
Teamwork 141
Work Together and Get Things Done 132
Team-Building Challenges
Character Connection Challenge 168
Geocaching 164
Group Construction 170
I See Me 162
Lean on Me 158
Letterboxing 166
Orienteering 174
Positive Adjectives 177
Power of Six 156
Team Stone Toss 160
Team-Building Race 172
vii
Preface
Physical education and sport provide the perfect environment to teach valu-
able life skills and core values, help students prepare for college and career, and
help them become personally and socially responsible. Therefore, as a coach
or physical educator, you hold the power to inspire and elicit positive change
in your students—in terms of not only their health but also their personal and
professional lives. This influence enhances the value of the role you play at your
school; indeed, it is vital to the school’s overall mission. However, physical edu-
cation and sport can also provide an environment conducive to bullying. The
antidote to bullying is to teach students to be respectful competitors, support-
ive teammates, and successful citizens.
The value of these benefits—cognitive, emotional, and social development;
college and career readiness; personal and social responsibility; and bullying
prevention—are now widely recognized by educators and potential employers.
Here are a few examples:
• Society of Health and Physical Educators’ (SHAPE America) National
Standards and Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education states
that a “physically literate individual exhibits responsible personal and
social behavior that respects self and others” (standard 4) and “recog-
nizes the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-
expression, and/or social interaction” (standard 5).
• Also in the United States, the sixth standard put forth by the National
Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) states that accom-
plished teachers of physical education create and sustain welcoming,
safe, and challenging environments in which students engage in and en-
joy physical activity. These teachers establish an orderly atmosphere
with established protocols and expectations that facilitate maximum
learning for all students. Learning is enhanced when students learn in a
community and feel connected to those around them.
• Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) states that physical
education should promote key character traits, such as fair play, coop-
eration, and teamwork, through physical activities. It also states that all
physical activities should be infused with opportunities to develop life
skills, including cooperation, positive communication, leadership, per-
sonal and social management, decision making, problem solving, conflict
resolution, stress management, interpersonal skills, and spiritual and
moral development.
• Fortune 500 companies list teamwork, problem solving, and interperson-
al skills as the three most important skills for employees.
In Building Character, Community, and a Growth Mindset in Physical Education,
we provide you with a road map and ready-to-use activities to help your stu-
dents achieve SHAPE America’s standards 4 and 5; to help you achieve NBPTS
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Preface ix
standard 6 and PHE Canada’s goals for physical education; and to prepare your
students to succeed in college, in the workplace, and in their personal lives.
In the process, you will also enhance your value to your school and your com-
munity.
Here is a brief look at the specific content of the book’s chapters, as well as
the web resource. Chapter 1 explores the connection between emotional intel-
ligence and a growth mindset. It reinforces the many ways in which physical
education and sport are the ideal settings to build college and career-readiness
skills. Chapter 2 describes the impact community building has on motivation
and learning. Students are more successful when they feel connected and sup-
ported by those around them. This chapter provides activities for strengthening
relationships in ways that are fun, active, and motivational. It emphasizes the
importance of empowering students to take an active role in their learning.
Chapter 3 includes strategies for building character in every lesson delivered.
Through physical education and sport, you can help young people learn how to
be supportive teammates and respectful competitors, how to solve problems,
and how to overcome adversity. These character traits are necessary in order to
succeed on the field, on the rink, in the classroom, in the workplace, and in per-
sonal relationships. To help you implement these strategies, chapter 4 presents
20 character-building activities. These creative activities provide a unique way
to integrate exercise through community and character-building games.
Chapter 5 introduces how emotional intelligence and a growth mindset can
be strengthened through team building. It provides 11 team-building challenges.
Chapter 6 then delves deeper into a growth mindset and makes direct connec-
tions to reflection, assessment, and goal setting.
The book’s web resource provides you with editable and printable versions
of activity materials, including focus words, challenge cards, worksheets, and
much more. For quick reference, thumbnail-sized ver-
sions of these materials are placed throughout the book
itself. To access the web resource, visit www.Human
Kinetics.com/BuildingCharacterCommunityAndA
GrowthMindsetInPhysicalEducation.
Teaching youth to be resilient kids of character while facilitating a love for fit-
ness is the central focus of this book. The two concepts are naturally integrated
through many engaging, meaningful, and challenging activities. Maximizing the
potential of students and athletes is the hope and dream of every teacher and
coach. Reaching one’s full potential, however, requires sacrifice, perseverance,
and hard work. The activities and lesson plans presented in this book focus on
the process of growth and the skills needed to overcome adversity, work in col-
laboration, and set and reach goals. Embracing a growth mindset and learning
how to maintain active, healthy lifestyles will set youth up for success socially,
emotionally, and physically long after their experiences in school and sports.
We learn not for school but for life.