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Floyd B. Kish – Personal Teaching Philosophy

“My Personal Teaching Philosophy”

My personal teaching philosophy is a multi-faceted approach with a foundation based in self-actualization and the learning process. I believe in children and youth learning through enjoyment first, finding their own way and being all they can be in the sport of their choosing. I believe that it is important to make learning fun by teaching fun ways to enjoy games and activities. They should also learn the proper fundamentals of their sport of choosing. The fundamentals are essential to developing a solid athlete, but to also develop a love for fitness and exercise for life. My priorities include having a balance of the 3 domains cognitive, affective and psychomotor. Teaching will involve caring, sharing and working together to have fun with an activity. Teaching will involve properly learning the rules of the game and incorporating strategy. Teaching will also involve moving and doing while physically enjoying the game or activity. Procedures should be in place to teach children and youth with empathy, understanding and patience. Children and youth need to be empowered with the desire to keep up with fitness, exercise and sport. This can only be accomplished through strategies to help them to build self-esteem & self-confidence through fun filled physical education.

My experience as a martial arts instructor for the past 18 years has made my ability to manage and engage a class in a fun motivating way is an asset to my creditability as a physical education teacher. Martial Arts are a way of life for me and it is evident in any project that I volunteer to get involved with. I am a challenging and passionate individual with the desire to see children and youth to succeed in not just physical education but in every aspect of life. I believe that children and youth can be encouraged, motivated and educated on how to have outstanding ethical and moral values as well as be empowered by health related physical fitness concepts.

As I continue to grow as a physical education major I am more aware of the fact that children and youth need to be educated on learning lifetime activities and functional fitness. I personally believe that children and youth should aim to be lifelong learners. So through being a physical education teacher I will help to be a role-model, a motivator and an educator. I will work with other teachers to provide a diverse and creative learning environment which will foster a love for learning in all areas of physical education and also other disciplines of education.

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Last Updated: October 13, 2008