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Mastering Behavior Management in PE Teaching

Explore concerns and misdeeds in behavior management, the challenges in education, and strategies for effective PE teaching behavior management. Learn about factors affecting student behavior and discover approaches to handle misbehavior.

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Mastering Behavior Management in PE Teaching

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  1. The Challenge Chapter 1

  2. Discussion • What are some concerns you have about behavior management?

  3. Discussion • On a separate sheet (no name) • What are two “misdeeds” or favorite teacher torture techniques while in school? Preferably, one or both must be from PE.

  4. Student misbehavior is the #1reason teachers leave the profession!

  5. WHY A CHALLENGE EXISTS • Increase in disruptive behavior • Factors . . . (don’t peak) • Lack of education in promoting responsible behavior . . .

  6. Possible Factors • Poor parenting • Decay in family structure and values • Anonymity in large communities and schools • Loss of the influence of elders on youngsters • Psychological disturbances • Media (TV, internet, music)/Popular culture • Exposure to societal violence • Failure of the juvenile justice system • Poverty • Romantic breakups • Boredom • Racial tensions • Inability to handle frustration/stress • Drugs and alcohol • Many others

  7. SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT • 1 out of every 20 preschoolers in the U.S. will commit a serious crime before adulthood (Cain, 2004). • Lack of discipline and uncooperative students. • Lack of behavior management skills in teachers.

  8. PE Teaching . . . • Most Serious Problems cited from 83 studies . . . • Classroom discipline • Motivation • Accommodating Individual Differences • Assessment • Relationships with Parents Psychology for Physical Educators (p. 494)

  9. Task Impact Self PE Teaching . . .

  10. What to do? • Behavior management comes naturally for some but most teachers must be taught: • Learning environment • Safe, structured, consistent & motivating • Design, implement & evaluate program • Learn how to use methods that will redirect inappropriate behavior

  11. Teaching Behavior Management • It Can Be Done • Safe – do students feel safe? • Structure – adequate planning/organization • 80% of problems eliminated through positive & proactive behavior management (BM) • Consistent: same action = same result • Motivating – give students a reason Without control, you have nothing

  12. Benefits • Increased learning • Increased time on task • Better perception of PE & PA • Increased teacher satisfaction • Increased safety • Increased social skills/responsibility

  13. Resources for Assistance in BM • Ask fellow teachers for their suggestions • Online – plenty of good websites • PE 299 materials • Have a mentor

  14. Behavior Mngt Toolbox • You should have as many “tools” as possible • Different students may require different approaches • Different classes may require different approaches • Must shift between strategies

  15. Major Approaches • Behavioral • Reinforcers/punishers • Humanistic • Improve human welfare, values, and dignity • Biophysical • Of the body

  16. Survey • Results

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