Concepts 1
Why is it important to teach children gymnastics?
Sense of balance on elevators, escalators, and carnival rides and helping them learn how to move their bodies in personal and general space. Gymnastic skills are taught from day one. Crawling, upright locomotion, and other various movements.
Who developed medical gymnastics (Kung Fu) and thought diseases resulted from the inactivity of the body?
Chinese
Whose system of gymnastics was widely adopted at outdoor and indoor gymnastics centers and this marked the beginning of Olympic gymnastics?
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
Explain the focus of the psychomotor domain.
Movement, skill development
Give me one example of how you use gymnastics in everyday life.
1. Riding on someone’s shoulders or riding piggyback
2. Rolling down a grassy hill
3. Doing cartwheels
4. Climbing trees or on a jungle gym
5. Jumping over logs in the woods
6. Monkey bars
7. Twisting the chains of a swing around as tight as you can get them and then spinning around while lying or sitting on the seat
• Swinging from grapevines/ropes hung from a tree
• Crossing a creek
• Sliding down an icy hill in winter while spinning on a plastic saucer or garbage can lid
• Walking on the rails of the railroad tracks, trying to stay balanced
• Hanging upside down from a tree limb or playground ladder
• Turning flips or doing handstands in the swimming pool
Gymnastics plays a role in sports and everyday life by helping people learn to manage their bodies efficiently and safely. Give an example.
A bike rider falls and rolls.
A softball player dives and rolls to make a catch.
Football player gets blocked, rolls back to their feet, and makes the tackle.
Gymnastics helped develop a relationship between body and mind and promoted physical training (health-related fitness). Philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle promoted physical training, seeking beauty, strength, and efficiency in movement. Which culture does this relate to?
Greek Culture
Who saw a direct link between gymnastics and fitness (or military gymnastics)?
Guts-muth and Jahn
Explain the focus of the affective domain.
feelings, values
What is the difference between personal and general space?
Personal space, aka self space, is the space that is around you (stick your arms out to your side and the space in that area is your personal space).
General space, aka open space, is the area outside of your personal space.
What does BSER stand for?
Body, Space (Spatial Awareness), Effort, Relationship
Promoted physical activity to facilitate military training of its male citizens and as a result, the youth developed strength, stamina, and courage through physical conditioning. Acrobatics and sports activities (ball games, running, jumping, throwing) appeared as a form of gymnastics.
The Roman Empire
Who adapted German gymnastics in the U.S. (developing a system of simpler, lighter calisthenic exercises done to music - rhythmic gymnastics)?
Catherine Beecher
Explain the focus of the cognitive domain.
Thinking; knowledge
Basic: Simple levels, shapes, directions, pathways, time, force, flow, and relationships
Rotation, center of gravity, the base of supports, levers, balance
Higher Order Thinking Skills: Open-ended questions; process oriented tasks; provide opportunities to solve problems
What do the state or national standards tell us?
Defines what the students should know and what the students should be able to do as a result of a quality PE program.
Problem solving and learning to resolve problems in a unique way is a part of what type of gymnastics?
Example-Instead of having all students attempt a headstand, teachers may ask children to find ways to balance in an inverted position on three body parts.
Educational Gymnastics
Physical education plays an integral role in the curriculum in this country and schools began to become available to all classes of society.
Europe
Who established himself as the leader of modern dance?
Rudolf Laban
Physiological Development focuses on__________.
Fitness-related concepts - cardiorespiratory; muscular strength and endurance; flexibility
Children learn what they can and cannot do with their bodies; and comfort levels; children will challenge themselves, overcome fears, and learn limits
How does gymnastics play a role in everyday life?
Helping people learn how to mange their bodies efficiently and safely.
What are the 3 domains of learning?
Psychomotor, Cognitive, Affective
Where did Movement Education programs become popular?
England
Who developed BSER?
Rudolf Laban
How Should Gymnastics be Taught? There are 5.
1. Begin with knowledge of skill components.
2. Allow considerable practice time.
3. Use developmentally appropriate activities.
4. Encourage cognitive and affective development.
5. Offered structured environment.
Give an example of how you can teach a psychomotor, cognitive, and affective lesson in gymnastics.
Open ended