Don Hellison's Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility: Through Physical Activity is a Teachers guide on how to incorporate his ideology into the classroom as well outside. Hellison preaches his idea of helping kids take what is learned through Physical Education and use it in everyday life. Hellison believes as a teacher we must show kids not just how to play basketball or get an A+ in a class but to take the skills and apply them to the world outside of the classroom. Don talks about the 5 levels of students and how they can progress through the different levels, 0 being the starting point level 5 being the end: Level one “Respecting the Rights & Feelings of Others” level one discusses how students need to realize they are apart of a
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Hellison explains in his book the use of talks/meetings, reflections, as well as a educator realizing students strengths and weaknesses. When Hellison touches on the idea of teaching TPSR he has something called the “Daily Program Format” this program consists of 5 parts, relational time, awareness talk, physical activity plan, group meeting, self-reflection time. The beginning step is the awareness talk this is an essential before you get into your actual lesson. In this talk you must address the true purpose and understanding of what the lesson is about prior to teaching. The activity plan is the actual activity of the lesson woven together with TPSR by empowering students to make decisions for themselves and be self directed throughout the learning. The group meeting is once again a chance to empower the students to express their opinions on the lesson and as an educator you use the students feedback for improvements in the future. Finally the self reflection is a chance for students to self assess themselves for that day on how personally and socially responsible they were. In my opinion the “Daily Program Format” is an excellent way of expressing TPSR, Hellison focuses on empowering students and by empowering students you give them ability to be self directed and make decisions in the class. I really like the idea of addressing not the sport the lesson will be …show more content…
I myself believe that one must lead through example, now right now I am aspiring to become a teacher but the journey for TPSR begins now. As an 18 year old male I am very empowered in my life to make my own decisions and I feel there is a lot of pressure on me to succeed on a personal level as well to set the way for younger family members. I personally believe that me pursuing a career through education and attending the university sets a huge example for my younger cousins, if they see someone they are super close to they will also feel the idea of pursuing a career at the university level is possible for them. As a role model you hold a lot of power, you are constantly being viewed and copied by eager minds. As a teacher you are the one person you gets to shape a student for 12 years of their life and in that short 12 years you must be able to grow them as people. I also mentioned how the journey to becoming a teacher who addresses TPSR begins now. Even though I am a ways away from getting my degree the idea of being a socially and personally responsible person early on will help me understand ways to incorporate the pedagogy into my teachings. TPSR is not a concept exclusively for Phys Ed it is a concept that needs to be preahced by all educators, TPSR turns students into people of our society and
Hellison explains in his book the use of talks/meetings, reflections, as well as a educator realizing students strengths and weaknesses. When Hellison touches on the idea of teaching TPSR he has something called the “Daily Program Format” this program consists of 5 parts, relational time, awareness talk, physical activity plan, group meeting, self-reflection time. The beginning step is the awareness talk this is an essential before you get into your actual lesson. In this talk you must address the true purpose and understanding of what the lesson is about prior to teaching. The activity plan is the actual activity of the lesson woven together with TPSR by empowering students to make decisions for themselves and be self directed throughout the learning. The group meeting is once again a chance to empower the students to express their opinions on the lesson and as an educator you use the students feedback for improvements in the future. Finally the self reflection is a chance for students to self assess themselves for that day on how personally and socially responsible they were. In my opinion the “Daily Program Format” is an excellent way of expressing TPSR, Hellison focuses on empowering students and by empowering students you give them ability to be self directed and make decisions in the class. I really like the idea of addressing not the sport the lesson will be …show more content…
I myself believe that one must lead through example, now right now I am aspiring to become a teacher but the journey for TPSR begins now. As an 18 year old male I am very empowered in my life to make my own decisions and I feel there is a lot of pressure on me to succeed on a personal level as well to set the way for younger family members. I personally believe that me pursuing a career through education and attending the university sets a huge example for my younger cousins, if they see someone they are super close to they will also feel the idea of pursuing a career at the university level is possible for them. As a role model you hold a lot of power, you are constantly being viewed and copied by eager minds. As a teacher you are the one person you gets to shape a student for 12 years of their life and in that short 12 years you must be able to grow them as people. I also mentioned how the journey to becoming a teacher who addresses TPSR begins now. Even though I am a ways away from getting my degree the idea of being a socially and personally responsible person early on will help me understand ways to incorporate the pedagogy into my teachings. TPSR is not a concept exclusively for Phys Ed it is a concept that needs to be preahced by all educators, TPSR turns students into people of our society and