on? we

lieve we should either (1) offer a course in methods of teaching
team games (athletics) and individual sports, or (2) require that
every instructor on the staff offering coaching or skill courses
emphasize the planning and methods phase of the coursee To insure
that physical education majors thoroughly understand and learn the
proper sequence of presenting the elements of the various sports,

as well as the best methods of teaching the sport, perhaps descrip-=
tive syllabi should accompany each activity or written work should
be demanded of the students enrollede Perhaps both (1) and (2) above
might be included in our physical education curriculume

The only course dealing with methods is course M194,
Content and Methods of Physical Educatione I do not know exactly
wnat is included in this course, but I am sure that time does not
permit the inclusion of instruction in the various methods of the
large number and variety of activities which the student will
eventually be required to teache

 

The departmental bulletin, Physical Education, probably
will be revised some time this yeare For purposes of clarification,
would not definite designation of all ments courses and all women's
courses be wise? The student (or reader) would then definitely
know which are courses for men and which are courses for womeme
Pages 10 through 14 list courses for both sexes without any design-
ation as to whether the classes are open to both, or to only one
or the other.

 

Yours sincerely,

OB he Aue f.

Ee Be DeGroot, Jre

Pe Se In reference to revising the 31M=34M courses (as suggested
above), I might add two more points to be considered in the possible
future revision:

(1) Should not swimming be given during the first
half semester, rather than later, in 31M to enable
non=swimmers the opportunity of learning to swim
before the pool is filled?