Physical Education Teacher Preparation/Coaching (R)- A.A. (Rockville Only)
This A.A. track provides the first two years of a teacher preparation program for the elementary and secondary grade levels.
Physical educators plan and direct appropriate learning experiences that focus on helping students learn to enjoy physical activity as a lifelong pursuit. Physical education specialists are trained to create teaching/learning environments where students improve movement abilities, enhance performance knowledge and motor skills, increase physical fitness, and experience personal growth both socially and emotionally.
This track also includes foundation courses for students interested in coaching athletes on the interscholastic and other levels. Athletics involves recruiting, coaching, managing, and administering teams that compete against other athletic programs. Athletic programs have significantly different goals from physical education, yet often share facilities, equipment, fields, and teachers.
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* Students who qualify for a waiver of EN 101 may select three credits of electives with approval of the departmental adviser.
† Students must consult with departmental adviser before selecting electives from HE, PE, or other categories. With departmental permission, two credits of selected 100-level PE courses may be substituted for PE 213–238 major skills courses. Recommended selections include PE 129–138 aquatics elective and PE 174.
‡ The two behavioral and social sciences courses must be in different disciplines.
Program Outcomes for the Arts & Sciences A.A. - Physical Education/Teacher Preparation
Upon completion of this program a student will be able to:
- Demonstrate competency in performing and presenting motor skills and movement patterns necessary for a variety of physical activities.
- Distinguish the unique characteristics of physical education and describe the field of study’s contribution to children’s physical, emotional, and cognitive development
- Identify the components of health-related fitness and the impact of physical educators in promoting these components in his or her classes.
- Demonstrate an active lifestyle through the completion of a variety of physical education activity courses.
- Identify both barriers to exercise children face and factors relevant to individual and family exercise motivation.
- Distinguish between the National and State curriculum recommendations and describe the similarities and differences of each.
- Identify the three learning domains (psychomotor, affective, and cognitive) critical to physical education and describe their importance to planning and content development.
- Compare and contrast the settings where physical education can occur and the unique requirements of each setting.
- Utilize information technology to enhance learning and personal and professional productivity.
- Recognize and utilize a wide range of resources (faculty mentoring, professional journals, national organizations, etc) in their professional development
* For more information, please refer to the course descriptions pages within the MC Website. Those pages will also help to identify courses with prerequisites.
** Click here for MC's General Education Requirements.
The Health Enhancement, Exercise Science, and Physical Education Department
is located in the PEC Building, facing parking lot #4.
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Phone: (240) 567-7575
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