This book presents a breakthrough achievement-based curriculum (ABC) model designed to guide physical educators step-by-step through the process of translating curriculum theory into functional practice. The ABC approach provides curriculum designers with a systematic decision-making process for developing a curriculum that addresses unique and diverse needs. And it allows designers to incorporate national, state, and local content and assessment standards in their curricula.
The book takes teachers through every phase of curriculum design: foundational understanding of design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Further, it shows teachers how to document that their curriculum is working a valuable asset in an era of budget cuts.
Other outstanding features include: Opening Scenario, Expected Outcomes, and Making It Work special elements in each chapter to help future teachers understand how to apply the book's content in school settings; instruction on implementing the curriculum and sharing it with others; strategies for planning, implementing, and evaluating a curriculum and establishing credibility for it; emphasis on student achievement as an indicator of a quality physical education program; forms and worksheets (completed examples and blanks) that give future teachers a hands-on approach to developing, assessing, and revising a curriculum.
Table of Contents:
UNDERSTANDING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
1. Foundation for Curriculum Development 2. Physical Education Mandates and Standards 3. Physical Education Curriculum Models 4. The Achievement-Based Physical Education Curriculum
PLANNING THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
5. Establishing the Philosophy, Goals, Objectives, and Policies 6. Program Planning 7. Developing Functional Assessments
IMPLEMENTING THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
8. Maximizing Learning and Effective Teaching 9. Learning Experiences 10. Planning for Learning and Teaching
EVALUATING AND COMMUNICATING THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
11. Student Evaluation and Grading 12. Program Evaluation 13. Professionalism
Appendixes: Program Planning Case Study / Program Planning Worksheets
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Luke E. Kelly, PhD, is a professor of kinesiology at the University of Virginia. Dr. Kelly has 25 years of experience working with public schools in evaluating and revising their physical education curricula to meet the needs of students with disabilities. He has coauthored two books with Janet Wessel relating to the achievement-based curriculum (ABC) approach, and he has also written numerous articles on the topic. He and coauthor Janet Wessel were the ones to introduce the ABC process to the physical education profession in 1986.
Since 1986, Dr. Kelly has been awarded federal grants to disseminate the ABC process. He has served as the president of the National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities and has served as chair for VAHPERD and for the AAHPERD Adapted Physical Activity Council. He also directed the NCPERID national standards project from 1992 to 1999.
In 1999 Dr. Kelly was inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He has also received the G. Lawrence Rarick Research Award and the William H. Hillman Distinguished Service Award from the NCPERID. His hobbies and interests include fly-fishing, reforestation, and carpentry.
Vincent J. Melograno, EdD, is chairperson and professor in the department of health, physical education, recreation, and dance at Cleveland State University. Dr. Melograno has authored four textbooks on curriculum design, two other books on portfolio assessment and fitness, several chapters in books, and numerous articles and monographs. He also has presented nationally and internationally and has been awarded several research and training grants.
Dr. Melograno has a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Temple University. He has served as a department chair for 20 years. He also has served as chair for NASPE's Curriculum and Instruction Academy; Ohio AAHPERD president; visiting lecturer at Seoul National University; and external examiner in 2002-03 for the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). In addition, Dr. Melograno is in the International Who's Who in Sport Pedagogy Theory and Research, awarded by the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education. Dr. Melograno enjoys tennis, fitness training, and softball in his spare time.<br />
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