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MYP PHE: Student-Centered Learning in PHE (Teaching Methodologies)
Today, I am excited to introduce you to a range of teaching methodologies that can enhance your PHE (Physical and Health Education) lessons. After you've explored these methods, please share your thoughts and feel free to contribute any unique methodologies that may not have been discussed here. Additionally, for those looking to dive deeper into PHE curriculum and resources, don't forget to check out our ebooks, which are available to help you further excel in your teaching journey.
The First one is the demonstration, most teachers use this method only when they have experience with the content that they are teaching. What they don't know is that they can use demonstration even in the content that they are not familiar with, by exploring different resources. Let's say you are teaching a unit using martial arts and you cannot demonstrate for any reason:
1 - You can use videos or pictures to show the students a certain technique, but if your school doesn't have enough resources you can look at point number 2.
2 - You can ask students to demonstrate, this method most of the time is more efficient compared with the teacher demonstration because the students believe that they can do it just by seeing a partner doing it, and communication between the students is easier.
The next method is Inquiry. Using questions to make students recall what they know about a certain topic that you are addressing is very useful, but teaching students how to ask their own questions is a powerful tool because this will allow them to ask the right questions. Start your lesson with questions, question the students during the lesson and finish the lesson with a question. If you are a new teacher you may be asking, what kind of questions can I ask the students? Very easy questions like: What activities did we last in our previous lesson? - This will make the students recall what they did in the previous lesson, and it will help you to see if they understood what you wanted them to understand. You can go further and ask them what they learned from the previous lesson. It can be related to the content or concepts that you explored. During the lesson, you can ask the students: what do you know about this topic? If you are teaching football you can ask them, What do you know about football? It is a very open question that they can tell you anything about the sport. At the end of the lesson, You can ask the students, What questions do you have from what we talked about today? What did you like about the lesson? What can we improve in the next lesson? Through inquiry, you can improve the learning process for your students and you can improve your own teaching.
Working with others helps us to learn. You can create moments in your lesson where you give students opportunities to work together, discuss a certain topic, solve a situation etc. You can be sure that they will learn something from that situation.
When you give students a chance to share their experience with another person, not only is the person receiving the information learning but also whoever is teaching. This is because the more they teach, the more they discover a better way to perform or teach the skill.
In all units there are a lot of things you can do to give students an opportunity to collaborate: Let’s say you are going to a unit where students have to create a Game, you can ask students individually to come up with their game, and then ask them to combine their ideas and come up with only one game.
Or if you are teaching gymnastics and you want students to create a sequence of movements, you can ask them to work in groups and come up with an amazing sequence, ensure that they go to the group with something to share, teach them the importance of listening to other ideas and try always to incorporate all the ideas.
Not only do the students need to collaborate, but you as a teacher should also make sure you collaborate with other teachers to learn from them and share your own experiences. If you are reading this post, we are collaborating already because I just shared ideas that you can use in your lessons and I look forward to receiving your teaching methods in the comments. Remember the same way you ask students to go into the discussion groups with something to share, in the same vein, make sure when you collaborate with other teachers you also have something to share. Whether you are a beginner or you are experienced, you always have something to teach.
Looking forward to hearing from you in the comments. In the next post, I will be sharing more teaching methodologies with you, Share this resource with your friends and colleagues, and let's learn from each other!
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