| 228 | Wednesday, April 13, 2005 |
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| 12:15 PM-1:30 PM | Convention Center:N139 |
| AAALF/Adapted Physical Activity Council |
| Using APENS as a Guide for UG Teacher Preparation Curriculum Development |
| The Adapted Physical Education National Standards (APENS) was not intended to serve as a curriculum guide, yet it can be. This presentation will share how one university teacher preparation program in Adapted Physical Education (APE) used APENS to establish a new Adapted Physical Education License. Step by step tasks will be presented that were used to establish a new undergraduate teacher preparation program in APE and meet the challenges faced by performance based teacher certification. Knowledge and performance based competencies; along with course artifacts will be shared. Evaluation measures or decision points along the curriculum will also be presented. |
Keyword(s): adapted physical activity, curriculum development, professional preparation
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| Speakers: Ronald W. Davis, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; Timothy D. Davis, SUNY-Cortland, Cortland, NY; and Rebecca Woodard, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO |