Move to Learn: Incorporating Movement in the Classroom
Incorporating physical activity into the classroom has been shown to improve academics, reduce stress, and improve mood, among other positive characteristics.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course will teach you specific ideas for incorporating movement into your classroom by choosing from activities in the provided GETUP guide: games, energy breaks, team building, utilization of space, and physical challenges....
Move to Learn: Incorporating Movement in the Classroom
Details + Objectives
Course code: T14902
In this course, you will explore the importance of movement in the classroom and the impact it can have not just on a student's physical health but on mental well-being and academic performance as well. You will learn about specific ways to incorporate movement into your specific content area by analyzing various physical activities across a variety of categories.
You will be provided with a guide for planning and implementing these physical activities into upcoming lessons using our GETUP guide. This guide provides activity ideas for games, energy breaks, team building, utilization of space, and physical challenges. Regardless of the content area that you teach, you will walk away with practical ideas to implement into an upcoming lesson.
What you will learn
- Understand why physical activity in a lesson can be beneficial to student learning
- Analyze specific ideas for movement strategies in your lessons
- Evaluate considerations for implementing movement into your lesson planning
How you will benefit
- You will experience improved classroom behaviors when students have a structured way of experiencing physical activity throughout the class day
- Your students will become more engaged in the lesson content you teach
- Your lessons will become more dynamic and innovative as you think more creatively about how to combine your lesson activities with movement
How the course is taught
- Self-Guided, online course
- 3 Months access
- 1 course hours
Instructors & Support
Requirements
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
- Editing of a Microsoft Word document is required in this course. You may use a free version of Microsoft Word Online, or Google Docs if you do not have Microsoft Office installed on your computer. Model Teaching can provide support for this.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.