Abstract:

Pre-service PE teachers are required to learn the pedagogy and technical skill of teaching at least eight different physical activities from not less than four areas. Gymnastic and physical fitness activities are two of the major areas that included in the recommended list of subject area in the school-based PE curriculum. In local context, there is limited resource available to facilitate the teaching and learning of the subject.
The purpose of this project is to enhance the teaching and learning of gymnastic and physical fitness courses hosted under the Department of Health and Physical Education (HPE) of HKIED targeting the pre-service PE teachers. The proposed project will begin with the production of the teaching resources package that supports the teaching of gymnastics and physical fitness courses. The course materials will be applied in the Moodle platform to integrate a virtual learning environment using the moodle featured tools that support students’ reflective and collaborative learning. A course e-portfolio will be produced for sharing the materials with academic/ teaching colleagues in education sectors.

Code:

T0140

Principal Project Supervisors:

• CHEUNG, Pui Yee

Keywords provided by authors:

• Moodle
• E-learning
• Gymnastic
• Physical fitness

Subjects:

• Moodle
• Instructional systems
• Computer-assisted instruction
• Physical fitness -- Study and teaching
• Gymnastics -- Study and teaching

Start Date:

01 Sep 2014

End Date:

30 Jun 2015

Status:

Completed

Result:

The project set up the Moodle-based platform to conduct two skill-related courses for pre-service PE teacher training, i.e., PES3178 aerobic gymnastic and PES3l66 physical fitness. The courses had been implemented in the academic year of 2014-15. These two courses continued to use Moodle as the learning platform in the coming semester. In addition, the teaching resource webpage of the aerobic gymnastic and physical fitness was shared among teachers who are interested to teach this two skill subjects in PE class.

Impact:

With the aid of the teaching resources, students can gain content knowledge and pedagogical skill in teaching aerobic gymnastic and physical fitness subject by integration both physical and virtual learning environment. A survey was conducted and positive feedback was obtained. 

92% (Aerobic Gymnastic course) and 90% (Physical Fitness course) of students are reported to find the teaching resource useful for their future teaching.
85% (Aerobic Gymnastic course) and 87% (Physical Fitness course) of students get satisfactory results on the authentic assessment on the skill and teaching technique
85% (Aerobic Gymnastic course) and 88% (Physical Fitness course) of students are satisfied with the learning activity conducted on the Moodle platform

Deliverables:

Teaching and Learning Resources/ Materials

Physical fitness course E-portfolio. (2015). https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/5b6e26c6-6b17-430e-8437-e81c...
Aerobic gymnastic course E-portfolio. (2015).https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/9f1d386d-8073-41e1-977a-02ec...
Aerobic gymnastic teaching resources. (2015). https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/24c5ef65-1366-48cf-ba79-3bbb...
Physical fitness teaching resources. (2015).https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/publications/171a2c5e-607a-4e1c-aa04-ae26...

Seminars/Presentations/Sharing Sessions
Cheung, P. (2015, November). Enhancing Pre-service Teachers Teaching and Learning in PE Skill Courses - Aerobic Gymnastics and Physical Fitness. Sharing Seminar on Teaching Development Grant Projects, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, China. (No of participants = 7)

Financial Year:

2013-14

Type:

TDG