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No more pull-ups; UNK prepares future PE teachers through active learning

February 21, 2019 by gottulatm

Associate professor Megan Adkins-Bollwitt, who chairs UNK’s health and physical education program, says fitness should be fun for PK-12 students so it translates to a lifetime of benefits. UNK’s program prepares students to be effective physical education instructors by introducing them to a variety of teaching methods and emphasizing hands-on training. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications)

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Forget pull-ups, rope-climbing and all the other stereotypes. Physical education is much different these days. It’s not a glorified recess where students establish their dominance during a game of dodgeball, and it’s far more than a set of drills that determine who can run the fastest and jump the highest. Today’s physical education classes focus on overall wellness, fitness concepts and healthy habits that can lead … [Read more...] about No more pull-ups; UNK prepares future PE teachers through active learning

Filed Under: Athletics, College of Education, News Tagged With: Exercise, Fitness, health, Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, lifestyle, Megan Adkins-Bollwitt, PE, Physical Education, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK

UNK students lead physical education classes for home schoolers

April 28, 2016 by admin

By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Nearly 100 home school students visited the University of Nebraska at Kearney every Friday this school year for physical education. “It’s a great opportunity for both our students and the local home school students because they don’t have high quality physical education in their curriculum. It’s a great opportunity to teach them lifetime skills,” said Patrick Mattfeld, physical education graduate student. Home school … [Read more...] about UNK students lead physical education classes for home schoolers

Filed Under: College of Education, News Tagged With: Home school, Kinesiology and Sport Sciences, Megan Adkins, Patrick Mattfeld, PE, Physical Education, Trisha Rinke

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