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“Sports participation surpasses reading, discussing, and role playing environments
because it’s ‘experienced,’ and sport provides spontaneity – situations are unplanned,
unforeseen, and unique. Responses are based on application of concepts, and accountability
becomes real, mirroring the agency in real life.”
-Tod and Hodge
ANDREA (ON-DREE -UH) LEDUC
SPRING 2011
Character Education through Team Activities
Human Knot
Stand in a circle shoulder to shoulderCross your arms out in front of youHold 2 other hands
Not 2 from the same person Not the people next to you
Without releasing hands, untangle yourselves until all arms are uncrossed
Human Knot (Pretzel)
Leadership
Communication
Teamwork
Honesty
Breaking Barriers
Character Building – Social Skills:making a connection
Building one’s character isn’t only for the benefit of the individual, but for the individual to bring forth their good for the whole community, and this is where social skills play a role
Character and social skills are not dependent on each other but they compliment each other Ex: communication, honesty
The Unit
7 days of basketball,
5 of which began
with team building
activities
Philosophy
Create 1st list
2nd list Reflection
Group Juggle
Team Building Activities
2 TRUTHS – 1 LIE HELIUM STICK
Team Building Activities
HUMAN KNOT
Team Building Activities
TRUST WALK
Team Building Activities
+ CARDIO KNOCK-OUT
The Skills: Dribbling
3-MAN / 5 MAN WEAVE
A FLAT BASKETBALL?!
The Skills: Passing
1 V 1 3 V 3
The Skills: Defense
AROUND THE WORLD 2-BOUNCE
The Skills: Shooting
SHOWCASE 80+ KIDS
American Heart Association
JUDGES DUNK CONTEST
Hoops for Heart
Reflections
Sportsmanship, effort, respect, teamwork, encouraging others, responsibility, reliability,
trust
Wasn’t about basketball
Finding the value in athletics
Motor Development/Perception
7 components-
Hand-eye coordination
General coordination
Laterality
Balance
Tactile touch
Body Image
Language
All of these aid us in performing the tasks that we find most simple in our daily lives
Walking, running, tying our shoes, bringing food to our mouth, sitting up, avoiding running into objects or tripping, copying words from the board, wearing clothes that will keep us warm/not overheat us, handshake
Directional Awareness is a basic component of learning how to read
Self-Concept/ Recreational ActivitySmall studies have been done on athletes attitudes about themselves –
They have higher perceived movement competence but the study rejects the notion that playing sports gives one a better global self-concept
Harter and Pike subdivided perceived competence into Cognitive Social Physical (movement) General Self-Worth
Our global self-concept is based on competence in areas that have personal meaning
The North American society places high value on movement competence
When we aren’t as successful with something we tend to stop doing it
Research!
Axiology – philosophical study of value 3 dimensions: Intrinsic (individual uniqueness) Extrinsic ( comparison
good/better/best) Systemic (fairness) “If a person can achieve greater value in one
dimension and maintain balance, then the value gained may transfer to the other dimensions.
“…possibilities exist for developing character through steady improvement in all 3 value dimensions and by maintaining balance, individuals and society can gain greater richness”
Great Debate
*54 percent of male football players, 49 percent of male basketball players, and 18 percent of females in all sports approve of trash-talking.
*34 percent of all the boys and 12 percent of all the girls approve of a coach trying to pump up the team by swearing at officials to get himself or herself thrown out of a game.
*Two-fifths of the boys and one-fourth of the girls see nothing wrong with using a stolen playbook sent by an anonymous supporter before a big game.
*30 percent of all boys and 20 percent of girl softball players think it's okay for a softball pitcher to deliberately throw at a batter who homered the last time up.
Don’t Assume Character is Being Built
Traditionally assumed that playing competitive sports would naturally build one’s character
This assumption is where everything goes awry - it leaves out the important component to the building of character: freedom of choice
Sports offer athletes and teams the opportunity to build their character through the choices they make
A conscious, determined, intentional effort and focus to shape one’s character through participation in competitive sports is something everyone works toward making happen.
Make a Difference
Place A High Emphasis on Character
Place High Expectations For Behavior
Set A Good Example Make Good Sportsmanship A
‘Must’ Hold Kids Accountable View Sports With A Holistic
Approach
If “winning” and
“character” are ever
at odds with each
other, character must
come out on top
Sources
•http://www.goodcharacter.com/Sports.html : Character and Sports with Dr. Mike•http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/ethics-everyone/201006/how-can-character-be-built-through-sports
: Ethics for Everyone•http://www.weplay.com/sports-parents/performance/101-Building-Character-Through-Sports
: Helping Team Moms Help Teams•http://thesportdigest.com/archive/article/developing-character-through-sportathletic-participation
: Developing Character through Sport/Athletic Participation
• Gallahue, David, and John Ozmun. Understanding Motor Development. sixth. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Print.
•Brit Johnson. Movement and Brain Development for the Classroom Teacher, Spring 2009
A Special Thanks…
…to my cooperating teachers in Springport Elementary and Middle School for letting me share their classroom and teaching me their tricks of the
trade, to all of the professors I’ve had along the way for their high expectations and the knowledge they’ve given me, to my field supervisor for making
the trips to observe me and make sure I was staying on track, and the “biggest-warmest-most sincere-thanks-you-could-ever-give-to-anyone –
thanks” to my parents for making all of this possible and supporting me in everything I do.