National Physical Education Standards, 4th Edition (Original PDF from Publisher)

All physical education teachers consult National Physical Education Standards, Fourth Edition, which offers the basis for curriculum development, lesson planning, and assessment creation. This text, which was developed by SHAPE America – Society of Health and Physical Educators, the preeminent organization for health and physical education, presents the updated standards and new Grade-Span Learning Indicators, provides helpful implementation advice, and promotes the notion that physical education entails inclusion, equity, and access for all. All preK–12 students will be engaged by the text’s easy-to-create, developmentally appropriate, and relevant learning activities. The text provides a framework for physical educators to concentrate on the holistic well-being of individuals and their physical literacy journey by including the criteria. The following significant changes are reflected in this most recent edition:

Indicators of Grade-Span Learning that take the role of grade-level results
Learning progressions that target a variety of skill capacities by providing sample sequential tasks
The motor development study that served as the basis for reorganizing the Grade-Span Learning Indicators and National PE Standards
The term “physical literacy” is being expanded to encompass the developmental path that students take during their time in physical education.

The Fourth Edition of the National Physical Education Standards starts by outlining the process of modifications, including the research findings that prompted the reorganization of the earlier standards. For important stakeholders (students, teachers, parents, curriculum directors, administrators, boards of education, and policy makers), it makes clear the structure of the National PE Standards and the fundamentals of physical education for grades preK–12. Physical educators are given materials in the text’s conclusion to help them use the standards to direct instruction.

The Fourth Edition of the National Physical Education Standards gives educators and administrators the confidence to design excellent physical education curricula that set kids up for a lifetime of engaging and healthy physical activity. In collaboration with SHAPE America, the national organization that sets the standard for excellence for school-based health and physical education practitioners nationwide, Human Kinetics is pleased to offer this book.