ABSTRACT

High Impact Teaching for Sport and Exercise Psychology Educators addresses the need for a resource on effective course design, assessment, content delivery, and classroom management that is specific to educators in the field of sport and exercise psychology and to working with the millennial learner. It provides discipline-specific ideas to improve teaching in higher education.

The book provides an evidence-based guide of tried and tested teaching methods for teachers of sport and exercise psychology at all levels in all formats of education. Irrespective of the level and prior teaching experience in sport and exercise psychology, this is a starting point for delivering significant learning experiences for students in this field of study. Second, it addresses the millennial learner and recommends future teaching and learning experiences in traditional, hybrid, and online formats. Finally, High Impact Teaching for Sport and Exercise Psychology Educators provides a positive approach to engaging students in an ongoing process of learning and involvement in the field of sport and exercise psychology.

This book is intended for any educator in a 2- or 4-year institution of higher education who is or will be teaching courses at the undergraduate or graduate level in sport and exercise psychology as well as students and practitioners in the areas of sport and exercise psychology and physical education.

part I|65 pages

Course Design and Structure

chapter 2|30 pages

Gamifying the Classroom

chapter 3|14 pages

All Hands on Deck, there’s a Problem to Solve!

Problem-Based Learning and Service Learning Approaches in the Undergraduate Classroom

part II|41 pages

Assessments

chapter 7|11 pages

Playing Like you Practice

Formative and Summative Techniques to Assess Student Learning

chapter 8|9 pages

Evaluating your own Teaching

part III|50 pages

Experiential Learning Delivery

part V|31 pages

Psychosocial Aspects of Teaching

chapter 17|9 pages

Teaching as Leadership

Demonstrating Leadership in the Classroom

part VI|24 pages

Teaching Reflections

chapter 20|9 pages

A Hero’s Journey

chapter 21|13 pages

The where of Teaching May Matter as much as the how

Teaching Perspectives From Three Different Institutions

part VII|19 pages

Professional Development