sically fit, such as the lowering of health risks and stress, and better academic performance, need to be learned so that the students want to continue living a healthy lifestyle for their entire life.In determining which objectives I want my students to learn, I begin to form my own philosophy. Lumpkin says that, Developing a personal philosophy can improve teaching effectiveness, influence your behavior, provide direction in program development, contribute to societys awareness of the value of physical activity, and encourage a feeling of commonality among co-workers (p. 28). In looking at the different philosophies, I believe that I am more of a realist, with a few idealist beliefs added in. The characteristics that I like about a realists view, are that they focus on preparing students for the rest of their lives. They put an emphasis on the whole individual, so all of the objectives of physical education are important to the individual. A realist likes to use drills and lectures as teaching methods. As a means of evaluating students, they give tests, which are based on factual information that the students have learned.The thing I like most about idealism, is that the teachers are viewed as the role model and not just the lecturer, or instructor. Idealists also put more emphasis on the mind and encourage the use of reasoning as a means of finding truths. The one thing I dont like about idealists is that they are often resistant to change.As a realist-idealist, my teaching would be affected in many ways. As in idealism, I would strive to set a good example and be a good role model for my students. This may mean being in good shape myself or maybe even participating in some of the activities that they are doing. As a realist, I would definitely incorporate the use of drills into my class, but I would also try to do them in a way that they are not so repetitive and boring. In assessing what the students have learned, I th...
