PE Test 2 Generated Guide

Vocabulary flashcards covering tort law, legal liabilities, defenses, physical education curriculum development, classroom management, and activity progressions from the lecture notes.

Common law

Law based on court decisions and precedents.

Tort

A civil wrong that harms another person.

Negligence

Failure to use ordinary or reasonable care.

Liability

Legal responsibility for damages or an obligation.

Plaintiff

The person who initiates a legal action.

Defendant

The person being sued or accused in a civil case.

Legal duty

An obligation to act with reasonable care.

Breach of duty

Failure to fulfill a required legal duty.

Act of omission

Failing to do something required.

Act of commission

Doing something improperly.

Attractive nuisance

An unsupervised hazard that invites injury.

Respondeat superior

Legal principle specifying that an employer may be liable for employees' work-related torts.

Save harmless

Protection for public employees accused of civil wrongs in official duties, per slides.

Malfeasance

Doing an unlawful or wrongful act.

Misfeasance

Performing a proper act improperly.

Nonfeasance

Failing to perform a required duty.

Contributory negligence

A legal situation where the injured person contributed to the harm.

Comparative negligence

A standard where the injured party recovers only if less negligent than the defendant.

Assumption of risk

Voluntarily accepting known, inherent risks.

Act of God defense

A legal defense based on an injury caused by an extraordinary natural event.

Proximate cause

A sufficiently direct link between an act and an injury.

Four negligence defenses

Assumption of risk, act of God, contributory negligence, and lack of proximate cause.

Common PE negligence risks

Faulty equipment, poor supervision, and hazardous conditions.

Duties of coaches

Instruct, warn, supervise, and provide a safe environment.

Duty to classify participants

An obligation to group participants by relevant skill, age, maturity, size, and experience.

Curriculum

A framework for planned instructional activities.

Value orientation

Beliefs that guide curriculum decisions, shaped by subject matter, students, and social-cultural goals.

Student-centered teaching

An instructional approach that emphasizes developing each individual student.

Subject mastery

An instructional focus emphasizing learning activity areas such as sports, dance, fitness, and aquatics.

Cooperative games

Activities used to develop problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

Guiding PE philosophy

A statement of physical education's role and contributions in school.

Unique contributions of PE

Fitness habits, movement skills, and understanding movement principles.

Conceptual framework

Guiding beliefs for choosing learning experiences.

Content standards

Fixed goals for student learning.

Student objectives

Observable, measurable behaviors with success criteria.

Environmental factors in curriculum

Weather, air quality, facilities, equipment, and subject matter.

Curriculum constraints

Budget and school scheduling limitations.

Basic urges of children

Movement, success, peer acceptance, and adventure.

Developmental Level I

Curriculum level for grades K–2 focusing on body awareness and movement concepts.

Developmental Level II

Curriculum level for grades 3–4 focusing on refining fundamental skills.

Developmental Level III

Curriculum level for grades 5–6 focusing on specialized skills and lead-up games.

Scope

Breadth of content covered across a year (horizontal).

Sequence

Progression of content across years or levels (vertical).

Balance

Adequate coverage of all objectives in a curriculum.

Four curriculum planning steps

Scope/sequence, yearly overview, benchmarks, and daily lesson plans.

Benchmarks

Checkpoints used to assess progress.

Behavioral objective

A statement that describes what students should achieve to make learning accountable, composed of condition, observable behavior, and criterion.

Condition (in an objective)

Circumstances or equipment provided for the performance.

Behavior (in an objective)

An observable action such as dribble or jump.

Criterion (in an objective)

How well or how often a skill must be performed.

Management vs. Discipline

Management prevents problems, whereas discipline responds to them.

Nonverbal intervention

Eye contact or a signal used to redirect behavior.

Verbal intervention

A clear statement telling a student to stop a behavior.

Time-out in PE

Temporary removal from an enjoyable activity without social attention.

Rule

A general expectation for behavior.

Routine

A procedure for completing a specific class task.

Personal and social responsibility (PSR)

Teaching students to behave responsibly and respect others.

Rhythmic activity

Movement coordinated with a beat or rhythm.

Lumey Sticks

A partner stick activity performed to a rhythmic chant in $3/4$ time.

Basic six-count Lumey Sticks sequence

Floor, own sticks, right diagonal, floor, own sticks, left diagonal.

Spotting in gymnastics

Assisting a student to perform a skill safely.

Gymnastics progressions

A series of instructional steps designed to build skills gradually and safely.

Case: a teacher leaves students unsupervised and one is hurt. What issue?

Potential negligence through inadequate supervision.

Case: students use broken equipment. What issue?

Potential negligence from faulty equipment.

Case: a student knows an inherent sport risk. What defense may apply?

Assumption of risk, if all required conditions are met.

Malfeasance

Doing something unlawful or wrongful.

Misfeasance:

Doing something improperly.

Nonfeasance

Failing to do something required.

Assumption of Risk

Knowingly accepting an inherent risk.

Contributory Negligence

The injured person contributed to the injury.

What is negligence?

Failure to exercise ordinary or reasonable care.

What is liability?

Legal responsibility for damages or obligations.

What is a tort?

A civil wrong that harms another person.

What are the three parts of a behavioral objective?

Condition, observable behavior, and criterion.

What is scope in curriculum?

The breadth of content taught across a year.

What is sequence in curriculum?

The progression of learning across grade levels.