Global Best Practices in Human Kinetics and Health Education: Focus on Teacher Preparation
Abdul Mohammed
Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai
Email: drabdulmohammed5@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Most of us have a sense of what is best practice in learning and
teaching of Human Kinetics and Health Education, based on centuries of educational practice and research. Best practice remains however, elusive and dependent on contextual factors understood by individuals differently depending on their individual perspectives. This paper endeavors to look at the concept of best practices, Human Kinetics overview, skills required to become a Human Kinetics and Health Education Teacher, developing best practice and Human Kinetics and Health Education curriculum. It was concluded that, Human Kinetics and Health Education curriculum should be redesigned to promote active student-centered learning and also
empowering individuals to develop life-long skills. It was therefore recommended among other things that, Human Kinetics and Health Education Teachers should be trained on the use of instructional technology in the area of Human Kinetics to enable them to be effective in the teaching of the subject to the learners.
