Interdisciplinary Elementary Physical Education-2nd Edition By Theresa Purcell Cone, Peter Werner, Stephen Cone

Interdisciplinary Elementary Physical Education-2nd Edition  By Theresa Purcell Cone, Peter Werner, Stephen Cone 
© 2009

Book   344 pages 
ISBN-13: 9780736072151




The new buzz word in the field of education is “collaboration.” Teachers are not only teaching skills and core curriculum but they are also working at co-teaching and making each second count in a student's day. Students find out not only meaning in the core concepts but are also seeing connections with learning, with mastering academic concepts, and with various specialists and classroom teachers working together.

This book is an awesome resource that is not only for the physical education teacher to collaborate with other teachers but also a good resource for classroom teachers to find alternative kinesthetic ways to teach standard-based curriculum.  The first part of the book discusses and reviews the standards for teaching physical education. It also shares methods of teaching from the Connected, Shared and Partnership model and how to integrate each method from selection to implementation to delivery.


The second section is full of practical ideas for using lessons to teach academics in each of the curricular areas.  First, there is a scope and sequence that identifies and addresses grade level skills.  The five curricular areas of language arts, science, social studies, math, and fine arts are discussed with practical methods to integrate more than one subject together in a fun and interesting way.  Grade levels discussed are in the preschool through sixth grade. 


This is a great book that both the physical education and classroom teacher can pick up and use to make not only good kinesthetic lessons but also teach how to integrate subjects using a variety of instructions including visual, verbal, and movement activities.  With the implementation and inclusion of not only students with disabilities but also those with various levels of cultural and social economic
opportunities, these books can provide an alternative but exciting way to integrate instruction in a student’s day.


Theresa Purcell Cone, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the department of health and exercise science at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. She has taught physical education and dance for 35 years in public schools and college and university settings.
Stephen L. Cone, Ph.D., is a professor in the department of health and exercise science at Rowan University. He has published and presented extensively in physical education, dance, and interdisciplinary teaching, and has taught physical education and dance for 35 years in public schools and college and university settings. 

Peter Werner, PED., is a professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina. His doctorate includes a specialization in physical education for children with a minor in elementary education. He has presented on interdisciplinary physical education for the past 35 years at the state, regional, and national levels.