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<p> This new edition of <i>Complete Guide to Sport Education </i>contains everything your students need to get—and keep—children active. Regardless of skill or confidence level, your students will learn how to get children to work together, support each other, and gain competence in sport and fitness skills so that they can stay moving now and throughout their lifetime. The Sport Education model is appropriate for various dance forms and recreational activities such as swimming, weightlifting, and other fitness programs such as aerobic routines and hiking. </p><p> The text for this groundbreaking <i>Sport Education</i> curricular model has expanded to 12 chapters, is updated throughout, and offers even more practical examples and real-world applications from both elementary and secondary levels: </p><p> • A new emphasis on using the Sport Education model to help students reach national goals for physical activity, including outside of class time </p><p> • Review of the findings from more than 50 research studies that examine the efficacies of the Sport Education model </p><p> • More online teacher resources—including ready-to-use forms, plans, assessments, charts, and handouts </p><p> A few examples of new resources include a series of team practice cards that teachers and team coaches can use to plan practices, and templates that allow teachers to choose among several game-play performance indicators (techniques and tactics, rules and strategies, fair play, and so on). The resources make it easy for professors to use this text in college methods and curriculum courses. </p><p> Authors Daryl Siedentop, Peter Hastie, and Hans van der Mars provide a perfect blend of rock-solid theory and practical application for a wealth of games, sports, and fitness activities. Through their Sport Education model, children quickly become involved in all aspects of a sport or activity, learning skills, sportsmanship, and responsibility. The curriculum helps students develop as leader