Chapter 3 - Introduction to Performance Standards
Since “Why?” was the underlying and motivating foundation to The Need section of W.O.W.’s Fundamentals of Self Defense Curriculum, then “How?” is the basis for this section. How do I teach others how to teach self defense?
Have you ever held a job that had no structure to training you for that position and no structure for giving you feedback to your performance? Well, I have and I did not enjoy it. Some might call this “being thrown into the fire.” This seems to be a common approach to teaching self defense. However, my background in psychology, education and sports tells me that students need and want structure to the learning environment. Furthermore, this structure lends itself to better learning and improved performance. Therefore, in order to have the optimal learning environment for self defense, an instructor needs to consider performance standards.
The process of developing an achievement-based physical education curriculum for self defense gave me a starting point to establish goals with learning objectives. From there I was able to calculate the amount of content to be included and sequence them across the grade levels. Finally, I defined the objectives in terms of the desired process and the desired product. This section will take you through that work.
It was during my pursuit of my Master’s in Education – Health and Kinesiology when I used the ABC model to refine W.O.W.’s Fundamentals of Self Defense Curriculum. I am fortunate to have studied under Dr. Patricia Sherblom, Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Chairperson, Department of Kinesiology from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. I am thankful to her and the guidance she provided.
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