Through the Social and Personal Responsibility Model, I learned how to provide different methods and games that will help with teaching students how to take responsiblity for their actions and participate fairly in the class. It also provided opportunities to teach personal skills that can be taken out of the classroom and brought into both the home and the classroom. This model also gave me different methods on how to rate partcipation, and get the student to rate themselves, therefore helping them gain a more thourogh understanding of what it is they need to improve.
The Teaching and Understanding Model provided me with ways to teach skills involved with learning sports, and also the method of using small games and relays aimed at specific skills in order to focus on the more difficult tactical problems seen in common sports. It also helped me learn what exactly the main problems are that children face when learning a new sport, for example looking for open space in a soccer game rather then just crowding the ball.
I think these two models could be easily integrated in a beneficial way. For example, you could take the problem of participation out of the first model and intergrate in into both the miniture and large games involving putting skills into use. If the group is playing a game, think of a way that everyone has to participate. In our classes, we tended to unconsciously mix the two models by making it a rule that every team member had to touch the ball in order for the team to score their goal. This not only makes sure that everyone gets a chance to test the skills that they've learned, but also be able to participate in the game rather than standing off to the side to watch. Through the integration of these two models, the students will have the chance to not only learn more skills of both models, but also be required to continue using what they have learned, insuring that they remember the skills rather than them being just a fleeting lesson.
