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As an education major here at Montclair we are taught to actively incorporate literacy and critical thinking into our lessons. As a physical education major at first glimpse at these topics everyone's response is how can that fit into PE...you're not supposed to learn in that class. Well you are! We are given a basis in our classes about how we can begin to incorporate these things into physical education but it is classes like this one that make us take our basis of knowledge and run with it. This class opened my eyes to this not only by the teachings of Dr. Dana but also by my fellow classmates and the idea's they presented to the class no matter what content area it may have been. It made me explore the vast definition of literacy and how it is applied to all areas. Also as much as I am the type of person who does not like to read unless it is my own personal choice of topic, I really enjoyed reading Teacher Man. It is comforting as a future teacher to hear the stories of the trials and tribulations of teaching....some that scare you, and some that bring a smile to your face.

There is only one comment I have to make about a class like this. I learned A LOT from the students in the class who were of different majors. However, sometimes especially in physical education I wish there was more information. It is difficult to find books that even present the thought of literacy in physical education. Yet, I thank Dr. Dana for incorporating physical education into the class because some teachers lack the information in that area so they totally disregard it.