Kevin Patton, Ed.D.

Education

2004 Ed. D., University of Massachusetts – Amherst, MA
2000 M.A., California State University, Chico – Chico, CA
1997 B.A., Idaho State University – Pocatello, ID

Professional Experience

2004 – Present Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado,Greeley, CO
2000 – 2004 Graduate Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1997 – 2000 Teaching Assistant, California State University, Chico
1997 – 2000 Adjunct Faculty/Coach, Butte Community College, Oroville, CA

Teaching Areas

SES 200 – Weight Training and Conditioning
SES 210 – Developmentally Appropriate Elementary Activities
SES 340 & 340 Lab – Planning and Instructional Design and Clinical Teaching Lab
SES 342 – Teaching Health-Related Fitness
SES 440 & 440 Lab – Developing Pedagogical Skills Elementary Physical Education
SES 603 – Professional Development Seminar
SES 615 – Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise Science
SES 641 - Instructional Strategies for Elementary School Physical Education
SES 680 – Perspectives In Sport Pedagogy
SES 685 – Critical Pedagogy

Research

Promotion of Physical Activity in the Context of Physical Education Reform
Constructivist Approaches to Sport-Related Games Teaching and Learning

Book Chapters

Griffin , L. L. & Patton, K. (2004). Two Decades of Teaching Games for Understanding:

Looking at the Past, Present, and Future. In Griffin, L. L., & Butler, J. (Eds). Teaching Games for Understanding: Theory, research, and practice. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Publications

Patton, K., & Griffin, L. L. (in press). Three physical education programs’ adaptive approaches to change: “How can I spin that so it works for me?” Sport, Education, and Society.

Henninger, M. L., Pagnano, K., Patton, K., Griffin, L. L., & Dodds, P. (2006). Novice volleyball players’ knowledge of games, strategies, tactics, and decision-making in the context of game play. Journal of Physical Education New Zealand, 39(1), 34-46.

Gallo, A. M., Sheehy, D., Patton, K., & Griffin, L. L. (2006). Benefits and barriers to assessment: What are you committed to? Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 77(8), 46-50.

Smith, M., & Patton, K. (2006). Student-created games as an instructional strategy for learning. COAHPERD Journal, 32(3), 12-15.

Griffin, L. L., Brooker, R., & Patton, K. (2005). Working towards legitimacy: Two decades of Teaching Games for Understanding. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 10(3), 213-223.

Patton, K., Griffin, L. L., Sheehy, D., Arnold, R., Gallo, A. M., Dodds, P. Pagnano, K., Henninger, M. L., & James, A. (2005). Navigating the mentoring process in a teacher development project: A situated learning perspective. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 24(4)302-325.

Patton, K., Smith, M. (2005). Changing physical education: Dusting off old practices. COAHPERD Journal, 31(2), p. 6-7; 21.

Griffin , L. L. & Patton, K. (2004). Two Decades of Teaching Games for Understanding: Looking at the Past, Present, and Future. In Griffin, L. L., & Butler, J. (Eds). Teaching Games for Understanding: Theory, research, and practice. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Selected Professional Presentations

Smith, M. A., Patton, K., Chase, D., Madden, M. D., Ronspies, S. M., & Ward, S. (2007, March). Middle school students’ perceptions of active homework. Poster at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Baltimore, MD.

Stiehl, J., Parker, M., Sinclair, C., Patton, K., & Smith, M. (2006, October). Program congruence: Beyond aligning curriculum. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE) National Teacher Education Conference, Long Beach, CA.

Patton, K., Smith, M., Sinclair, C., & Madden, M. (2006, October). Teaching sport concepts tactically. Pre-convention workshop at Colorado Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Denver, CO.

Patton, K. (2006, April). Three physical education programs’ adaptive approaches to change: “How can I spin that so it works for me?” Paper presented at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Parker, M., Sinclair, C., Smith, M., & Patton, K. (2006, April). Undergraduate Physical Education Majors’ Conceptions of Teaching. Paper presented at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Patton, K., Griffin, L.L. (accepted; April 2005). Exploring Teacher Change: Two Teachers’ Experiences and Patterns of Change in a Physical Education Teacher Development Project. Paper to be presented at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Chicago, IL.

Patton, K., Griffin, L.L., Sheehy, D., Arnold, R., Gallo, A.M., Pagnano, K., Carpenter, E., Dodds, P., James, A., Henninger, M., & Stanne, K. (accepted; April 2005). Navigating the Mentoring Process in a Teacher Development Project: A Situated Learning Perspective. Paper to be presented at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Chicago, IL.

Patton, K., Arnold, R., Stanne, K., Gallo, A. M., Dodds, P., Griffin, L., Sheehy, D., Henninger, M., Pagnano, K., & James, A. (April 2004). Middle School Students’ Prior Knowledge of Physical Activity and Physical Education Before an Assessment Initiative for Teacher Development. Paper presented at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Patton, K. (2003, October). Change Initiation: Teachers’ Preconditions to Success in a Physical Education Assessment Project. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE) National Teacher Education Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.

Griffin , L., Patton, K., Dodds, P., Henninger, M., Sheehy, D., Arnold, R., Gallo, A., Stanne, K. (2003, October). A Collaborative, Multi Institutional Assessment Initiative in Middle School Physical Education (AIMS-PE). Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE) National Teacher Education Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.

Patton, K., Dodds, P., Henninger, M.L., Pagnano, K., Griffin, L. (2003, April). Exploring Novice Players’ Volleyball Knowledge in the Context Situation of Game Play. Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Alliance of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Philadelphia, PA.

Griffin , L., Dodds, P., James, A., Patton, K., Henninger, M., Stanne, K., Sheehy, D., Arnold, R., Gallo, A. (2003, January). Implementing Change in Middle School Physical Education: An Assessment Initiative. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association of Physical Education in Higher Education, Long Beach, CA.

Patton, K., Pagnano, K., Henninger, M., Dodds, D., Griffin, L., Cheontaik, S. (2002, April). Using Multiple Methodologies to Investigate College Students’ Knowledge of Volleyball. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Alliance of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, San Diego, CA.

Placek, J.H., Patton, K. (2002, April). Integrated Physical Education Curriculum: Students’ Conceptions of Newton’s Laws. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Alliance of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, San Diego, CA.

Griffin , L., Pagnano, K., Henninger, M., Patton, K., James, A., France, T. (2002, April). Creating an Awareness for Gender-Sensitive Physical Education: A Learner-Centered Model. Session presented at the meeting of the American Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, San Diego, CA.

Placek, J.H., Patton, K. (2002, April). Learning From an Integrated Curriculum In Physical Education: Fourth Graders Conceptions of Mechanics. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Henninger, M., Patton, K., Pagnano, K., Dodds, P., Griffin, L., Son, C. (2002, April). College Students’ Domain-specific Knowledge of Volleyball Prior to Instruction. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Patton, K. (2001, March). An Inquiry about the Value Orientations of Preservice Physical Education Teachers and Faculty. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Cincinnati, OH.

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Kevin Patton, Ed.D. Education 2004 Ed. D., University of Massachusetts – Amherst, MA 2000 M.A., California State University, Chico – Chico, CA 1997 B.A., Idaho State University – Pocatello, ID Professional Experience 2004 – Present Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado,Greeley, CO 2000 – 2004 Graduate Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1997 – 2000 Teaching Assistant, California State University, Chico 1997 – 2000 Adjunct Faculty/Coach, Butte Community College, Oroville, CA Teaching Areas SES 200 – Weight Training and Conditioning SES 210 – Developmentally Appropriate Elementary Activities SES 340 & 340 Lab – Planning and Instructional Design and Clinical Teaching Lab SES 342 – Teaching Health-Related Fitness SES 440 & 440 Lab – Developing Pedagogical Skills Elementary Physical Education SES 603 – Professional Development Seminar SES 615 – Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise Science SES 641 - Instructional Strategies for Elementary School Physical Education SES 680 – Perspectives In Sport Pedagogy SES 685 – Critical Pedagogy Research Promotion of Physical Activity in the Context of Physical Education Reform Constructivist Approaches to Sport-Related Games Teaching and Learning Book Chapters Griffin , L. L. & Patton, K. (2004). Two Decades of Teaching Games for Understanding: Looking at the Past, Present, and Future. In Griffin, L. L., & Butler, J. (Eds). Teaching Games for Understanding: Theory, research, and practice. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Publications Patton, K., & Griffin, L. L. (in press). Three physical education programs’ adaptive approaches to change: “How can I spin that so it works for me?” Sport, Education, and Society. Henninger, M. L., Pagnano, K., Patton, K., Griffin, L. L., & Dodds, P. (2006). Novice volleyball players’ knowledge of games, strategies, tactics, and decision-making in the context of game play. Journal of Physical Education New Zealand, 39(1), 34-46. Gallo, A. M., Sheehy, D., Patton, K., & Griffin, L. L. (2006). Benefits and barriers to assessment: What are you committed to? Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 77(8), 46-50. Smith, M., & Patton, K. (2006). Student-created games as an instructional strategy for learning. COAHPERD Journal, 32(3), 12-15. Griffin, L. L., Brooker, R., & Patton, K. (2005). Working towards legitimacy: Two decades of Teaching Games for Understanding. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 10(3), 213-223. Patton, K., Griffin, L. L., Sheehy, D., Arnold, R., Gallo, A. M., Dodds, P. Pagnano, K., Henninger, M. L., & James, A. (2005). Navigating the mentoring process in a teacher development project: A situated learning perspective. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 24(4)302-325. Patton, K., Smith, M. (2005). Changing physical education: Dusting off old practices. COAHPERD Journal, 31(2), p. 6-7; 21. Griffin , L. L. & Patton, K. (2004). Two Decades of Teaching Games for Understanding: Looking at the Past, Present, and Future. In Griffin, L. L., & Butler, J. (Eds). Teaching Games for Understanding: Theory, research, and practice. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Selected Professional Presentations Smith, M. A., Patton, K., Chase, D., Madden, M. D., Ronspies, S. M., & Ward, S. (2007, March). Middle school students’ perceptions of active homework. Poster at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Baltimore, MD. Stiehl, J., Parker, M., Sinclair, C., Patton, K., & Smith, M. (2006, October). Program congruence: Beyond aligning curriculum. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE) National Teacher Education Conference, Long Beach, CA. Patton, K., Smith, M., Sinclair, C., & Madden, M. (2006, October). Teaching sport concepts tactically. Pre-convention workshop at Colorado Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Denver, CO. Patton, K. (2006, April). Three physical education programs’ adaptive approaches to change: “How can I spin that so it works for me?” Paper presented at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah. Parker, M., Sinclair, C., Smith, M., & Patton, K. (2006, April). Undergraduate Physical Education Majors’ Conceptions of Teaching. Paper presented at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah. Patton, K., Griffin, L.L. (accepted; April 2005). Exploring Teacher Change: Two Teachers’ Experiences and Patterns of Change in a Physical Education Teacher Development Project. Paper to be presented at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Chicago, IL. Patton, K., Griffin, L.L., Sheehy, D., Arnold, R., Gallo, A.M., Pagnano, K., Carpenter, E., Dodds, P., James, A., Henninger, M., & Stanne, K. (accepted; April 2005). Navigating the Mentoring Process in a Teacher Development Project: A Situated Learning Perspective. Paper to be presented at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, Chicago, IL. Patton, K., Arnold, R., Stanne, K., Gallo, A. M., Dodds, P., Griffin, L., Sheehy, D., Henninger, M., Pagnano, K., & James, A. (April 2004). Middle School Students’ Prior Knowledge of Physical Activity and Physical Education Before an Assessment Initiative for Teacher Development. Paper presented at the annual American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention, New Orleans, LA. Patton, K. (2003, October). Change Initiation: Teachers’ Preconditions to Success in a Physical Education Assessment Project. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE) National Teacher Education Conference, Baton Rouge, LA. Griffin , L., Patton, K., Dodds, P., Henninger, M., Sheehy, D., Arnold, R., Gallo, A., Stanne, K. (2003, October). A Collaborative, Multi Institutional Assessment Initiative in Middle School Physical Education (AIMS-PE). Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association for Sport & Physical Education (NASPE) National Teacher Education Conference, Baton Rouge, LA. Patton, K., Dodds, P., Henninger, M.L., Pagnano, K., Griffin, L. (2003, April). Exploring Novice Players’ Volleyball Knowledge in the Context Situation of Game Play. Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Alliance of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Philadelphia, PA. Griffin , L., Dodds, P., James, A., Patton, K., Henninger, M., Stanne, K., Sheehy, D., Arnold, R., Gallo, A. (2003, January). Implementing Change in Middle School Physical Education: An Assessment Initiative. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Association of Physical Education in Higher Education, Long Beach, CA. Patton, K., Pagnano, K., Henninger, M., Dodds, D., Griffin, L., Cheontaik, S. (2002, April). Using Multiple Methodologies to Investigate College Students’ Knowledge of Volleyball. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Alliance of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, San Diego, CA. Placek, J.H., Patton, K. (2002, April). Integrated Physical Education Curriculum: Students’ Conceptions of Newton’s Laws. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Alliance of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, San Diego, CA. Griffin , L., Pagnano, K., Henninger, M., Patton, K., James, A., France, T. (2002, April). Creating an Awareness for Gender-Sensitive Physical Education: A Learner-Centered Model. Session presented at the meeting of the American Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, San Diego, CA. Placek, J.H., Patton, K. (2002, April). Learning From an Integrated Curriculum In Physical Education: Fourth Graders Conceptions of Mechanics. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Henninger, M., Patton, K., Pagnano, K., Dodds, P., Griffin, L., Son, C. (2002, April). College Students’ Domain-specific Knowledge of Volleyball Prior to Instruction. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Patton, K. (2001, March). An Inquiry about the Value Orientations of Preservice Physical Education Teachers and Faculty. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Cincinnati, OH.	Home Degrees Offered Faculty/Staff Sport Marketing Research Institute Rocky Mtn Cancer Rehab. Institute UNC Challenge Ropes Course School of Sport and Exercise Science Gunter 2590, Box 39 Greeley, CO 80639 (970) 351-2535 (970) 351-1762 (fax) For additional information please click the links below Athletic Training Exercise Science Sport Administration Sport Pedagogy
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