Robert N. McKethan, Ed.D.

Department Rank:
Associate Professor

Area:
Physical Education

Office: Convocation Center
Fax: 828-262-3138
Email: mckethanrn@appstate.edu

Education

B.S., Physical Education - Appalachian State University - 1970

M.S., Physical Education - Appalachian State University - 1971

Ed.D., Physical Education - University of North Carolina -
Greensboro - 1985

Teaching Specialties

Administration of Health and Physical Education
Elementary Physical Education
Sport Education

Current Courses Being Taught

PE 2015 - Organization And Administration of Physical Education
and Sport
PE 3556 - Teaching Elementary Physical Education
CI 4020 - Teaching Physical Education

Professional Affiliations / Organizations

American Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation
and Dance

North Carolina Association for Athletics, Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and dance

Phi Delta Kappa

National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education

Research Interests

Distance Learning and Qualitative Analysis
Teacher Effectiveness
Learning Styles and Preferences
Sport Education

Selected Publications

Veal, M. L., Campbell, M., Johnson, D. & McKethan, R. N. (In
Print). NASPE Standards in Action in North Carolina: THe PEPSE
Project. The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and
Dance.

Everhart;, B & McKethan, R.N. (In Print). Perceptions of
Preservice Physical Education Teachers in a Home School
Clinical Program. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and
Dance.

McKethan, R., Everhart, B., & Sanders, R. (2001) The Effects of
Multimedia Software Instruction and Lecture-Based Instruction
on Learning Teaching Cues of Manipulative Skills on Preservice
Physical Education Teachers. The Physical Educator, 58, 2-13.

McKethan, R.N. & Everhart, B. (2000). Starting a Home-School
Physical Education Clinical Program on Your Campus. Journal of
Physical Education Recreation and Dance, 71, 38-44.

McKethan, R., Everhart, B., & Stubblefield, E. (2000). The
effects of a Multimedia Computer Proram on Preservice
Elementary Teachers' Knowledge of Cognitive Components of
Movement Skills. The Physical Educator, 57, 58-65.

McKethan, R. N. & Turner, E.T. (1999). Using Multimedia
Programming to teach Sport skills. Journal of Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance, 70, 22-38.