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 Robert N. McKethan, Ed.D.

Associate Professor
Physical Education
Office: Convocation Center,
Phone: 828 262 6327
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 
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 
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 
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. 

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