SHAPE America
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
In a school era focused on technology and standardized tests, might the key to some students’ success lie not in more academic work on a device, but in the opportunity to move their bodies outdoors? In this article, I share how daily outdoor physical education can be used as an academic and behavioral intervention.
SHAPE America
AUGUST 11, 2022
What I’ve learned from these conversations is that even though our PETE programs may be different, our students are almost all struggling with the same issue — their professional transition from students to teachers. We, as teachers, are inherently placed in a position to exert influence and enact. Running the Race. Change is hard.
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Physical Education Update
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
This often applies for those physical educators who teach academic subjects. It’s a great example of the physical education attitude and training applied to academic teaching. One thing about physical educators is that they realize the value of making lessons fun. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com.
Reinventing the Game
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
There has been more than enough lamenting here on our seemingly ‘babysitter’ job for ‘fresh air’ in between the more important business of academic, examinable subjects. Probably a self-protecting mechanism of a teacher on a plateau of ‘what else is there in PE’ ).
SHAPE America
OCTOBER 10, 2023
LESSONS FROM HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATORS We need health and physical education (HPE) teachers to flood classrooms at all levels with ideas and inspiration. HPE teachers already have it figured out! Teachers will notice a boost in student focus and attention span after a movement break.
SHAPE America
DECEMBER 5, 2023
As American society and schools experience growing diversity and interconnectedness, our responsibilities as teachers must embrace pedagogical approaches that nurture and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and empathy. In this way, there is shared responsibility in addressing inequities and other systemic barriers.
SHAPE America
JULY 27, 2023
And, despite clear research demonstrating the positive impacts of health and wellness on academic achievement , schools may be tempted to put critically important physical activity programs on the back burner. I am surprised when I hear schools no longer have field day to protect “academic time.” Don’t do it!
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