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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

There are fewer sunlit hours after school for children to be outside and physically active. This time of year, it is increasingly important to incorporate physical activity into the school day. Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues.

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Meaningful physical education programs and a 'main theme' curriculum model

Learning Through Sport

In my last post here , I considered what it means to teach physical education for effective learning. In this blog, I connect back to an idea I have discussed before in relation to games based teaching here , that is making a physical education program meaningful. This is because physical education teachers are educators.

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Universal Design for Learning in Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Hello Arizona Health and Physical Education members! I’m sure most of you have heard of UDL by now and even if you haven’t, the information below might provide some insight on how we as physical educators can create a same, welcoming and successful learning environment for ALL our students. Can everyone sit together?

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Imagine a New Physical Education

Heartzones

Imagine a new direction in physical education… Imagine having individual exercise data that was immediately sent to student records, the student, and the parents, each day from physical education classes. The key is the feasibility and speed of merging data for physical education records.

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The Importance of Physical Education Curriculum

Physical Education Ideas

How does this all relate to Physical Education? Curriculum development forms the basis of everything we do, every lesson we write, every assessment we create every standard we touch. In Physical Education, curriculum forms the basis of potentially sending students to State/National/International competition.

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Understanding Motivational Theories in Physical Education

PLT4M

Sean Fullerton is a former secondary physical education teacher and current Ph.D. In this article, Sean explores motivational theories in physical education. Be on the lookout for lots of great content from Sean as he helps take the academic angle of physical education best practices. PLT4M Classroom.

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BRING ON THE SUMMER BREAK!!!

Arizona Health and Physical Education

May 2023 Greetings Arizona Health and Physical Educators! We’re all ready to put the equipment away (hopefully somewhat organized), submit those final progress reports or grades, and shut the gym, wrestling room, multipurpose room doors for at least 6ish weeks. Believe me, I get it. Below is just a sample.