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Health and Physical Education Leaders Seek Election to SHAPE America Board

SHAPE America

Each year, SHAPE America members vote for candidates to the SHAPE America Board of Directors, which is the organization’s governing body composed of 11 professional members. She also coordinates the Physical Education Master’s Certification Program at the University of Maryland College Park. in kinesiology (sport pedagogy) and an M.S.

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Physical Literacy: Ecological Dynamics

Drowning in the Shallow

It was a critical principle underpinning UK Parliament’s (2021) recent proposal for a ‘national plan for sport, health and wellbeing‘ and the government’s response agreed that it should be an essential focus for physical education (PE) and school sport (DCMS, 2022).

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How I Received Grants for My Physical Education Classes

SHAPE America

As an elementary physical education teacher in the Bronx, NY, I’m always looking for ways to stretch my PE budget and introduce my students to new physical activities. Here are some examples of the types of grants I’ve received, along with my advice on how you might find similar grants for your physical education classes.

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Concussion in sport: Free app set for government-backed trial

Association for Physical Education

06/06/2023 An app that helps identify and manage concussion in grassroots and school sport is set to be scrutinised in a two-year government-backed trial.

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afPE Responds to Government Publication of Sports Strategy

Association for Physical Education

30/08/2023 The Government will join forces with former sports stars, health professionals and fitness experts to help an additional 3.5 30/08/2023 The Government will join forces with former sports stars, health professionals and fitness experts to help an additional 3.5

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Stand for something

Drowning in the Shallow

What is the purpose of a physical education? My position is that it is to ‘nurture the physically educated person.’ Firstly it takes a society to physically educate a child – parents, teachers, schools, youth sports clubs, government departments, public health, … Continue reading Stand for something →

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Can Physical Education Unite a War-Torn Country?

Physical Education Update

When it comes to physical education, it seems that Uganda is more advanced in its thinking than many North American school boards. Rather than firing PE teachers and cutting PE from school curricula, Uganda’s ministry for education has announced that they’ll be recruiting 3600 new physical education teachers over the next two years.