SHAPE America
AUGUST 4, 2022
At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. I once taught physical education classes outside — in Minnesota — for a full school year (and a month into the next year) when our gymnasium was being renovated.
PLT4M
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Physical education electives offer an opportunity for students within a physical education program to select from a wide variety of different course options that suit their goals and interests. And this also comes at a time where physical education has been a hot topic of discussion in schools.
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SHAPE America
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
RESILIENCY FOR STUDENTS Physical education provides many benefits for developing resiliency. Additional Resources [Webinar] Encouraging Resiliency: Motivating Students to Overcome Difficulties and Persevere This post is promoted content by the United States Marine Corps. Don’t hesitate to lean on your support system for guidance.
Reinventing the Game
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? Insisting on precision takes a fair bit of time in the preparation phase, usually a teacher-centred process which leads to possibly external regulation for most learners (limited intrinsic motivation). To what extent does motivation comes in when we start with precision?
Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker
Physical education is an important part of the development of the whole person: physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively. It's when teachers are educationally purposeful and strengths-based in their planning, teaching, and assessment that physical education achieves the three dimensions of education in, through, and about movement.
Learning Through Sport
MARCH 1, 2025
In a prevous blog here I began to look at concept based curriculum model for physical education as an alternative to a multi-activity curriculum model. The multi-activity curriculum model has been the subject of severe critique for its absence of educative outcomes for most students since the early 1990s.
SHAPE America
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues. Educators worry about time spent on learning, the Common Core, and curriculum standards (all for good reason). Therefore, I encourage educators to incorporate more HPE into every classroom, every day.
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