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ASU professor emeritus awarded physical education society’s highest honor

Arizona Health and Physical Education

April 18, 2023 Hans Van der Mars , professor emeritus at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, received the 2023 Luther Halsey Gulick Award at the Society of Health and Physical Educators, or SHAPE, America National Convention and Expo on March 30.

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Teaching Health & Physical Education - Everyday is the way

Physical Education Ideas

In a world where technology and innovation dominate, the importance of Health and Physical Education is often overlooked. In this blog post, we will explore the reasons why teaching Health and Physical Education is crucial and how literacy is the foundational skill upon which all knowledge is built. The answer is simple.

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Promoting Lifetime Activities in Secondary Schools

Gopher Sport

This month the PE Huddle will focus on “Promoting Lifetime Activities in Secondary Schools.” For the past 40 years, physical education professionals have talked about the importance of graduating students who will be physically active throughout their lifespan.

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Participation In PE – A Playbook For Success

PLT4M

Report Card on Physical Activity For Children and Youth from the Physical Activity Alliance has long served as a trusted resource for measuring and monitoring data surrounding overall physical activity and more specifically, physical education. Grade 10: 53.3% Grade 11: 40.2% Grade 12: 33.0%

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O Captain! My Captain! Looking to the Leadership of School Principals in Supporting Active Schools

Active Schools Us

metaphor to another type of educational leader: the school principal. All matters of daily routine, classroom instruction, curriculum and academic priority – indeed, the entire school ethos – assume form through the principal’s vision. In this short blog post, I wish to extend the O Captain! My Captain!

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Pedalling to Success: Revolutionising GCSE PE Practical Performance with The Cycle Coach

PE Scholar

British Cycling coach James Hey is on a mission that goes beyond traditional sports coaching by introducing the sport of cycling to secondary school

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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.