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Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role?

Reinventing the Game

My personal belief is that the younger the age group of learners, the more worthwhile to understand better the physiological processes at work within the learner and the behaviour exhibited in response to task and environment. Also recently, the strangle hold of fitness testing looms large in my professional life.

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5 Components Of Physical Fitness

PLT4M

Physical fitness is essential for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. There are 5 components of physical fitness that are essential for overall health and well-being. This article will discuss each component and how it contributes to physical fitness. What Are The 5 Components Of Physical Fitness?

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Gaining Athlete Buy-In – Ideas and Strategies for Successful Monitoring

First Beat

Instead, I’ll take a look at some theory that I think is relevant and attempt to provide a framework for motivating your athletes to engage in the monitoring process. In addition, I’ll provide some thoughts from practitioners working on the front-line in order to help your form your own ideas that fit the context of your specific group.

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What does Skills and Values look like in Physical Education (PE)?

Reinventing the Game

What process does Fig 1 best fits; 1) The teacher’s thinking process when approaching a learning design? This totally doesn’t explain whatever physiological/biological processes that needs to take place within the person in sync with its interaction of the world. Or is it vice versa? 2) Or is it better to consider the opposite flow?

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Reasons Movement Teaches Kids to Think and Learn Differently

Skillastics

Studies have proven that physical movement helps kids improve their memory, increase their motivation, and improve motor skills. Physiological Connections A researcher at Columbia University , found direct connections between physical activity and brain health. If you’re not sure what you need, let us know.

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The Full-Stack Physical Educator

The Physical Educator

Cultivating motivation. My goal is never to make teachers fit into a mold. Cultivating Motivation. Passion and purpose can be great motivators in our quest to grow as teaching professionals. Prioritizing health. Let’s look at each of these stacks separately: Empowering Teaching. I’m a burnout survivor.

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Adding the Physical to Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

Heartzones

There is a way to measure each individual’s response to many physical experiences using a wearable sensor that can measure heart rate, respiratory rate, body temperature, and other physiological responses that measure emotional changes. Darrell Salmi, Stillwater High School teaching social-emotional-physical learning with his PE students.