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Why I Embrace a More Inclusive and Empathetic Teaching Style in Physical Education

SHAPE America

I am a proud alum of the New York public school system who was nourished and supported by the amazing efforts from teachers, coaches, professors, and community members who guided me. As a child, I was privileged and fortunate to have attended elementary school and middle school in one of New York City’s most diverse districts.

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Prioritizing PE Post-Pandemic: An Interview with a PE Teacher

Active Schools Us

Unfortunately, students just weren’t signing on (maybe 4 out of 15 students) or were signing on but with parents or grandparents doing something in the room that wasn’t conducive to movement. Active Schools: What do you find that your students respond most enthusiastically to in PE? Are you ready to join the movement?

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Is teaching Physical Education (PE) a tough job? Why I have stopped trying to be a better teacher and revert to wanting to make sense of what I am doing and why.

Reinventing the Game

This reminds me of the whole non-linear/emergent ecological approach to approaching any skill acquisition (or functional working understanding) of a movement process, simple or complex. Can a PE teacher teach a much younger age-group if they have always been teaching older learners?

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Movement Concept Stations for PE Grades K-5

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School: Ravenwood Elementary Activity: Movement Concepts Stations Skills: Locomotor Movements, Pathways, Levels, Speeds, Balance, Dancing Grade: K-5 Movement Concepts Description This is a stations based activity where students work on different types of body movement. We utilize lots of equipment … Read More.

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Daily Physical Education as an Academic and Behavioral Intervention

SHAPE America

Look for opportunities to increase movement for students who could benefit from it. How many physical education minutes do students get each week? SHAPE America recommends 225 minutes for middle and high school students (150 minutes for elementary). A before-school club is a good place to start. And finally, don’t let cold weather stop you.

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Physical Education (PE) a guilt-trip subject for education systems

Reinventing the Game

It is difficult subject, wanting to enhance, educate, improve life skill movement that is almost unique to everyone through a generalised approach. I have to find some consensus as I have been a PE teacher for almost three decades and that is bound to mean something. What is its form? A paradox in approach to its existence.

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What to teach and Why in Physical Education (PE)

Reinventing the Game

I must say that every one of my articles were written as a result of an observation, some experience, some reading and connecting it to what I think I need to do better as a Physical Education (PE) teacher. There is a lack of leveraging on the role of voluntary non-survival movement and what this means in leading a better life.