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

Reinventing the Game

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? 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. YES, said rather exasperatedly!

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

Reinventing the Game

The Perfect Physical Education (PE) classroom – What does it look like? Is PE a guilt-trip subject for education systems to ensure there is a balance in their existence? I have to find some consensus as I have been a PE teacher for almost three decades and that is bound to mean something. environment.

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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

You can imagine the dilemma when in such an environment, the same expectations overflow into subjects like Physical Education (PE). As much as we have settled handling this mismatch in evaluating subjects like PE and other life-skill related ones, it still creeps up every now and then on the ground in an awkward way.

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If They Can Block-Schedule Physical Education, Why Not Lunch?

Physical Education Update

Although physical educators have long realized the importance of Quality Daily Physical Education, the need for such programs is still not a priority for parents and policy makers. This is highlighted by the fact that many school boards still use block-scheduling for physical education classes. Ridiculous?

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

Reinventing the Game

It is a combination of work stress, doubts about alignment of what I want with what it should it be like to be a Physical Education (PE) teacher, fatigue, etc. came after a discussion with a fellow teacher in the all-consuming discussion of what PE is and what it should look like. considering all parts?

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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.

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Recreational Sports Facilities & Physical Education SAVE Taxpayers’ Money!

Physical Education Update

It’s the typical argument of the ill-informed…the same type of people responsible for declaring physical education to be a frill subject. Physical education and the provision of facilities that encourage physical activity are anything but frills. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com. Absolutely not.