SHAPE America

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This mindset, rooted in a lack of exposure and representation, inspired me to create a unit dedicated to breaking these barriers and showing my students that fitness — in all its forms — belongs to them. In partnership with Out r ide , we conducted research on the benefits of cycling for student success and social-emotional well-being.

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SHAPE America

MARCH 21, 2023

Here are a few winter activities for elementary PE that include opportunities to practice personal responsibility, cultural studies, and physical fitness outside. During and after the pandemic, it became even more apparent how important getting fresh air was for my students’ physical and, more important, emotional health.

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SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.

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Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 27, 2021

There needs to be a very strong belief in our attempts to educate physically and this means much more than ensuring physical fitness and teaching a certain number of games. Many a times we unfairly relegate our efforts to merely ensuring physical fitness and the teaching of X number of games.

Physical Education 130

Physical Education PE Education Education 130

PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

Adapted physical education and adapted physical activity programs play a critical role in promoting physical activity and overall well-being for individuals with disabilities. Alex has an undergraduate degree in Physical Education Teaching and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Teaching in Physical Education.

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Reinventing the Game

JANUARY 29, 2022

Putting the different bodies of thought, ED, CLA and NLP, in the same sentence took me some time to reread and even then I am not sure I got the true (or accepted) relationship right personally, in the direction of what the well-known authors in the areas try to do. I feel forced. The main researchers in these areas (CLA, NP, etc.)

Physical Education 130

Physical Education PE Education Education 130

Human Kinetics

MAY 10, 2022

In Adapted Physical Education and Sport 7th Edition , authors Winnick and Porretta have provided readers a wide curricular base in combination with extensive disability specific information. It is for pre-service as well as practicing professionals. A healthy lifestyle through physical activity is emphasized throughout.

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