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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

In my bigger teaching environment, much effort is also put into the character and citizenship development of the leaners and this role is expected of all teachers, including the academic teachers with clear examinable performance indicators. Probably a self-protecting mechanism of a teacher on a plateau of ‘what else is there in PE’ ).

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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. You may still find older teachers and school curriculum still clinging to it. Or is it not?

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

Reinventing the Game

I have to find some consensus as I have been a PE teacher for almost three decades and that is bound to mean something. The adjective perfect is too subjective to/for the teacher and potentially contrarian to the learner centred ideals of movement development. The struggle is real. Not the best question to ask, in my opinion.

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Creating the opportunity to learn

Learning Through Sport

A teacher or coach must ensure the learner is engaged in the learning process (Mosston, 1966). Optimising learning There are factors which accumulated education research lead to them being considered as 'known' to optimise learning regardless of field or subject matter. Engagement can be considered in three areas. Curran et al.,

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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. Or is it vice versa?

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Meaningful physical education programs and a 'main theme' curriculum model

Learning Through Sport

This is because physical education teachers are educators. This leads to an important question that needs to be addressed by physical education teachers when planning a curriculum , What curriculum is worth planning in the time available? biomechanics, skill acquisition, exercise physiology, etc).

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Cause for Celebration—and Concern

Stanford Childrens

There are a lot of physiologic changes in pregnancy, and for moms who have underlying disorders, including cardiac issues, close surveillance is recommended,” says Dr. Wu. In the end, we’re teachers and supporters. Other times, pregnancy can make diagnosed arrhythmias worse. I needed to hear that.“