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Teaching Health & Physical Education - Everyday is the way

Physical Education Ideas

In this blog post, we will explore the reasons why teaching Health and Physical Education is crucial and how literacy is the foundational skill upon which all knowledge is built. Curriculums around the world clearly recognise the importance of teaching literacy in Health and Physical Education. character development 2.

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Learning informally to use the ‘full version’ of teaching games for understanding

PE Scholar

This paper examines an experienced teacher’s employment of the teaching games for understanding (TGfU) model in a UK secondary school

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Eight Things I will Never Say in a School

The Everlearner

I am James Simms, a PE and biology teacher who has dabbled with the teaching of MFL. I have taught full-time in five different state secondary schools and colleges in England and Wales over a 22 year career and have held positions such as PE Teacher, Course Manager, Head of PE, Assistant Director T&L and Assistant Heateacher.

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YST TOP Transition

PE Scholar

Are you looking for core tasks to support the holistic teaching and assessment of students in PE and ease primary to secondary school transition?

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ASU professor emeritus awarded physical education society’s highest honor

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Van der Mars regularly hosts workshops for K–12 teachers in physical education and served as co-editor of the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education from 1998 to 2002. He served as a member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Science Board from 2011 to 2014.

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Fluid mechanics: Teaching the Bernoulli principle

The Everlearner

If you are a secondary school or college PE teacher, theres a pretty good chance that the concept of biomechanics teaching has crossed your mind. Perhaps youve taught it at GCSE or A-level or perhaps youve heard conversations about how hard it is and how people avoid teaching it.

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Walking for Life: One Step at a Time

Gopher Sport

Time should be set aside at the start of the year to teach students movement competence concepts related to walking. This was developed for middle school students (grades 6-8), it is easily adapted and would be encouraged for all ages, especially secondary schools. What to Teach? This is intentional walking.