| Top 10 read posts in 2022 | Top 10 read posts written in 2022 |
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| 20 mistakes I’ve made in my 20 years of teaching PE (2022) This was a reflection back on my career in PE teaching and teacher education to date and what mistakes I have made and to ensure that I don’t make similar ones in the next 20 years. | 20 mistakes I’ve made in my 20 years of teaching PE This was a reflection back on my career in PE teaching and teacher education to date and what mistakes I have made and to ensure that I don’t make similar ones in the next 20 years. |
| What is a ‘constraints led approach’? (2016) A constraints led approach is a relatively new approach to skill acquisition. By manipulating constraints in highly specific and systematic way we can educate a performers attention to perceptual information or encourage them to come up with a different movement solution. | Rethinking ‘a broad and balanced’ PE curriculum Is an overview of four alternatives to breadth and balance within a PE curriculum other than by areas of activity, looking at forms of movement, basic movement skills, reclassification of activities and logics of practice. |
| 4 domains of learning in Physical Education – Refined (2016) This post explores how I tried to develop a coherent and clear language around four learning domains within Physical Education so that both teachers and pupils could understand. This is an ongoing process in developing a holistic curriculum within PE. | 10 thoughts on PE curriculum change Curriculum change is really challenging, especially in a subject like PE where there is so much external pressure and expectation on what it should be and what it should look like. This is a collection of learnings from being involved in a number of change projects a PE Teacher, PE HoD and Teacher Educator. |
| 4 domains of learning in Physical Education (2015) Physical Education is a contested subject and will always remain to be so. Should we PE Teachers focus on the physical, or should we focus on the education? A Twitter survey of PE Teachers on what makes a good student of PE suggests that the education is held in higher regard than the physical. | PE is an empty vessel Thinking of PE as purely as good can lead to some shortsighted and potential dangerous professional judgement and decision making within regards to the subject. The subject has potential to do good as well as harm which is why we must be intentional with how we shape it and what we fill it with. |
| Meaningful Experiences in PE: Guiding Principles (2018) I’m increasingly convinced that for the children ito become physical educated they need to find meaning in forms of movement. These are my guiding principles to attend to the creation of meaningful experiences within physical education | Physical Literacy: Ecological Dynamics There are a number of flavours of Physical Literacy each with their own strengths and problems that they solve. This version of PL focuses on the fit between an individual and the environment in which they are moving in. |
| A Models Based Approach to PE: Cooperative Learning (2016) An overview of how I have tried to move away from a traditional DEP (demonstrate, explain and practice) style of teaching athletics to one that was underpinned by the benchmarks of cooperative learning. | Questioning Is a key teaching behaviour within PE, however it isn’t just enough to have a range of effective questioning strategies to use, there must be purpose behind asking them in the first place. This post focuses on that issue by drawing upon Lemov’s (2020) categorisation of questioning. |
| A bluffers guide to non-linear pedagogy (2016) In 2016 I was reading a lot and part of my reading brought me to non-linear pedagogy. This is an attempt to get my head round the basics and collect a number of resources such as academic literature, video, lesson plans and commentary on the approach by PE teachers and sports coaches as a future reference source. | Why movement What makes PE unique as a subject? For me the key concept that should underpin a PE curriculum is movement and this is my attempt articulate my reasons why. |
| A Tactical Games Approach – Revisited (2020) Returning to an older post on rugby, I have attempted to refined thinking and practice. This has been done by drawing on the work of Mitchell et al (2013) and elements of gamification. | Performance and Learning in PE The distinction between performance and learning is one that all PE Teachers should know. By understanding it can help to improve assessment literacy and enhance task design and teaching behaviours. |
| A models based approach to PE: Sport Education (2014) This post is an overview of how I implemented Sport Education into the curriculum and has links to documents that can help the novice teacher attempt to use this pedagogical model for the first time | What’s your PE jigsaw puzzle? Are the things you do in PE aligned to the purposes you espouse? Closing this gap is an ongoing challenge. The jigsaw puzzle is a metaphor to think about your values, purpose, and teaching in a joined up and coherent manner. |
| Rethinking ‘a broad and balanced’ PE curriculum (2022) Is an overview of four alternatives to breadth and balance within a PE curriculum other than by areas of activity, looking at forms of movement, basic movement skills, reclassification of activities and logics of practice. | Best Bets in PE Dudely et al’s (2022) recent meta-analysis on PE interventions and their impact on the physical, social, affective and cognitive domains on learning is reviewed within this post, provided some ‘best bets’ in each of the learning domains. |
Once again thank you to those who have read, commented, challenged and critique. The investment of your time into my understanding and development is greatly appreciated. Wishing you all the best for a healthy, happy and prosperous 2023.
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