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Understanding Motivational Theories in Physical Education

PLT4M

Sean Fullerton is a former secondary physical education teacher and current Ph.D. In this article, Sean explores motivational theories in physical education. Be on the lookout for lots of great content from Sean as he helps take the academic angle of physical education best practices. PLT4M Classroom.

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Reflection – Action coupling for teachers in Physical Education (PE)

Reinventing the Game

This is usually the point where a whole year’s of effort culminates and everyone sort of wind down from an intense academic calendar. For them, my attitude was to hear them out and present activities that was planned for by their original teacher. These two experiences are identifiable for many teachers.

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

Reinventing the Game

You may still find older teachers and school curriculum still clinging to it. It doesn’t help that evaluation process across subjects prefer clear quantitative data to compare teacher performances. To what extent does motivation comes in when we start with precision? Or is it not? How about sport/game skills or abilities?

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PE: Co-curricular or Extracurricular?

Montessori Physical Education

What is the first thing a physical education teacher should do at the beginning of the year? Talk to your classroom teachers. I am a physical education teacher and I have my own classroom, whether it be the gym or outside.” However, a co-curricular complements and connects to the academic curriculum.

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Focused success: How sports empower Shawn

Every Kids Sports

Nicole highlights how sports motivate Shawn and keep him pushing forward, instilling valuable life skills that go beyond the baseball diamond. Nicole, Shawn’s mom Shawn dreams of becoming a DJ, a teacher, a basketball coach, and a mentor for kids who have trouble focusing. . Do you believe in the transformative power of sports?

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10 SEL Activities For High School

PLT4M

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is the nation’s leading organization advancing the development of academic, social and emotional competence for all students. Teachers want to know exactly how to hit on SEL competencies in lesson plans. What Is Social Emotional Learning?

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The Perfect Storm of Learning Conditions in Physical Education (PE)

Reinventing the Game

The big assumption I made here (not the best assumption for a holistic picture of PE but adequate for what I want to share here) is that skill acquisition is a big part of our job as PE teachers and it is necessary for us to think about it in order to do better. It is a challenge to see this in perspective.