Aspire-Ed

MARCH 27, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that following an extensive quality assurance check by CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) — Aspire Training Solutions and Aspire:ED has been awarded “ Enhancing ” status—the highest level of quality ratings that an education provider can achieve.

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Drowning in the Shallow

JANUARY 29, 2022

To achieve that we need to become more intentional with how we shape PE, what we fill it with and how we offer it. To ensure … Continue reading 20 mistakes I’ve made in my 20 years of teaching PE.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 5, 2025

Teaching is a complex and sometimes complicated endeavour. The goal of physical education teaching is student learning and it is the teacher who has the responsibility for directing the learning through their curriculum (program design), pedagogy and assessment decision-making.

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The PE Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

Breaking Boundaries: Teaching Cricket in Primary Schools As summer fast approaches (hopefully bringing the sunny weather with it), so do the ‘summer sports’ in PE. Each of these activities comes with different challenges when teaching in primary schools. However, this does not have to be the case.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 2, 2023

How do you know what to teach in your physical education classes? Using SHAPE America’s National Physical Education Standards as the guide to my teaching helps me prepare my students to take charge of their own physical literacy journey — and I recommend that’s where you start as well. What do your students need?

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Physical Education Ideas

MAY 2, 2023

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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Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Here we break down that impact and take a closer look at why gymnastics is an essential sport to teach in primary school. Teaching gymnastics develops key physical skills. Which leads us on to our next point… Teaching gymnastics is in line with the national curriculum. Gymnasts exercise body and mind.

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SHAPE America

MARCH 24, 2022

Educational systems and disciplines around the world implement standards that outline the achievement expectations for students. While some maintain that standards can be too prescriptive and restrict teaching, we believe they provide a stable support structure. The Structure Supports Success. Standards are no different.

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Relentless School Nurse

MAY 19, 2025

Immunization at Risk Vaccines are one of the greatest public health achievements of our time. Schools cant teach hungry children, and nurses cant treat them effectively without addressing the root causes of their health challenges. For many children, the school nurse is the only health provider they see.

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Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 7, 2023

Remember, we teach people how to treat us. Here are some suggestions that might help us regroup and regain equilibrium; at least I hope so: Be realistic about what you can achieve during the school day. Being on the teacher’s union contract has benefits, but only if we follow the language of the contract.

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Changing the Game Project

APRIL 3, 2024

Both programs have been very successful on the field, winning conference championships and achieving high national rankings and recognition.

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Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 11, 2024

My personal dive (too shallow) into skill acquisition sciences is unsuccessfully not seeing the relationship/interaction aspect of classroom teaching environment, at least not so directly. For me, this relationship factor is a key driver of the teaching-learning environment that seemingly can make or break the context best-fit lesson.

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SHAPE America

JUNE 6, 2024

Whether you’re commanding a boat, leading a squad, or teaching in a classroom, empowering those to embrace their roles not only ensures accountability but also contributes to the collective achievement of goals. People want to be successful; they want to positively contribute to the team. Use these keys — lead your team.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

In my last post here , I considered what it means to teach physical education for effective learning. In this blog, I connect back to an idea I have discussed before in relation to games based teaching here , that is making a physical education program meaningful. Developmental physical education (DPE). Adventure Education.

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Stanford Childrens

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Biden Lifetime Achievement Award, which is the highest honor in the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) program. Part of the responsibility of being a captain was to develop, inspire, and teach younger members of the team, and that really stuck with me,” he says. “Service is what I’ve always believed in.”

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

When Cole Christopher first started teaching at MACCRAY 7 years ago, the weightlifting elective had only a handful of students. Nicole says that the Lifetime Fitness classes have been a game-changer for students at De Pere, “Many students start the semester unsure, even nervous, of what they can achieve.

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Relentless School Nurse

JULY 29, 2023

From individual consultations to teaching sessions and interdisciplinary collaborations, each task offers us a chance to make a difference in students’ lives. Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams and sharing experiences with other professionals can enhance our skills and knowledge, leading to a sense of growth and achievement.

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Stanford Childrens

MAY 14, 2025

Finding the right medication Because there isnt a cure for ulcerative colitis, the goal of therapy was to keep Mo healthy and ideally to achieve remission by controlling symptoms and inflammation. Other times, they teach children strategies to manage stress, pain, anxiety, or depression, which can be associated with IBD.

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Changing the Game Project

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Because it teaches you so many valuable lessons, especially the one that says you have to be courageous enough to experience the lowest of lows, and have your heart ripped out in the cruelest of fashion. And when you put all of this together, that is why I love high school sports. This is why I love sports in general.

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Gopher Sport

JANUARY 15, 2025

Adapting Boardball for Younger Students Volleyball can be a tough game to teach, especially for younger students who often struggle with keeping the ball in the air while contending with a tall net. Heres how Boardball can be adapted for younger students, why its a great fit for PE, and what educators are saying about it.

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Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 21, 2023

Pat Hamilton, an Iowa School Superintendent, is choosing to reduce school nursing hours in order to “emphasize what our top priority needs to be, which is teaching and learning.” We are an investment in student achievement, not a mere cost center located on an inanimate excel spreadsheet.

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Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

While recreation sport in curriculum time didn't feature in any of the schools I worked in, when I started my teaching career in the late 1980s, in many jurisdictions school sport was still in curriculum time. Wretman (2017) found participation in school sport had a significant standardised effect on academic achievement. Keane, F., &

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

AUGUST 27, 2024

Below are some strategies and ideas for teaching students with autism in physical education. Instead of adapting or simplifying the activity before a child gets a chance to try it, set realistic goals and teach the child to ask for help if they are struggling. Different Speeds and Different Needs: How to Teach Sports to Every Kid.

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Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Teaching people how to critically evaluate the claims they come across online can make a big difference. This can be achieved through listening sessions, monitoring social media discussions, and tracking local news comments. Supporting fact-checking efforts is another important step. Advocacy is essential too.

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Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Deficits such as these in foundational motor skills have consequences for cognition and achievement. Activities in physical education often teach children important classroom skills including following instructions, making decisions, problem-solving, teamwork, and self-regulation. How: Teach your students how to move in 4/4 time.

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

There is limited evidence of sport teaching in physical education transferring to physical activity participation 'beyond the school gate' in any numerical sense of significance. Teaching for understanding argument. I.e. if you do not adopt an active lifestyle your life expectancy will be shortened. Sport as useful. Utility argument.

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RC Families

AUGUST 26, 2024

It does not mean that what you achieve is without error; it simply means that you are committed to growing and. Reaching for excellence means consistently striving the the highest standard in what you do. However, it is not perfection, and it does not mean you score the most points or get the most playing time. Read More

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Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

In approaching a teaching scenario, the above diagram, Fig 1 , seems to suggest a possible start with Learner Outcome consideration before moving on to decide our intervention strategy, Teacher Input. We add to this challenge by also wanting to be very specific with our teaching outcomes, e.g. values, affective, skills , etc.

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Aspire-Ed

OCTOBER 12, 2022

As a result, it’s seen as a difficult and dangerous sport to teach, with teachers left apprehensive about delivering lessons. So how do you move from fearing the sport to making it one of your favourite to teach? The course gives you the skills, knowledge and confidence to plan, teach and assess primary gymnastics.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Some focus heavily on teaching individual skillslike dribbling or jumpingbut lack engaging, fun activity ideas. Others offer exciting games but fail to connect those activities to broader goals, such as physical literacy or teaching foundational skills. Another significant challenge is the cost of high-quality resources.

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The PE Hub

APRIL 18, 2024

Breaking Boundaries: Teaching Cricket in Primary Schools As summer fast approaches (hopefully bringing the sunny weather with it), so do the ‘summer sports’ in PE. Each of these activities comes with different challenges when teaching in primary schools. However, this does not have to be the case.

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Sports Coaching FAQ

JANUARY 6, 2021

This article will outline steps and guidance on how to teach this skill to a child. When teaching a kid to catch the following progression steps should be taken: Catch with arms and chest Catch with hands and fingers (two-handed) Two-handed catch away from the body One-handed catch with hand and fingers One-handed catch away from the body.

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Physical Education Ideas

APRIL 29, 2019

Teaching Track & Field is about more than teaching the principles of run, jump and throw. It teaches fundamental skills based on the principle of run, jump and throw while also teaching students the skill of goal setting, resilience and persistence. Teaching Track & Field involves the following: Running.

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Active Schools Us

JANUARY 11, 2023

One way to seek your own professional development is to engage with other highly effective teachers who you feel have something to offer your perspective and general strategies for teaching. There are many different avenues one could take to achieve the goal of continually improving in the profession.

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Active Schools Us

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Physical education teaches students essential life skills such as teamwork, communication, and problem-solving. A well-structured curriculum is essential, providing a clear plan for achieving standards and educational outcomes, just like other academic subjects. Physical education can get confused with physical activity.

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MSU

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

For example, teach your athletes how to set goals or how to manage their time. She teaches courses in the Sport Coaching, Leadership, and Administration online graduate programs. Her research interests include coach education, online teaching and learning, positive youth development through sport, and modified youth sports.

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Sports Coaching FAQ

JANUARY 6, 2021

This article will outline how to teach this skill to a child. When teaching a kid to overarm throw the following progression steps should be taken: Wrist flick Elbow flick Stationary throw – Arm only Stationary throw – Body turn Side on Dynamic throw. Developing this motivation can be achieved by using appropriate feedback.

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