Montessori Physical Education

JUNE 8, 2025

Most PE teachers teach six, seven, or even eight classes a day with barely a moment in between. Now, before you come at me with pitchforks made of pool noodles, I acknowledge that physical education (PE) teachers face real, systemic challenges. ⏳ Time Constraints Yes, time is a legitimate concern. Why has this perception lingered for so long?

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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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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. biomechanics, skill acquisition, exercise physiology, etc).

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Better Coaching

MARCH 5, 2021

In a systematic review of curveballs as a risk factor, conducted by 3 medical doctors, first published in PubMed in August of 2013, the researchers aimed to evaluate the scientific evidence regarding the curveball and its impact on pitching biomechanics and the overall risk of arm injuries in baseball pitchers.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This detailed framework breaks down everything from content standards to grade level outcomes, assessments, and more. But the California State Standards for PE can still be achieved by teaching basic water safety and dry-land swim skills. But they don’t need to take on this task alone!

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