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Fitness Through Play: How to Reimagine Physical Education for Lifelong Wellness

SHAPE America

Traditional approaches in physical education can lack joy, choice and relevance to students lives. The negative association with fitness can affect students perception of physical activity and the value of physical education. When I ask for other examples, the gym falls silent. Grades 9-12 2.12.7

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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

Are you losing your gym space for a class period, a day, a week or longer? At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. And, although teaching PE without a gym is not ideal, it is possible.

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How Professional Associations Have Made Me a Better Health and Physical Education Teacher and Leader

SHAPE America

Teaching in the gym was far different from teaching in an ordinary classroom. Young educators are often deterred from joining professional organizations because they can be viewed as expensive or a waste of time to someone who is already stretched thin, trying to put their best efforts into their classroom each day.

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Fishin’ for Change: Combining Physical Education and Outdoor Recreation

SHAPE America

Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. Whether the activity is basketball or fencing, dance or “circus arts,” it generally has well-defined rules, a time-driven structure, and adults to studiously facilitate.

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Meaningful physical education programs and a 'main theme' curriculum model

Learning Through Sport

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. This is because physical education teachers are educators.

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World Peace Can Begin in the Physical Education Classroom

Gopher Sport

Do your students ever walk into your gym and feel at peace? As physical educators, I believe that we can make a big difference in the gym, teaching peace and love through our everyday practices. As my students come to the gym, the first thing they see are the two signs below! May I please help you?’ YOU go first!”

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Hosting a Unified Field Day for High School Students

Gopher Sport

Hosting a field day event for adapted physical education students in their communities is an initiative that fosters inclusivity, promotes physical activity, and builds strong connections. These are posted around the gym so all visiting students can see their school name and colors.