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

SHAPE America

dance, yoga, aerobics) that meet the need for self-expression. It might look like dancing in your room, walking the dog, shooting hoops with friends, riding a bike, or playing tag at recess. Students move in ways they enjoy, explore their strengths, and reinforce skills that transfer to recess, sports and recreational life.

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High School Physical Education Curriculum

PLT4M

PE teachers can’t do it alone. Even if PE credits are limited, schools can still promote and provide meaningful fitness and wellness opportunities at every grade level. Many of the most successful high school PE programs begin by listening. Collaboration is Key Creating a responsive curriculum takes teamwork.

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2025 Adapted Physical Education Blog, Welcome Back Edition

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Being an adapted physical educator, the first couple weeks of school for us is all about trying to figure out which schools we will be covering, who the physical education teachers are at that school and what the PE schedule will be for the kids on our caseload. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance , 80 (2), 39-43.

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Teaching Rhythm and Dance In Physical Education

The Physical Educator

Dance is a polarizing subject in the world of physical education: some teachers love to teach it, other teachers can’t even imagine themselves teaching it. Regardless of your personal comfort level with the activity, I believe dance should be a part of every student’s physical education experience.

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Including Critical Thinking and Problem Solving in Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

Developments in curriculum frameworks around the world have formalised a rationale for critical thinking, problem solving and creativity in PE as elements in both curriculum design and in the wording of student achievement standards.

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Adapted Physical Education Blog, Welcome Back Edition, July 2023

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Being an adapted physical educator, the first couple weeks of school for us is all about trying to figure out which schools we will be covering, who the physical education teachers are at that school and what the PE schedule will be for the kids on our caseload. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance ,

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Reality congruent sport teaching

Learning Through Sport

The PE teacher therefore needs to find out what is meaningful to students, and build from there. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 71 (5), 19-25. Meaning is seen as precursor. Kretchmar (2000a) suggested meaning needs to be flipped from being positioned as a precursor to a product. Kretchmar, R.