SHAPE America
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
In this article, I share how daily outdoor physical education can be used as an academic and behavioral intervention. An Extension of PE Along the way, I got to thinking about the intervention class as an extension of standards-based physical education rather than just an opportunity for physical activity.
SHAPE America
MAY 22, 2025
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. What if students could build fitness through joyful, purposeful movement? Reflect and listen.
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SHAPE America
DECEMBER 3, 2024
My focus in physical education centers on equity and inclusion in fitness, particularly access to fitness options in underserved communities of color. To teach my students about these activities, I often go beyond my school’s traditional PE space — and use the city as my physical education classroom.
SHAPE America
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues. Educators worry about time spent on learning, the Common Core, and curriculum standards (all for good reason). Most school days are relatively stationary, quiet and regimented.
Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker
Physical education is an important part of the development of the whole person: physically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively. It's when teachers are educationally purposeful and strengths-based in their planning, teaching, and assessment that physical education achieves the three dimensions of education in, through, and about movement.
SHAPE America
DECEMBER 5, 2023
I am a physical education teacher in New York City who is committed to embracing a more inclusive and empathetic teaching style in physical education. I consider myself to be an anti-racist teacher — and by embracing this approach, I aim to co-create inclusive learning environments in physical education.
Mr. Kirsch
MAY 18, 2025
Field Day is more than an end-of-year event for elementary physical education teachers. Its a celebration of movement, community, and the spirit of childhood. What drives me isnt just traditionits the belief that movement is a right, not a privilege, and that every child should have the chance to jump, run, laugh, and belong.
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