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Understanding Motivational Theories in Physical Education

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Sean Fullerton is a former secondary physical education teacher and current Ph.D. In this article, Sean explores motivational theories in physical education. Understanding Motivational Theories in Physical Education Often the responsibility for motivation is placed solely on the student in physical education (PE) classes.

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Is Physical Education (PE) Universal?

Reinventing the Game

All the mentioned recent events for me are encouraging because these are stuff that drives me but still overwhelming because of the need to carve out time to have the motivation and energy to want to embark on being better at it. It is space and time that comes with joy and satisfaction in teaching and learning for teachers.

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So what now in Physical Education (PE)? A personal reflection.

Reinventing the Game

I have been lamenting on this for our practise for some time, i.e. how we introduce movement evaluation cues directly as teaching cues to our learners. Much of the cues we derive from ideal movement solution may mean little to novices who are still exploring their own range of movement adaptations.

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Reality congruent sport teaching

Learning Through Sport

Three basic strategies have been used in physical education for the promotion of meaningful movement participation, which I will align with the focus area of sport: Prudential – the argument that movement is a useful tool towards achieving wellness. The shortfalls of this curriculum model for secondary school PE are well documented.

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The Perfect Storm of Learning Conditions in Physical Education (PE)

Reinventing the Game

The big assumption I made here (not the best assumption for a holistic picture of PE but adequate for what I want to share here) is that skill acquisition is a big part of our job as PE teachers and it is necessary for us to think about it in order to do better. Much of these involve the sciences of the body in context.

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5 Tips To Technology Use In Physical Education

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2015), motivation (Melton et al., For example, a teacher can focus on teaching the cognitive and psychomotor learning domains at the beginning of the year, such as the critical elements of resistance training movements (i.e. 2015) and motor performance (O’Loughlin et al., squat, press, hinge), and principles of training (i.e.

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Curriculum Mapping For Physical Education

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The landscape of physical education has evolved significantly over the last decade and it is critical that PE teachers adapt accordingly. The purpose of this article is to assist PE teachers in exploring standards-based curriculum design that emphasizes a student-centered learning environment.