Physical Activity Recreation Sport 
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. Too often, when I introduce new sports or fitness activities, my predominantly African American students say, “That’s a white sport.”
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. Applies the principles of exercise in a variety of self-selected lifetime physical activities.
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Learning Through Sport
MARCH 23, 2025
School sport participation can be a conversation conundrum. I know many people don't have positive experiences with sport. I reckon that the research shows this is how the coach and others 'construct' and input into the sport environment rather than being inherent to sport itself. 1999; Westerbeek et al.,
Better Coaching
DECEMBER 24, 2024
More, Younger Youth sports occupy a special place in American culture, shaping childrens character, health, and social lives. Across the United States, an increasing number of parents and coachesoften with good intentionsseek to introduce sports to children at younger and younger ages and with greater intensity than ever before.
PLT4M
JUNE 19, 2025
In this article, we’ll unpack what it means to create a meaningful and lasting high school physical education experience that empowers students for a physically active lifestyle for years to come. >>> As physical activity rates decline, schools must step up—not step back. From the 2024 U.S
Learning Through Sport
JANUARY 31, 2025
This question is deeply connected to the question , What is important to learn in physical education in the time available (and to what standard or level of competence) to enable students to continue to pursue being physically active beyond the school gates? Sport Education. A season of sport.
Arizona Health and Physical Education
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Mark’s journey in education brought him to Arizona in 1982 where he began teaching adapted physical education at the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. While at ASDB, he helped to organize and develop the first ever Adapted Sports Program for sensory impaired, multi-disabled students.
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