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Pickleball student worksheets
Introduce your students to the exciting game of Pickleball, a fast-paced paddle sport that’s accessible and enjoyable for players of all skill levels. This resource…
Effective Competency Sequencing
Effective competency sequencing is crucial when planning a PE curriculum and individual PE lessons. This approach ensures students build foundational skills and knowledge before progressing…
Ultimate Frisbee Student Worksheets
These Ultimate Frisbee Skills Worksheets provide 5 student tasks for each skill. The tasks include peer coaching, a skills practice, student designed game, discussion and reflection task. The…
Research
Academic articles and policy documents all in one place, helping you to bridge the gap between theory and practice, making it easier to advocate the value of physical activity and physical education.
Methodological reflections on artistically illustrating ethnographic text from a study of sport pedagogy in youth detention: Ethics, affect, and description
Abstract While there is a burgeoning body of literature on visual methods in ethnography, including drawing and illustration as method for collecting and exploring data,…
A health(y) subject? Examining discourses of health in physical education curricula across the UK
Abstract In this paper, we present the findings from our critical analysis of the health discourses evident with physical education (PE) curricula in each UK…
‘It’s not a linear thing; there are a lot of intersecting circles’: Factors influencing teachers’ implementation of Meaningful Physical Education
Abstract The purpose of this research was to examine factors that influenced how 12 elementary teachers implemented the Meaningful Physical Education innovation in their classrooms.…
Insight
Stay up to date and informed with the latest insight and announcements from across physical education, physical literacy, sport, education, health and wellbeing.
The Transformative Power of Physical Education: A Personal Reflection
By Dr Liz Durden-Myers Why is PE important to me? In a PE Insights Podcast, I was asked why Physical Education is important to me.…
Redefining Classroom Breaks for Holistic Wellbeing – Famli
A paradigm shift is occurring in the way we perceive student wellbeing. Beyond the traditional dualistic approach that separates mind and body, there’s a growing…
PE Insights Episode 45 ‘Meet the Author’ James Crane – Making Every PE Lesson Count
Introduction Host Nathan Walker introduces the PE Insights Podcast and its new Meet the Author book review series. In this episode, Nathan welcomes James Crane,…
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