Chapters 1–3: Framing the Contemporary Condition of Primary Physical Education The opening chapters establish the conditions within which primary Physical Education currently operates. Rather than…

I drove home from Oxford with that kind of tiredness that only comes from a day spent thinking deeply and well. Not the weariness that…

The Athletic Skills Model (ASM), authored by René Wormhoudt, Geert Savelsbergh, Jan Willem Teunissen and Keith Davids, sets out to reframe the way we think…

In teaching, as in all fields, ideas and methods evolve. But change is challenging, especially in education, where established practices often feel like a reliable…

As Physical Education teachers, we’re always seeking innovative ways to engage students in meaningful physical activity while supporting their physical, social, and emotional development. T1…

By Will Swaithes and Jon Campbell Back in 2008 I (Will Swaithes) was experimenting with ways to hook more learners into physical education (PE) and…

The 20-year anniversary of the media sensationalising Frank Bruno’s decline in mental health served a timely reminder of why monitoring and reflecting on mental health…

Introduction In my previous blog, I touched on how I’d begun to adopt ‘pedagogies of affect’ (Kirk, 2010, 2021; Casey & Kirk, 2021) in my…

I’ve no doubt my experience is far from unique. Conforming to the status quo For years I delivered a curriculum that reflected my own experiences…