Book Review: Meaningful Physical Education – an Approach for Teaching and Learning (2021)
I am pleased to say that engagement with the idea of ‘Meaningful Physical Education’ (MPE) has really ramped up in the last few years. Whilst…
Book Review: Perspectives on Game-Based Coaching
Introduction I have followed and recognised the quality in Shane Pill’s work for quite some time and encourage others to do likewise. Consequently, I am…
Teaching as a profession
What is a profession? A profession is a job, occupation or career that requires specialist training, expertise knowledge as well as ethical behaviour, Total Careers,…
Top 10 PE Podcast Channels for Physical Education Teachers
Check out our list of the top 10 PE Podcasts for teachers to keep you inspired during the current school closures. We've highlighted some of our favou…
The Early Career Framework Early Roll Out
The Early Career Framework was published in January 2019 and sets out what newly qualified teachers needs to learn and do in their first two…
Mind the Gap – Bridging Research and Professional Practice
Introduction We have a major division between research/academia and professional practice in schools. Academics have to undertake research and publish their work in journals dedicated…
Practice Architectures
Introduction Understanding what practice architectures are and how they influence existing and new practice you can better appreciate how practice is constructed and how to…
Schools get a sprint start with free education programme: Starting Blocks
Teachers across the UK can get their students involved in the summer’s biggest sporting event with the launch of a free education programme, Startin…
What is an outstanding PE lesson?
This blog post looks to uncover what actual "outstanding" PE lessons look like, looking beyond the list of teacher jargon and buzzwords that we are of…
