understand yourself
Last year, a focus was made on building rest into physical education. It was purposefully counter to tradition and expectation. This year, I doubled down and gave them time to do what they d like with. Of the ninety-minute long block Read more Source
A system is reliant on adherences to tradition. There is an underlying agreement that this is how things are done. Those the system served well (at least, perceptually) tend to place (or find) themselves in leadership positions that perpetuate Read more Source
Alternative Title: Perception, Control, the Two Halves Unlike the human brain, which has been trained to believe that effort leads to progress, the body whole-heartedly leans toward efficiency. Consider the simple act of standing on one leg. What Read more Source
Alternative Title: When empathy feels like the greatest form of loving. We are all gifted time on this earth. We spend it in the ways that makes sense to us. We leave, we stay, we come back for. Read more Source
For most, physical education is what they remember it to be. It was either awful or awesome or wholly unimportant. It remains what it has been for the last fifty years, a seeding ground for sports skills and/or an entry Read more Source
It seems like such a silly word to try and define: experience. It just happens. It s happening right now. But as I am finding, there is much more to a word than your perception of a word. It can be Read more Source
In part one of this series, I teased out the why and how of getting students to be brought into the process of learning and course development. This follow up will share the what the tests we track, the Read more Source
Being able to make decisions is a form of ownership, and having ownership leans on being accountable for your decisions. If we want people to be responsible for the health of the bodies they inhabit, to care based on Read more Source
That which is neglected has the utmost potential. For me, Physical Education (or PE) is that place and space, and a fairly reflective representation of myself. Take the time and interest to look closer, past the beige tinge and the Read more Source
The only mental to physical bridge I will use in this post is that when your movement and your life are aligned, when they reflect the same themes and sentiments, you cannot help but see application and connection to everywhere Read more Source