What is physical education?
What did research says about effective physical education A few years ago - 2023- we undertook a review on physical education (PE) literature for a school system. That review had two parts 1. looked at the history of purpose of PE in Australia and 2. a scoping review of international literature focussed on the question - What are teachers being told about how to teach PE? The review revealed a clear message: the most effective PE lessons are designed around active learning, student decision-making, social interaction, and meaningful engagement with movement. The Big Shift in Physical Education For decades, PE has often been characterised by a "demonstrate-practice-repeat" approach, typically linked to a behavourist paradigm and to student reproduction of behaviour modelled by the teacher by teacher-led demonstrations. While direct instruction has a place in learning in phsyical education, the evidence suggests it is insufficient on its own for achieving the broad aims ...
