Healthy Schools LAB
The Healthy Schools LAB will heighten awareness and understanding of issues and opportunities surrounding health and wellness in the K to PhD education system and contribute to the collective development of a healthy, active society.
Category: Joy in Movement
R2P: Engaging Girls in #physed
NEW Feature! Research to Practice (R2P). As you may or may not know, there is currently all sorts of research going on in the #physed world. All. The. Time. However, much of it seems to be published in academic journals that are hard to… Continue Reading “R2P: Engaging Girls in #physed”
Teaching Joy
I was recently provided with an opportunity (thanks Centre for Teaching and Learning!) to share my teaching philosophy and some specific teaching strategies through a short video as part of a initiative called Inspiring Teaching. The best part was being able to feature the… Continue Reading “Teaching Joy”
Delightful Physical Education
This is a guest blog I wrote for @meaningfulpe – check out LAMPE for more good content on meaningful (and purposeful!) #physed. Part 1 of this blog series on delight and physical education raised the question, how might a physical education teacher lay ‘groundwork’ for… Continue Reading “Delightful Physical Education”
Something is very wrong…
I recently became aware of two very different stories about children and physical activity. The first was a Facebook video of a young kid cruising around in a parkour gym. If you haven’t seen it – check it out – it is worth the… Continue Reading “Something is very wrong…”
Rebranding
Rebranding As some of you may know, I had the distinct pleasure of co-chairing the recent joint Health and Physical Education Council / Physical and Health Education Canada, National Health and Physical Education Conference – A Physical Literacy Uprising, in beautiful Banff, Alberta, Canada… Continue Reading “Rebranding”
Two Wheeled Joy
My lifetime love affair with the bicycle (in all its myriad forms) began at around 4 years old, I think. My memories of learning to ride, although not complete, exist in flashes of colour, sound and touch. Gold coloured bike Conspicuously missing training wheels… Continue Reading “Two Wheeled Joy”
Moved to Move
I have always believed in the importance of physical education. Movement has been an integral part of my own life since I was a child. As I grew up, went to school, tried to figure out my life (still working on that) and eventually… Continue Reading “Moved to Move”
Made to Move
Welcome to Purposeful Movement! This wee blog has been a long time coming but sometimes life just seems to get in the way… I will be touching on a wide variety of topics (OK, sometimes more ranting than touching) with the common theme being… Continue Reading “Made to Move”
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