Ok, now that you have a better idea of what physical literacy is, it’s time for you to break it down into smaller, more manageable pieces. Step Two: Understanding Your National/Provincial/State Physical Education Standards Terri Drain – Physical Literacy: From Theory to Practice PHASE TWO: WHAT To help get you started, here are some of the people who have had the biggest impact on my understanding of physical literacy (along with some of their own content you might want to check out):Īmanda Stanec – Physical Literacy is Not Physical Activityĭoug Gleddie – An Introduction to Physical Literacy Praxisĭean Kriellaars – Physical Literacy: The Gateway to Active Participationĭean Dudley – A Conceptual Model of Observed Physical Literacy However, you’ll probably want to dig deeper into physical literacy in order to get a better understanding of what it is and how you can be supporting its development in your students. Now, don’t get me wrong, that video is a great starting point. That being said, there has been a lot of amazing advocacy work that has been done to help paint a clearer picture of what physical literacy is and what our role as physical educators can be in its development.Ĭheck out this great video by OPHEA (which is part of their “ Hands Up” video advocacy series):
I don’t think they are to blame though: in my own experience, I’ve found that the way physical literacy was presented to me was confusing at best. However, a lot of physical education teachers still do not feel comfortable when asked to define what physical literacy is.
Ok, so first off, the purpose of a quality physical education program is to support the development of physical literacy, right? I mean, I’m not the only one who thinks this (*cough* PHE Canada *cough* SHAPE America *cough* UNESCO *cough*). Step One: Understanding Physical Literacy (And Physical Education’s Role In Its Development) Since it’s been a while since I last spoke about how I go about my planning, and since the new year has just kicked off, I thought I’d share what my current curriculum mapping process looks like. Since then, I’ve been working hard on refining that whole process and making sure that my physical education curriculum is as effective and purposeful as possible. Januin How To, Pedagogy, Purposeful #PhysEd, Teaching Comments 19514Ī few years ago, I blogged about a physical education curriculum design process I called “Purposeful #PhysEd”.
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