John – Absolutely, that is a great question. I agree and you are completely right. We need to do more than just provide the physical activity opportunity. I loved learning about the TGFU model in university and I am implementing TGFU in my classes this year. I find the learning is so rich. The tactical questions that students can answer continue to amaze me. I truly see the learning piece in physical education. I have also taught a traditional model and in my experience, I do not find the learning as rich and instead I relate it more to the recreational services. I find myself asking the same questions daily about Physical Education (as you mentioned below).
Erin – Absolutely, I agree. We cannot just teach physical literacy without teaching health literacy. That sounds great, so how exactly are these units structured? How do the topics relate back to physical movement/fitness?
John – Absolutely, that is a great quest…
19 Nov
So happy to hear. You're ahead of the 'curve' and those questions you ask yourself will lead you in directions that are rich for you and your students. I have begun to implement the Sport Education model with my PE 10 class, who were behaving in ways that are much less than desired, and I have to admit that while it was a bit of work to get it going the amount of learning and growing as individuals and as team mates has astounded me. Indeed there are still small issues but nothing in comparison to what was happening. It's easy to forget sometimes how much students actually want to learn and be part of the learning process
