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Promoting Physical Activity in Physical Education

• Aaron Beighle

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Role of Physical Education

• Unique
• Physically Educated
• Standards
• Twofold
• Promote lifelong physical activity
• Teach social and personal responsibility

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How can physical education promote physical
activity?

• Provide a positive experience for students within
  the context of physical activity.
• Teach students the skills they will use to be
  active for the rest of their life.
• Expose students to a variety of physical
  activities.

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Promoting physical activity during physical
education

• P Perceived Competence
• R Relatedness
• A Autonomy
• I Individual
• S Social Support
• E - Enjoyment

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Perceived Competence

• Success
• Difficulty of task easy to difficult
• Maximize repetitions and refinement
• Consider physical characteristics
• Modify activities and games
• Incorporate appropriate activities
• Provide meaningful feedback
• EMPHASIZE THE PROCESS

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Relatedness

• Connection
• Connect with students
• Explain why the activity is being used
• Explain the role of physical activity in lifelong
  health
• Be a positive role model

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Autonomy

• Choice
• Have students choose workload
• Provide several activities for students to choose
  within a lesson
• Easy to difficult
• Allow students to choose a P.E. package
• Implement an opt out option for students
• Twice per semester

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Individual

• Treat students as individuals
• Stress that physical activity choices are
  personal
• Provide workload choices
• Understand that physical performance varies
• Consider the students attitude, likes, and
  dislikes
• Treat students fairly

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Social Support

• Understand the importance of peers
• Involve family members when feasible
• Incorporate social time into lessons
• Be a role model
• Start physical activity clubs
• Understand the importance of social groups
• Positive and negative

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Enjoyment

• Change units often during middle school
• Use longer units during high school
• Use a variety of activities
• Implement a balanced curriculum
• Safe, comfortable environment
• Management
• Ask students what they enjoy
• Start easy and progress slowly

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Beyond Physical Education

• Turn students on to physical activity during
  physical education first
• Assess physical activity levels
• Pedometers
• Teach students to assess their own levels
• Value of physical activities
• Individual interventions
• Self-management

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Take Home Message

• Start by turning students on to physical activity
  during physical education
• P.R.A.I.S.E.
• Make all physical activity an enjoyable,
  successful experience for all students
• Progress to monitoring and self-managing behavior
• During Physical Education
• Outside of Physical Education

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Thank You!