
Physical Education and Health

Planning for Health Education: A Teacher’s Superpower
By Shonna Snyder, associate professor of Health, Sport, and Physical Education at Gardner-Webb University Planning is possibly the most valuable tool a teacher can employ. I would argue that it...

edTPA Preparation: A Guide Designed for PETE Students
By REBEKAH JOHNSON, MSE, DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT CARTHAGE COLLEGE, and Nicholas Brummit, BA, Sports and Exercise, Physical Education teacher in Illinois. The Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) is...

The Latest in Skills-Based Health Education
BY SARAH BENES, EDD, CHES, MERRIMACK COLLEGE AND HOLLY ALPERIN, EDM, MCHES, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the presentation below, Human Kinetics authors Sarah Benes and Holly Alperin discuss skills-based health education, the...

Universal Design for Learning in Physical Education
BY LAUREN LIEBERMAN, PHD, COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT, and MICHELLE GRENIER, PHD, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the presentation below, Human Kinetics authors Lauren Lieberman and Michelle Grenier discuss Universal Design for Learning (UDL)...

Developing Game Sense in PE: Exploring Invasion Games
By Ray Breed, Lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in Hawthorn, Australia In the presentation below, Human Kinetics author Ray Breed explores the game sense model, key principles of pedagogy (specifically outcomes, questioning...

Developing Health Skills in Middle School
By Karen E. McConnell, PhD, and Terri D. Farrar, PhD, Pacific Lutheran University In the presentation below, Human Kinetics authors Karen McConnell and Terri Farrar discuss the history of skills-based health...