the aim of physical education and physical literacy is to attain self actualisation – the motivational theory (Maslow, 1954) that links self fulfilment with our own embodied dimension and our own embodied potential as a learner.
Can physical literacy be taught? Part 3: Assessment in physical education for a physical literacy outcome.
This blog will explore whether physical literacy can be taught or whether is it developed.
Part 2: Assessment in physical education for a physical literacy outcome
This blog will aim to discuss why mastering a movement is so hard and how this can relate to physical literacy.
Part 1: Assessment in physical education for a physical literacy outcome.
This blog will be the start of a series of blogs in the hope of answering the question: How can physical education assessment be linked to a physical literacy outcome?
A Conceptual Framework for Physical Literacy
During the summer I read the Aspen’s Reviews, the Australian Physical Literacy and Sport Review and the UDSA Physical Literacy Plan. The one-dimensional and narrow perspective that they attribute to Physical Literacy has become simply “old wine in a new bottle”. As a consequence I have created a conceptual framework for Physical Literacy as a guide to articulating what needs … Read More
Objections to the use of Fundamental Movement Skills as central to Physical Literacy
This blog outlines some objections between the association of fundamental movement skills and physical literacy.
The Primacy of Movement: Some implications for Physical Literacy.
What is the relevance of ‘sensory-kinetic-kinaesthetic experiences’, a repertoire of ‘I Cans’ and ‘synergies of meaningful movement’ and what do they mean for physical education?
The 2016 International Human Science Research Conference
The 2016 International Human Science Research Conference