Education & Training

We are seeking to create and offer a comprehensive, accredited training and development programme for all elements of the physical activity workforce, including teachers, coaches, instructors, personal trainers and managers.

Our current suite of training courses includes one year’s membership of IPLA to ensure continued engagement with our work and exclusive updates on new developments, events and resources.

We also deliver a year-round programme of seminars and webinars which dive into new aspects of physical literacy research, development and delivery.

Supporting a growing interest in physical literacy in India, the Indian Chamber of Commerce hosted a workshop for 40 PE teachers across private and government schools, in September 2022, inviting Nigel Green out to deliver a workshop on physical literacy. Following this, a Conclave was organised on physical literacy, inviting the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Sport Skill Council of India, Great Place to Work and the Tata Trust.

The three-day workshop, led by Nigel and Amit Malik (IPLA lead – India) and Ashish Rawat (Head of PE at Rohini Heritage School), covering both practical and theoretical impacts of physical literacy on physical education.

Following the workshop, a wider audience was brought together for a one day Conclave on the concept of physical literacy, shared with community of organisations engaged in the strategic development of physical engagement and education.

Responding to the growing interest in physical literacy, Nigel Green (IPLA Chair) was invited to two universities – Agashe College in Pune and LNIPE in Gwalior – to share the concept with wider students and lecturers. Nigel’s workshops explored the theoretical themes and how physical literacy could be applied to PE teaching.

The session at Agashe College connected with 120 delegates, including co-creative sessions around games and dance, as well as teaching styles and learning strategies. The LNIPE sessions covered both theory and practice in physical literacy, with open panels for questions and answers.

Since Nigel’s first visits, further sessions have been hosted by Amit Malik and Ashish Rawat (former alumni from LNIPE). Members of the IPLA were also invited to an international conference at LNIPE in March 2024 and the interest in physical literacy continues to grow in India.

The inauguration of the IPLA’s relationship with physical education in Taiwan began with the International Sports Teaching Symposium, hosted by the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taiwan, summer 2018. The annual event, attended by 250 delegates, invites teachers and lecturers, from across the world, to share best practice.

The IPLA attended, led by Nigel Green, presenting 4 sessions to introduce delegates to physical literacy, covering an introduction to physical literacy and its philosophical underpinning; the relationship between physical literacy relates and physical education; operationalising physical literacy; and charting progress. As the symposium progressed, the leaders at the NTNU realised physical literacy’s capacity to impact physical education.

The NTNU invited the IPLA to contribute to their Quality Physical Education (QPE), a programme they were hosting to encourage Taiwanese physical educators to their practice and provide a clearer direction for PE.

Following the successful programme from 2018, Nigel Green (IPLA) was invited back to the National Taiwan Physical Education (NTNU) in Taipei to seed a new, inclusive approach to physical education, informed by physical literacy.

The project began with grassroots observation and research across Taiwanese schools, to define the limitations of traditional PE, and support the case for improving the appeal of and engagement with PE.

Drawing on Govt investment, Nigel Green led a 2 day workshop with 80 experienced and innovative teachers, to reflect on their current practice and then consider the philosophy, content, pedagogy and assessment related to a physical literacy approach to physical education. This led to five keynote sessions were organised at various universities throughout the island where on average between 80 – 100 teacher, lecturer and students attended each session.