Mel Hamada has taught physical education and health at International schools for many years and is currently an Administrator at the International School of Beijing.  Mel has a passion for engaging with PE research and looking for ways to incorporate best practice into the PE curriculum and student experiences and sharing her reflections with others ..read more

Marcus Down What Can We Do As Educators To Make Learning Relevant for All of Our Students? Marcus Down has taught physical education for twelve years. This past school year, he was a substitute teacher on his return back to Canada after teaching abroad. Marcus will be instructing at Vancouver Island University in the fall ..read more

This blog provides a ‘starter-pack’ of actions you can take to begin exploring Meaningful PE. You may already relate to or be using lots of the ideas we mention – that’s a good start because Meaningful PE is a coalition of theoretically grounded ideas that represent good practice. What sets Meaningful PE apart is that ..read more

Wondering how to get started with Meaningful PE? Using democratic pedagogies can help promote more meaningful experiences in physical education. Student voice pedagogies epitomise democracy in action in physical education. Using student voice strategies in physical education lessons can help amplify children’s voices through making choices, sharing their perspectives, and directing and taking responsibility for ..read more

Déirdre Ní Chróinín and Missy Parker (University of Limerick) Listening and responding to children’s voices is a central principle in enacting democratic practices in the classroom. As we have expressed in this article, we believe that democratic approaches are foundational for Meaningful PE. When children can use their voices and feel that their voices have ..read more

Petter Storaas (Coach) Mats Hordvik (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences) Monolitten Innebandy Club: Facebook Hi and thank you for reading this blog post. I am Petter and I am the coach of a Floorball team for 11-year boys. Floorball is like an indoor version of hockey. There are 10 players on the team, and I ..read more

Dr. Richard Bowles (Mary Immaculate College) Dr. Déirdre Ní Chróinín (Mary Immaculate College) The Coaches: Oola Ladies Gaelic Football club (@oolaLGFA & @OolaGAA on Twitter) Context Oola Ladies Oola Ladies’ Gaelic Football Club is a small club in a rural part of Limerick in southern Ireland. Our sport is governed nationally by the Ladies’ Gaelic ..read more

Kristian Risteski (Coach) Dr. Biljana Popeska (Goce Delcev University) I am Kristian Risteski, a senior volleyball player and coach of young volleyball players at the Volleyball club Stip UGD from Stip, North Macedonia. I have been playing volleyball actively for 20 years and for the past 7 years I have been a coach of young ..read more

John Hall is the Executive Director of Access Parkour (https://www.accessparkour.com/ @accessparkour). He started out as a material scientist before switching career paths and teaching parkour. Dr. Nicola Carse (@ScotPERN) and Dr. Paul McMillan (@pedagogypaul) are both at the University of Edinburgh. At Access Parkour, we are interested in doing sports and physical education differently. Our ..read more

Stephanie Beni In the previous post, I shared the first three of seven ideas about what Meaningful PE is by beginning with what Meaningful is not. In this post I offer four more ideas and access to a full infographic to summarize these clarifying points. 4. Meaningful PE is NOT aimed at maximizing students’ moderate-to-vigorous ..read more