A few years ago, a fellow colleague asked me what I hoped my students would remember about PE and say about me as a physical education teacher. To me i only care if my students are active and having fun during the lesson. As PE teachers, it is our job to motivate each and every student we have in the best possible way utilizing all resources you have. I've read this somewhere (Children will not remember WHAT you taught them a few years later but they will remember HOW you taught them). Unfortunately, negative stereotypes of physical education teachers exist for a reason. Some teachers are aggressive, competitive, focused on management and control rather than student learning. I believe changing our professional image begins with creating a safer learning environment and becoming a teacher that students can trust. Here are 5 things you can do to change the way students view PE class:
If the negative, stereotypical image of PE teacher is going to change, it is up to us as physical educators. We must be responsible in creating a physically and emotionally safe learning environment for our classes - and become someone that students believe they can trust. As Maya Angelou once said: " I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel". HAPPY TEACHINGS!!!!!!
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