Rules of Engagement

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Rules of Engagement

• Richard Cheetham MSc
• Programme Leader Sports Coaching and Development

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Active Learning

• Active learning (hearing, seeing and processing
  the information through engagement with an
  activity) can lead to retention of up to 97 of
  the information delivered.
• Barnum, M. (2008) Active Learning Techniques
  Engaging Students on the Road to Success Athletic
  Therapy Today 13(6) pp.6-8

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• people tend to engage in a behaviour that they
  evaluate as positive and when others view it
  similarly.

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• Rikard, G.L. Banville, D. (2006) High school
  student attitudes about physical education.
  Sport, Education and Society 11(4) pp.385-400

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Confucius

• What I hear I forget. What I see I remember.
  What I do I understand

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A degree in .sport?!!!!

• The challenge had been to change perceptions of
  the individuals who attended.
• What were their expectations?
• How could those be approached?

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Perception

• What were your experiences of physical education
  at school?
• What are the enduring images of PE at school?

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School sport
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The cross country!
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• Youre forced to do things like netball and
  cross country.
• I used to think it was a fun lesson, so I just
  used to muck about but now theres theory and you
  actually have to learn.
• It makes it more interestingbecause you think
  about things more when youre playing it.

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• PE is regarded (by pupils) as somehow less
  serious than other subjects and an opportunity
  to have fun..more value placed on the
  non-educational aspects of PE.

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Contemporary relevant research

• Smith, A Parr, M. (2007) Young peoples views
  on the nature and purposes of physical education
  a sociological analysis. Sport, Education and
  Society 12(1) pp.37-58