Examples of activities and tasks are given as to how to make running (or cross country running) engaging and relevant to young peoples lives. It challenges the traditional focus of running that is based on ‘just the physical’ and shows how learning can be developed in the physical, social, cognitive and affective domains through adapted tasks e.g. the selfie running task & the F1 Tag Relay
I would like to thank Mark Bowler (https://twitter.com/Health_Based_PE) and Ian Roberts (https://twitter.com/coach2thestars) who taught me these tasks and challenged my thinking about how to teach running in physical education.
I would also like to thank the students involved in this video
Finally, the research paper about ‘what students are tweeting about in PE’ can be found here http://goo.gl/FAmBYn.
Casey, A., Hill, J., & Goodyear, V.A. (2014). “PE doesn’t stand for physical education. It stands for public embarrassment”: voicing experiences and proffering solutions to girls’ disengagement in physical education. In S.Barnard, A Tischler, & S Sanders (Eds.), Sociocultural issues in physical education: case studies for teachers (pp. 37-53).