Physical Education is...?

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

I saw this argument discussed (or mentioned) on twitter and thought I would try and answer it. I am not sure that there is a simple response but it tests my understanding and my ability to articulate a balanced argument. It is worth noting that (if you have even read this far) that I am not going... read more...

Cooperation rather than just collaboration

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. Albert Einstein

I would have argued that there... read more...

Action Research for the Reflective Teacher

Thursday, 15 April 2010

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

http://www.slideshare.net/DrAshCasey/reflective-teacher

Making Cooperation part of your teaching

Tuesday, 13 April 2010

I have been interested in the use of cooperative learning in my teaching for a number of years. My interest grew out of my realisation that it wasn't enough to believe that cooperation was an automatic and assumed part of my teaching and instead I decided that I had to make it a key component. My... read more...

The action research cycle

Wednesday, 07 April 2010

I thought it might be useful to look at the action research cycle itself and use a technological example, which seems to be on the agenda of many physical education teachers, from my own teaching. However, firstly I will attempt to clarify the action research process. In his seminal paper Action ... read more...

Finding a starting point for teachers-as-researchers

Saturday, 03 April 2010

This first post is dedicated to a number of people:

Kurt Lewin who first coined the phrase "action research" and who envisioned social change as a collaboration with all those involved rather than as a systemic ‘top-down’ hotchpotch solution.

John Collier who tried to find a solu... read more...