If P.E. is Required, Then What Are We Teaching?
From MAHPERD "Voices From The field" by MAHPERD
May 3, 2026 · 25 min · Season 1 · Episode 34
About this episode
The episode discusses how to enhance physical education to ensure it is meaningful and engaging for students.
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever heard a student say, “We just played tag,” and felt that sinking feeling, you’re going to want this conversation. In this episode, I talk with Dr. Hilary Glencross, PE teacher educator, curriculum designer, and founder of UBD Movement Lab, about how to make physical education look and feel like real learning without losing the joy of movement. We dig into Understanding by Design (UbD) and why backward design changes everything in PE: start with the...
People in this episode
Guest: Dr. Hilary Glencross
Topics covered
- physical education
- curriculum design
- Understanding by Design
- joy of movement
- backward design
Keywords
- physical education
- curriculum
- learning
- Understanding by Design
- backward design
- joy of movement
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UBD Movement Lab
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