2010 Shape of the Nation Report
Reading over this report reminds me of the abysmal condition of health and physical education (HPE) in Australia. The status of PE in the US is appalling, it hardly seems possible that it could be worse in Australia. How can the health and wellbeing of Australian children be relegated to a lower priority than English, Mathematics or the Arts? The first two stages of our new national curriculum do NOT include a HPE component, it is not considered a priority by the Federal Education Minister, Julia Gillard or the current State and Territory Education Ministers, incredible! Chair of the National...
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By Dan Lawler, originally released on the Exergame Fitness blog 02/06/10 Thinking on the Move What all school administrators are facing today is an increased demand for higher test scores, often times at the expense of reducing physical education or the amount of recess time elementary students receive each day. As a principal for over 30 years, I have to say that I certainly was victim to that pressure until I realized that the approach was fundamentally flawed. We, as educational leaders, have moved too far away from the thought of a sound body and sound mind....
read moreHealth, Fitness and Games: Serious Fun.
The G4H 2010 Boston conference is over and has already been hailed a tremendous success. This is the 6th G4H conference, with this year’s event being split across two main venue areas. The outside area encompassed the specialised “Exergaming Zone” created by our US partner Exegame Fitness USA. The Exergame Zone was incredibly popular plus being integral to demonstrating the physical ‘real world’ incarnations of Exergaming. A contest, ‘One Million Steps’ was instituted to raise money for charity and to energize participants at the conference. The...
read moreiDANCE2 the perfect PE solution.
Exergaming is going from strength to strength. The large base of ever increasing evidence is making Exergaming a compelling solution. Schools are some of the early adopters, and kudos to them for seeing the highly motivating potential Exergaming offers as an effective PE alternative. iDANCE is a leading light in reinvigorating schools PE cirriculum offering kids and teachers alike a new perspective on fitness by making the lessons fun, physically challenging but wonderfully engaging at the same time. But don’t take our word for it listen to the students and teachers...
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