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By Dr. Peter Martin. In August 1856, Johann Fuhlrott, a school teacher and keen naturalist from Germany’s Neander valley, received a few old bones from a local quarryman. There is no record of what his students thought of these relics, but Fuhlrott recognised that they were human-like yet different from anything he had seen previously. […]
Territory Discoveries, Australia’s leading group travel advisor for education, took 12 teachers to the Northern Territory to showcase the magic that makes the NT such a special and invaluable education experience. Hear their thoughts about the value to traveling to the NT with school groups.
By Richard Tinning. Throughout the landscape of educational discourse there is frequent use of the strange word pedagogy –English pedagogy, pedagogies of inclusion, productive pedagogies and even physical education pedagogy. The purpose of this article is to explain the term pedagogy, how it is used in PE (physical education) and how the idea of pedagogical […]
By Andres Olascoaga. Physical education teachers need to inspire their students to be healthy and active while at the same time overcoming the technology barriers that are affecting day-by-day teaching. The increased use of social media and internet services affects how students communicate with each other in games and sport because they have become reliant […]
By Craig Haslam. The Eyre Peninsula is predominantly known for its pristine coastal wildernesses, maritime history and abundant land and marine national parks. With sea side villages, seal colonies, whale emigration routes, fisheries, surf breaks, the Gawler Ranges’ big skies and wide open spaces, there is plenty for students to see, do, explore and learn […]
By Liz Horne. The first real adventure away from home, be it to visit family who live a long way away, a school camp, or a slumber party at a friend’s house, stirs some level of anticipation, whether excitement, freedom, wonder; or dread, nervousness, anxiety. Regardless of the generation, there will always be the human […]
By Rich Hungerford. Have you ever paused to wonder why a camping trip or a bush walk, despite the sense of ‘roughing it’, usually results in a sense of revitalisation that allows you to face work and life once again with renewed vigour? One theory is that putting a human being back into the ‘green […]
By Ross Gould. With pressure coming from students and parents for schools to provide diverse and interesting physical activities as part of a school’s physical education program, we take a moment to look at the age old sport of fishing and how and why it can be incorporated successfully into your school’s PE Program. It […]
By Ken Baldwin. Last month’s edition of Active Education magazine saw the power of play highlighted as its cover story. The article underlined how important it is for both educators and parents to help the children in their lives be happy and healthy. My article in this issue takes this notion one step further by […]
By Jarrod Robinson. In the fourth instalment of ‘Apps To Get You Moving’ we are going to explore a new collection of must-have apps that are changing the way PE teachers and outdoor instructors are operating all around the world. In a discipline that is all about movement in the outdoors, it makes sense to […]
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