It’s the million-dollar question in health education: How do I motivate teenagers to care about their health? It is one of the biggest challenges we face as health educators. How can we help our students see the impact of their decisions today on their health in the future — and care about that impact enough to make a change? The goal-setting skill set can be challenging to teach because many teenagers are either satisfied with their life, or they feel like nothing will ever change so wha...| SHAPE America Blog
When we connect classrooms through interdisciplinary collaboration in Health and PE, the learning becomes even more powerful. One way to highlight the value of health and physical education is to partner with colleagues in other disciplines and tap into their expertise.| SHAPE America Blog
Physical education teachers need to have equipment ready to address the needs of ALL our students, which includes adapted PE tools. That’s the idea behind the “Adapted PE Bucket.”| SHAPE America Blog