Motivating Students in Physical Education
Student motivation is key to their learning. Teachers should provide safe environments (physical and psychological), incorporate student choice in the curriculum, provide appropriately challenging content, incorporate music, explain what they are learning and why, primarily focus on a mastery goal orientation, and more. Check the resources on this page for more information.
Student Motivation in Physical Education
- Building Belonging In Physical Education
- Conversation Starters
- Exploring Barriers to Girls’ Enjoyment of PE
- How a P.E. Department Designed a Compassion-Based Curriculum
- How to Create a Positive Culture in Your PE Program
- How to Motivate and Inspire Students
- Immediacy of Action
- Strategies for Reaching Unmotivated Students
- The Importance of Satisfying Children’s Basic Psychological Needs in Primary School Physical Education for PE-Motivation, and Its Relations With Fundamental Motor and PE-related Skills
- Unpacking Student Motivation
Student Motivation in General Education
- 5 Epiphanies for Reaching the Unreachable Learner
- 5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Unmotivated Students
- 5 Ways to Engage Reluctant Students
- 12 Ways to Avoid Student Humiliation
- 22 Ways to Build Relationships for Educational Success
- How to Develop Empathy for Someone Who Annoys You
- Positive Words Go a Long Way
- The Magic of Validation
- The Take Care of Me List
- “Walk & Talks” Are Extremely Effective Way To Connect With Students
- Welcoming Students With a Smile
Editorials on Physical Educators as Role Models
- 4 Reasons Why We Must be Good Role Models: Teaching Virtues by Walking the Walk!
- A Philosophical Position on Physical Activity & Fitness For Physical Activity Professionals
- Being a Role Model and Helping Instill Healthy Habits in Students
- Code of Conduct for P-12 Physical Education Teachers
- Code of Ethics for Health Educators, Physical Educators, and Wellness Professionals
- Podcast - Get in PE Shape!!!
- Rationale for and Practical Ways to Model Health and Fitness as Physical Educators and Coaches
- Role Modeling in HPERD: Do Attitudes Match Behavior?
- SHAPE America’s Code of Ethics Position Statement
Research on Physical Educators as Role Models
- Are Overweight Physical Educators at a Disadvantage in the Labor Market?
- Are Physical Education Majors Models for Fitness?
- Physical Description and Job Attainment in PE
- The Effect of a Female Physical Educator's Physical Appearance on Physical Fitness Knowledge and Attitudes of Junior High Students
- The Good the Bad and the Ugly Primary School Children's Visual Representations and Interpretations of Pe Teacher Embodiments