Game Changer: Phil Lawlers Crusade to Help Children by Improving Physical Education

School administrators need to keep finding new ways to keep children engaged and active. Incorporate more movement in the classroom.

Integrating movement into the education process, throughout the day and in the classroom, is the cornerstone of changing the way education is done. Conducting lessons while standing up or moving around the classroom is a step in the right direction because neuroscience has shown that movement facilitates cognition and that knowledge needs to be translated to the classroom.

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Make physical education part of the scoreboard. Constantly emphasize the link between the body and the brain. Enhancing the learning process must always be the major reason that physical education and exercise should be part of every curriculum.

Lawler credited the growing mound of research on the positive impact of exercise on the brain for his belief that physical education will ultimately be the hub of the education wheel. Get the community involved. Since this is a challenge in education and funding, more and more people are needed to spread the message about how fit children are smarter, better behaved, and healthier. Corporate America also needs to fully understand what this all means for their own future and the future of this country. Revamp college programs for physical education teachers.

Game changer : Phil Lawler's crusade to help children by by Ken Reed; PE4life

In an environment where childhood obesity rates are increasing and overall fitness levels are declining, a health and wellness model must be the focus of PE training programs in order for physical education to meet the needs of 21st-century students. Research to drive the revolution. Without research supporting the new PE philosophy and highlighting the benefits of exercise for academic performance, there will never be enough momentum to result in a paradigm shift in the world of education.

If these 10 factors are undertaken in earnest as Lawler suggested, this revolution can be expedited and begin enhancing the lives of more children. For more information, visit http: Read the full story at http: Log in with Facebook Log in with Twitter. Latest News Top News.

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Get the latest news, special offers, and updates on authors and products. Please Sign In or Create an Account. Social Studies in Sport and Physical Activity. Athletic Training, Therapy, and Rehabilitation. Human Kinetics has moved! Please check out our new stores: Revving Up the Revolution. That brings us to 10 key factors in revving up this PE revolution. Kids are less likely to be disruptive in terms of their classroom behaviors when they have been active.

Cooper started the aerobics craze in with the publication of his book Aerobics. By PE4life , Ken Reed. Engaging and inspiring, Game Changer: Game Changer captures the passion of this legend in the field of physical education who believed that every child—regardless of athletic ability—should be given a chance to find an activity he or she can embrace and enjoy for a lifetime. Full of ideas and strategies, Game Changer provides both the information and motivation to develop, implement, and support PE and community programs that encompass all children, not just the athletically inclined.

Messages from leaders in the physical education field provide lessons learned in the development, leadership, promotion, and ongoing advocacy of wellness-based PE programs. The Epiphany Chapter 1. The Quest for Healthier Students Chapter 4. A Passionate Connector Chapter 7.

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