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UBC EDCP 320 Physical Health Education
This page is for B.Ed students in the faculty of education at UBC with active links for resources shared during our class that will remain here after our class is complete. If you have quality PHE resources suitable for emerging professionals not listed here, please be sure to connect with me so I can add them! Links below are vetted for suitability, but I can not guarantee they will remain active over time.
Week One: Creating Communities of Practice
Required Readings:
British Columbia Ministry of Education. (2021). Introduction to Physical Health and Education Curriculum.
British Columbia Ministry of Education. (2021). PHE curriculum.
British Columbia Ministry of Education. (2021). PHE goals and rationale.
BCTF code of ethics
Online Resources:
Instant activity examples from the website Elementary PE Teacher
PHE Canada Website
Outdoor play Canada Website
Week Two: Pedagogies of Play
Required Readings:
Burriss, K., & Burriss, L. (2011). Outdoor play and learning: Policy and practice. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 6(8), 1.
Flannigan, C., & Dietze, B. (2017). Children, outdoor play, and loose parts. Journal of Childhood Studies, 42(4), 53-60.
Online Resources:
What is risky play & why kids need it by Megan Zeni
Outsideplay.ca an online risk re-framing tool to support parents, caregivers, and educators
Books Shared (some link to Amazon.ca, but please try to purchase from a local bookstore first!)
Week Three: Pedagogies of Place
Required Readings:
Gruenewald, D. A. (2003). Foundations of place: A multidisciplinary framework for place-conscious education. American Educational Research Journal, 40(3), 619-654.
Nxumalo, F., & Cedillo, S. (2017). Decolonizing place in early childhood studies: Thinking with Indigenous onto-epistemologies and Black feminist geographies. Global Studies of Childhood, 7(2), 99-112
Online Resources:
Sit Spots with Lauren McLean
First Peoples Principles of Learning FNESC website
The Environmental Educators Provincial Specialist Association EEPSA
How to teach nature journaling (sign up for a free download) by John Muir
Books Shared: (some link to Amazon.ca, but please try to purchase from a local bookstore first!)
Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples
Pacific Northwest Plant Knowledge Cards
Instant Activities Introduced:
Total physical response
Looking at the diverse colours of nature
Week Four: Rethinking Where Learning Happens in PHE
Required Readings:
Cairns, K. (2018). Beyond magic carrots: Garden pedagogies and the rhetoric of effects. Harvard Educational Review, 88(4), 516-537.
Oberle, E., Zeni, M., & Munday, F., & Brussoni, M. (2021). Support Factors and Barriers for Outdoor Learning in Elementary Schools: A Systemic Perspective, American Journal of Health Education, DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2021.1955232
Online Resources:
Outdoor classroom day Website
Active for life website
EEPSA position statement on education outside the classroom
Books Shared: (some link to Amazon.ca, but please try to purchase from a local bookstore first!)
Instant Activities Introduced:
Sit and sense
Week Five: Fundamental Movement Skills & Physical Literacy
Required Readings:
Physical Literacy Concept Paper from Sport for Life
Physical Literacy Educational Strategies from PHE Canada
Online Resources:
Active for Life. (2017). Lesson Plans
Play Builder Digital Learning Resource for K-7 Educators
True Sport Fundamentals PDF online
Fundamental Movement Skills A Coaching Association of Canada Resource Guide
ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
Games suitable for social distancing by Asphalt Green
PHE Canada Dance Education Resource. (2017) Dance Education
Dance Play. (2017). Developing physical literacy through dance
Instant Activities Introduced:
Found Movement
Week Six: Healthy & Active Living
Required Readings:
Healthy Schools BC: Comprehensive School Health Framework
Online Resources:
Pan Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health: What is comprehensive school health?
DASH BC Comprehensive School Health 4 Pillar Activity
Food Safe BC course information
BC Agriculture in the Classroom Programs for Teachers
PHE Canada: At my Best program information
Books Shared: (some link to Amazon.ca, but please try to purchase from a local bookstore first!)
Instant Activities Introduced:
Mirror Activity
Week Seven: Social & Community Health
Required Readings:
Butler, J., Burns, D. P., & Robson, C. (2021;2020;). Dodgeball: Inadvertently teaching oppression in physical and health education. European Physical Education Review, 27(1), 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X20915936
Online Resources:
Shore Centre Sexual Health: Inclusive sex education language
Options for sexual health: Resources
Seleema Noon: Sexual Health Resources
Duty to Report guidelines in British Columbia
Human Rights Resources For Teachers: Voices in Action
Bullying Stops Here! A parent’s guide to bullying
Healthy Schools BC: Resources
PHE Canada: Supporting Gender and Sexually Diverse Students
First Voices Resources
Books Shared: (some link to Amazon.ca, but please try to purchase from a local bookstore first!)
Colin and Less, Carrot and Pea
What does it mean to be brave?
Instant Activities Introduced:
Celebration dance circle
Week Eight: Mental Well-being
Recommended Resources:
BC Children’s Hospital: Kelty mental health resources
PHE Canada: Teach Resiliency
Anxiety Canada resources
Mind Up Resources
Canadian mental health resources (CAMH)
Books Shared: (some link to Amazon.ca, but please try to purchase from a local bookstore first!)
Instant Activities Introduced: