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Well folks - that's a wrap to Season 1! This episode features Ty and Doug recapping our first (but not the last!) season of the podcast. We share some details about Season 2 (yes, there will be a Season 2!) and then leave listeners with reflections on Meaningful PE from participants in the recent ‘Champions Sharing Day’ at Brock University.

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Show Notes:

• Don't forget that there is SO much to check out on the LAMPE website - Kelly from Chesapeake - take a look at the case studies! There's also several new blogs and a rich archive of previous posts.

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Spencer Briggs is a former physical education (PE) teacher with five years of international teaching experience in Sweden and Australia. He completed his Master’s degree at Brock University (Ontario, Canada) in 2022, where his research explored the professional transition from classroom PE teacher to teacher educator through the lenses of teacher identity and self-compassion. Spencer has served as an executive board member on the PHE Canada Research Council for the past two years. He is currently entering the final year of his Ph.D. program. His research interests include Meaningful Physical Education (MPE), with a particular focus on how teachers can support students in transferring their learning and physical activity beyond the PE classroom, as well as promoting well-being for both teachers and students. Outside of academia, Spencer enjoys spending time outdoors—running, cycling, hiking, skiing, and relaxing at the cottage in the summer.

Show Notes

• Learning About Meaningful Physical Education
• Silseth and Erstad (2018) - Connecting to the Outside: Cultural Resources Teachers Use When Contextualizing Instruction
• Planning for Meaningful Experiences that Extend Beyond the Classroom - PHE Canada Slide Deck w/ Spencer, Rosie Kott, Rachel Roper & Ty
• Connect with Spencer on LinkedIn

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Zack Smith has been an international early childhood educator since 2005. He taught preschool homeroom and early years PE at Shanghai Community International School between 2005 and 2014. From 2014 to 2024, he was an early years PYP PE teacher at the KAUST School in Saudi Arabia. In the 2024-25 school year, he is excited to take on a new challenge in upper elementary PE at Korea International School Jeju. As an educator, Zack is dedicated to foundation skill development, transdisciplinary learning, and student empowerment through innovative and continuously evolving pedagogical strategies, making storytelling in PE an impactful tool for him. In this episode, we discuss the position of Zack's approach to storytelling within the MPE framework.

Show Notes

A Moving Child is a Learning Child - book

PHASE

What is important? How one early childhood teacher prioritised meaningful experiences for children in physical education

Marylin Fleer - Conceptual Playworld

Check Out Zack on YouTube

Interested in pursuing a PhD related to Meaningfulness? Check out the opportunity linked below - applications close June 15th.

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/280424/doctoral-candidate-in-physical-education

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This episode features a recording from the Research Forum at PHE Canada's recent National Conference in Niagara Falls. This is our first time trying a 'live' event like this so buckle up!

The session was presented by Tim (mostly) with help from Déirdre and Anita - all friends of the podcast! What is a ‘champion’ teacher and why does it matter? Implications for innovation and continuous professional development in PE. Authors of the work include: Stephanie Beni, Tim Fletcher, Déirdre Ní Chróinín, Anita MacDougall, Ty Riddick, and Spencer Briggs.

Links:

• presentation slides
• Learning about Meaningful PE

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In this episode Ty, Tori and Kelly reflect on and talk about their recent implementation of meaningful PE in a badminton unit. We chat about ways to engage students, the features of meaningful PE, difference between middle and high school students, adapting on the fly, reflection and much more!

Ty, Tori and Kelly are all members of the Champions for Meaningful PE research project as it’s manifested in Alberta, Canada.

Links:

• Blog by Alex Beckey: drowningintheshallow - Harmful Experiences in Physical Education and Youth Sport
• Liz Durden-Meyers ASPECT Framework - PE Scholar
• Joey Feith’s ThePhysicalEducator
• The HPE MEd Cohort website (in case you're interested for a Summer 2026 start!)

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In this episode, Greg Dryer joins the podcast to discuss what constitutes good data in Physical Education and, more importantly, how can we use that data to improve the quality of student experiences in PE. Greg is the co-founder of miMove- the world’s first app designed specifically for schools to help young people develop physical activity habits. Previously, Greg also founded and served as the Director of the Centre for Physical Education, Sport and Activity at Kingston University (CPESA). He is a highly experienced physical educator and critical thinker who has been lucky enough to work with pre-schoolers through to post-grads.

Links from Episode

www.mimoveapp.com

An Analysis of Canadian Physical Education Curricula (Kilborn et al., 2016)

PE Memories and Sedentary Behaviour (Ladwig et al., 2018)

Doug’s Blog - Ticked, Confused and (eventually) Motivated

Michelle Seagar - author of No Sweat & The Joy Choice

Jonathan Haidt - The Anxious Generation

More from Greg

Follow Greg on X

MiMove Blog - Student Voice & Meaningful PE

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Episode EIGHT introduces Jo Bailey, a high school Physical Education teacher in Wisconsin, USA. Originally from the UK, Jo spent much of her life in Hong Kong and taught in both the UK and Hong Kong for several years before moving to the USA in 2004. Jo is a keynote speaker, a National Board Certified Teacher was the 2013 Midwest SHAPE America High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Jo has shared her experience implementing MPE with her high school students as part of the Meaningful PE Symposium hosted by the Norwegian School of Sport Science. In this episode, we discuss how Jo bridges the gap between her PE classes and the local community, puppetry (seriously), as well as how she embeds reflection into her teaching practice - all a part of how she teaches in the Last Chance saloon!

Links from Episodes

• Teaching Using Ideas of Meaningful PE - Jo Bailey (LAMPE)
• Youtube: Ongoing Journey with Meaningful PE - Jo Bailey (#PhysedSummit)
• Jo's Presentation on Swimming from NSIS Meaningful Symposium
• Joey Feith's Radar Charts Walkthrough *which inspired Jo's MPE adaptation

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This episode features Lauren Sulz and Jonathan Mauro talking about school sport - specifically, a framework called School Sport for All. We discuss the intersections between it and Meaningful PE, how school sport can be an opportunity for meaningfulness and much more.

Dr. Lauren Sulz is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta with a focus on healthy school communities. Lauren's research includes physical and health literacy, school sport and school-based physical activities, whole-child education, comprehensive school health, and health and physical education pedagogy. You can learn more about Lauren on her faculty page or follow her on X: @Lauren_Sulz.

Jonathan Mauro is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. He currently is the Indigenous Education Services Coordinator for Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools. Jonathan has taught high school and middle school physical education and outdoor education and coaches numerous sport teams. He is currently researching the implementation of the SS4A framework. Jonathan can be found on X: @jnlmauro.

Resources mentioned in the episode include:

• Sulz, L., & Gleddie, D.L. (2024). School Sport for All: An Inclusive Developmental Framework to Improve Participation. LEARNing Landscapes, 17(1), 287-304. https://doi.org/10.36510/learnland.v17i1.1133
• Harding-Kuriger, J. & Gleddie, D.L. (2022). Teacher-coach-mom: An autoethnographic exploration into the clashing cultures of physical education and school sport.Sport, Education and Society.https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2022.2131760
• Sulz, L., Gleddie, D.L., Kinsella, C., & Humbert, M.L. (2022). The health and educational impact of removing financial constraints for school sport. European Physical Education Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X221104909
• Sulz, L.D., Gleddie, D.L., Urbanski, W., & Humbert, L. (2020). Improving school sport: Teacher-coach and athletic director perspectives. Sport in Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1755263
• Gleddie, D.L., Sulz, L., Humbert, L. & Zajdel, A. (2019). If you must cut athletes from school sport teams: Consider best practices. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 90(2), 24-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2018.1546630
• "Jays (as in the Toronto Bluejays) Care Challenger Program"
• Meaningfulness in Youth Sport - description and resource (in a few different languages!)
• Jumpstart State of Play Youth Report 2024 (not mentioned in the podcast but a great source of information!

Thanks to Isaiah Gleddie for the guitar pieces, SSHRC for some funding and our guests for sharing!

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