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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!)

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

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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

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MiMove Blog - Student Voice & Meaningful PE

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

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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

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

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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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Episode SEVEN introduces Andy Vasily, a curriculum coordinator in Antwerp, Belgium. Andy is the author of the second chapter in the Meaningful Physical Education book which explores Meaningful PE pedagogy in an individual pursuits unit. Andy has spent many years as a teacher and pedagogical coach at schools around the globe and has spoken in more than 20 countries regarding his passion for physical & health education and leadership. His blog, formerly PYP with Andy (now www.andyvasily.com) continues to be a go-to resource for teachers looking to improve their practice. Andy is the founder and host of the Run Your Life podcast, which is dedicated to unpacking excellence in a variety of sport, education, and health & wellness contexts.

Links from Episode

• An Actor-Oriented Perspective on Implementing a Pedagogical Innovation in a Cycling Unit (JTPE)
• Creating Meaningful Experiences on a Bike (Blog)
• The Power of Professional Inquiry (Blog)
• runyourlifeshowwithandyvasily.buzzsprout.com
• www.runyourlifepodcast.com
• www.andyvasily.com
• Meaningful Physical Education: An Approach for Teaching and Learning (Amazon)
• 10 to 25 - David Yeager (Andy’s Recommended Reading)
• Follow Andy on X

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

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This episode introduces Dr. Hayley Morrison, an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. She teaches health and physical education curriculum and pedagogy courses to undergraduate students and instructs graduate courses in educational research and inclusive health and physical education. Her research areas include inclusive/adaptive physical education, health and physical education teacher education, and professional development. Check out her faculty profile page for more about Dr. Morrison and you can also find her on X: @Ms_HMorrison.

In this episode, we talk about her inclusive HPE work with teachers, EAs and students; 'teaching for all'; connections between principles of inclusion and meaningful PE and much more!

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Morrison, H. & Gleddie, D.L. (2019) Playing on the same team: Getting teachers and educational assistants on the same page in physical education. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, 90(8), 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2019.1644257
• Morrison, H. & Gleddie, D.L. (2019). In-service teachers’ and educational assistants’ experiences of professional development for inclusive physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2018-0271
• "Inclusion" definition: Spencer-Cavaliere, N., & Watkinson, E. J. (2010). Inclusion understood from the perspectives of children with disability. Adapted physical activity quarterly, 27(4), 275-293.
  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nancy-Spencer-Cavaliere/publication/47459781_Inclusion_Understood_From_the_Perspectives_of_Children_With_Disability/links/5756e1b008ae05c1ec169f63/Inclusion-Understood-From-the-Perspectives-of-Children-With-Disability.pdf
• Language and disability: Spencer, N. L., Peers, D., & Eales, L. (2020). Disability language in adapted physical education: What is the story?. In Routledge handbook of adapted physical education (pp. 131-144). Routledge.
  https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429052675-10/disability-language-adapted-physical-education-nancy-spencer-danielle-peers-lindsay-eales
• Morrison, H. & Hickson, C. (2018) Teaching for all: Diversity and inclusion in physical education. In Gleddie, D. L., Hickson, C., & Bradford, B. (Eds). Physical education for elementary school teachers: Foundations of a physical literacy journey. Victoria: Ripon Publishing.
• Connor McDavid recovery documentary link (Amazon Prime)

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

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Episode SIX introduces Leticia Cariño, an Elementary (PYP) Physical Educator in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. In this episode, we discuss opportunities and challenges related to implementation and how the way we implement MPE is contextual. Leti shares several reflective strategies she uses with her learners and how she uses those reflections to shape her instruction to meet her student's needs.

Leticia Cariño is a passionate physical educator from Spain, dedicated to promoting health and well-being among her students. Currently, she teaches Physical Education (PE) in the Primary Years Programme (PYP) at the International Community School of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Previously, Leti spent 7 years at an international school in Cambodia where she first became interested in the ideas of the Meaningful Physical Education framework. Leti shares her ideas on her blog Inspired by Movement to see examples of the way Leti applies the framework as discussed in the episode, check out a few of her blog posts linked below.

Links from Episodes

• Inspired by Movement - Individual Pursuits & The Meaning PE Framework
• Inspired by Movement - MPE Inquiry into Movement & Gymnastics
• Meaningful Physical Education: An Approach for Teaching and Learning (Amazon)

Re: "Fan Mail"

• Meaningful PE Strategies (Google Doc)
• Learning About Meaningful Physical Education (LAMPE) Website

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

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Episode FIVE introduces Andy Milne and Megaera Regan, two outstanding Physical Educators from the United States. In this episode, we discuss the interest in Meaningful PE through their engagement in online discussions through social media, reflective practice, the new SHAPE America standards and as usual, we conclude the episode with some great advice from our guests.

Andy Milne has been a health and physical educator for the past 29 years and currently teaches in Illinois. He has been recognized for his innovative use of technology in the classroom and in 2017 was named SHAPE America National Health Education Teacher of the Year. Andy runs the #slowchathealth blog site that seeks to amplify the voice of health and physical education teachers across the globe.

Megaera Regan is a retired physical education teacher from the Port Washington School District in Long Island, New York. Megaera is the 2020 SHAPE America PE Elementary Teacher of the Year and 2018 New York State AHPERD (NYSAHPERD) Elementary PE Teacher of the Year. Currently, Megaera works with future PE professionals through Southern Connecticut State University.

Links from Episode

• Meaningful Physical Education: An Approach for Teaching and Learning (Amazon)
• Andy’s Blog - Backpocket Question Guide
• Andy’s Blog - Autobiography Assignment
• SHAPE America National Standards

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