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Physical Education And Philosophy Of A HPE Classroom

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As a HPE teacher, I am involved in a learning area that supports children and adolescents in the choices they make and can manifest in the skills, knowledge and understandings that will ensure students are equipped to make decisions that will impact on their own health and wellbeing choices, hopefully for life. Unfortunately, there is a dramatic and ever increasing epidemic of obesity and lifestyle related diseases within the population of our youth (reference). As a physical educator, I take great pride in knowing that I am imparting knowledge and influencing children in many ways. I strongly believe there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to teaching and learning, “Students think, act, and feel differently at different stages of development,

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