Modern Australian

we need to teach kids activities they'll go on to enjoy

  • Written by Vaughan Cruickshank, Program Director – Health and Physical Education, Maths/Science, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania
we need to teach kids activities they'll go on to enjoySchools could use bushwalking as an activity and link it to lessons in other subjects such as geography and science.Shutterstock/Monkey Business Images

Physical education is one of the most popular subjects for children in their early school years. Yet by secondary school less favourable attitudes towards what’s known in the Australian school...