Physical Literacy Flashcards
What is Physical Literacy?
where mind and body are balanced at work together
taking personal responsability to engage in movement for life - a work in progress
What was Margret Whithead’s message about physical literacy?
Everyone’s journey is different, personal.
It is not a skill, it is how you use your understanding and experiences to interact with your physical environment
Core attributes of physical activity
Motivation - wanting to persue
confidence - believing in your abilities
competence - increases your confidence
interaction with a range of environments - respectful to people around you
Attributes of physical literacy
self- confidence
self-expression & communication
knowledge - awareness
understanding - how it influences your overall health
What is the goal of Sport for Life?
improve the quality of sport in Physical activity in Canada - through athletic training environments
What is Physical Health Education Canada?
trying to bridge the gap between sport and education
What is CS4L
Canadian sport for life - trying to create a healthy and active population
What is PHE Canada?
Physical Health Education Canada
having a wide varidety of PE enhances yur physical literacy
through multiple changing environments with many skills
Why are PL assessments concerning?
- its hard to assess someones ability to have values, beliefs and readiness by just having them do a movement.
there are other elemetns of PL that are hard to test. missing the mind
What are the 4 elements of Physical literacy?
Effective
Behavioral
Cognitive
Physical
What is physical competence?
the capacity to experience new movements and show youw you can adapt
what are the 3 assessment tools?
P4L
CS4L’s Physical Literacy Assessment for youth (PLAY)
HALO - Healthy Active Living and obesity
