On the periphery of pedagogical practice in health and physical education (HPE): the importance of self-management skills for physical activity

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Table 1. Self-management skills.

(i) skills that help you think about change	(ii) skills that help you make change	(iii) skills that help you maintain change
Self-assessment	Goal setting	self-monitoring
Building self-confidence	Overcoming barriers	Developing strategies
Developing knowledge	Time management	Preventing relapse
Improving self-perception	Social support	Thinking success
Building positive attitudes	Choosing appropriate activities	Thinking critically
	Improving performance	Positive self-talk
		Conflict resolution
		Saying no

Adapted from Lambdin and Corbin (2020).

Table 2. Content descriptions and content elaborations for secondary physical education.

Content description (Levels 7 &8)	Example content elaboration	Content description (Levels 9 & 10)	Example content elaboration
participate in physical activities designed to improve fitness and wellbeing to investigate the impact of regular participation on health, fitness and wellbeing	• Designing and performing a fitness circuit they could implement at home • Researching and participating in new activities and how they can enhance health, fitness and wellbeing	participate in physical activities designed to enhance health, wellbeing and fitness, and design, apply and evaluate strategies for incorporating these activities into their lives	• Participate in a range of PA and evaluating individual responses • Performing a range of activities designed to improve fitness and how certain activities improve fitness • Setting realistic PA goals and designing and implementing these
participate in physical activities that utilise community spaces and outdoor settings, and evaluate strategies to support increased use of these spaces	• Designing and evaluating physical activity options that reimagine the use of community spaces • Promoting an understanding of minimal impact outdoor recreation in the local area	participate in physical activities that promote health and social outcomes to design and evaluate participation strategies for themselves and others	• Investigating community based PA campaigns and determining how they might fit in school-based campaign • Creating and evaluating proposals that promote the use of natural settings within the local community for PA
design and justify strategies to increase physical activity levels to achieve health and wellbeing outcomes	• Designing and monitoring a personal physical activity plan that proposes realistic strategies for increasing PA levels and reducing sedentary behaviours • Comparing their current PA levels to the national PA/sedentary behaviour guidelines and recommendation	design, implement and evaluate personalised plans for improving or maintaining their own or others’ physical activity levels to achieve fitness, health and wellbeing outcomes	• Using digital tools to design implement and monitor a personal fitness plan that includes timeframes, goals and specific activities that meets needs of individuals • Justify selection of PA included in PA plan linked to PA goals and wellbeing they wish to occur improve or maintain • Investigating target HR zones for a range of different people, how these can be measured and how they relate to health, wellbeing and fitness levels.

Table 3. Focus areas of the curriculum.

Health benefits of physical activity	Lifelong physical activity
Health benefits of physical activity addresses the impact regular physical activity participation has on individual and community health and wellbeing. The content supports students to develop knowledge, understanding and skills to make active choices. They explore influences on physical activity participation and choices.	Lifelong physical activities focuses on how participation in physical activity can enhance health-related fitness and wellbeing across the lifespan.

Lambdin, D., & Corbin, C. B. (2020). Empowering students: Using a self-management skills approach to social and emotional learning. 2020 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo.

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