The BIG PE Conversation

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Physical inactivity is frequently in the news

HEADLINES

Physical inactivity is one of the leading

causes of death in developed countries

HEADLINES

Physical inactivity is one of the leading

causes of death in developed countries

The overall amount of activity is more

important than the type, intensity or

frequency, and one way to achieve this is

to do 30 minutes on at least 5 days a week

HEADLINES

Physical inactivity is one of the leading

causes of death in developed countries

The overall amount of activity is more

important than the type, intensity or

frequency, and one way to achieve this is

to do 30 minutes on at least 5 days a week

HEADLINES

Responsible for…. 22-23% of CHD,

16-17% of colon cancer, 15% of diabetes,

12-13% of strokes and 11% of breast cancerWARNING

Physical inactivity is one of the leading

causes of death in developed countries

The overall amount of activity is more

important than the type, intensity or

frequency, and one way to achieve this is

to do 30 minutes on at least 5 days a week

HEADLINES

Responsible for…. 22-23% of CHD,

16-17% of colon cancer, 15% of diabetes,

12-13% of strokes and 11% of breast cancerWARNING

The cost to the NHS of physical Inactivity in England isestimated at £0.9 billion

Physical inactivity is one of the leading

causes of death in developed countries

The overall amount of activity is more

important than the type, intensity or

frequency, and one way to achieve this is

to do 30 minutes on at least 5 days a week

HEADLINES

Responsible for…. 22-23% of CHD,

16-17% of colon cancer, 15% of diabetes,

12-13% of strokes and 11% of breast cancerWARNING

The cost to the NHS of physical Inactivity in England isestimated at £0.9 billion

For adults, the recommended amount

Is:150 minutes (2.5 hours) of moderate

activity per week

So what does this all mean for PE?

So what does this all mean for PE?

If PE’s aim is to promote physical activity

The whole purpose of school PE is that it is supposed to prepare you to be active for life. Given

that we know lots of people are not sufficiently active we

thought it would be fascinating to ask people about their school

PE experiences

Professor Kathleen Armour

So in 2014 we launched….

Shared throughvarying social media channels using the hashtag #BigPEConversation

Shared throughvarying social media channels using the hashtag #BigPEConversation

Retweetedand shared with a wide international audience #BigPEConversation

Our aim was to find out if and how PE had any influence on preparing young people to be

physically active and what types of PE experiences people loved

or hated

Dr Kyriaki Makopoulou

1,800 people completed the survey

1,800 people completed the survey

and this is what we found….

• 37% of women rarely or never enjoyed PE

• 37% of women rarely or never enjoyed PE

• 26% of men rarely or never enjoyed PE

• 37% of women rarely or never enjoyed PE

• 26% of men rarely or never enjoyed PE

47% reported that PE had not helped them to become physically active

That is over half of the respondents suggesting that PE had not helped them to become physically active. This doesn’t look good for PE. But wait, the qualitative responses tell us

more about why…..

Dr Mark Griffiths

“Swimming stopped happening after year seven because everyone in the class suddenly developed a hormone imbalance and was on their period for six weeks straight. It was a waste of two hours every week. By GCSEs we were getting notes from our art teacher saying that we needed the time to catch up on coursework. ”Female 25-

29

“Forcing a group of teenage girls to wear leotards in a cold hall. Awful for self esteem when you have body issues. Every time we went out in the freezing cold in winter & did hockey. Trousers & gloves weren't allowed but the teacher wore a thick coat, scarf, hat, gloves. ”Female 18-

24

“The worst bit about PE was the changing rooms…. the popular girls laughing because you weren't wearing cool enough underwear or hadn't customised your PE kit ”Female 18-

24

We’ve heard these types of things before about PE. It does

shock me that these respondents experienced PE less

than 10 years ago! The men tell us more though ….

Dr Victoria Goodyear

“I loathed PE. Going outside in the cold and wet weather to play rugby or football or just run laps. Pointless subject, kids don't really bother with PE, they just stand there and have a social conversation! .”Male 18-24

“When given the choice we'd all choose to play badminton because there were only two courts so they couldn't get more than eight people to play at once, meaning the rest of us got to sit out ”Male 18-24

“The continuous positions of being the one person left after everybody else was picked has had a long standing effect on my self confidence

”Male 18-24

We want to know what you think in response to results of the

#BIGPEConversation! • Were you aware of these perspectives

on PE?• Is there a problem? • Do we need to change how we teach

PE? • What would or wouldn't you do

differently?

So what does this all mean for PE?

So what does this all mean for PE?

If PE’s aim is to promote physical activity

So tweet us your responses to @OpenCPDPESS or comment on

the slideshare

We would love to know what you think!

The BIG PE Conversation

#OpenCPD