Understanding Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand curriculum (Book One) covers:

  • commonly held beliefs about physical education
  • the differences between physical education, physical activity and sport
  • what learning in, through, and about movement actually means
  • some contemporary examples of physical education unit planning.


Implementing Physical Education in Practice (Book Two) covers:

  • what quality physical education planning and teaching looks like in practice.
  • what teachers do in other learning areas that can be applied to physical education practice
  • the importance of context, student-centred delivery and quality lesson planning.

We suggest you might like to start by watching this video of the writers introducing the books.