S1E08 - The Last Chance Saloon: Meaningfulness in a High School Context w/ Jo Bailey
Description
Episode EIGHT introduces Jo Bailey, a high school Physical Education teacher in Wisconsin, USA. Originally from the UK, Jo spent much of her life in Hong Kong and taught in both the UK and Hong Kong for several years before moving to the USA in 2004. Jo is a keynote speaker, a National Board Certified Teacher was the 2013 Midwest SHAPE America High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Jo has shared her experience implementing MPE with her high school students as part of the Meaningful PE Symposium hosted by the Norwegian School of Sport Science. In this episode, we discuss how Jo bridges the gap between her PE classes and the local community, puppetry (seriously), as well as how she embeds reflection into her teaching practice - all a part of how she teaches in the Last Chance saloon!
Links from Episodes
- Teaching Using Ideas of Meaningful PE - Jo Bailey (LAMPE)
- Youtube: Ongoing Journey with Meaningful PE - Jo Bailey (#PhysedSummit)
- Jo's Presentation on Swimming from NSIS Meaningful Symposium
- Joey Feith's Radar Charts Walkthrough *which inspired Jo's MPE adaptation
Thanks to Isaiah (steelandbone1997@gmail.com) for the guitar pieces, SSHRC for some funding and our guests for sharing!
To contact us:
dgleddie@ualberta.ca
riddick@ualberta.ca
United States
