S1E10 - The Hero's Journey: Storytelling in PE w/ Zack Smith
Description
Zack Smith has been an international early childhood educator since 2005. He taught preschool homeroom and early years PE at Shanghai Community International School between 2005 and 2014. From 2014 to 2024, he was an early years PYP PE teacher at the KAUST School in Saudi Arabia. In the 2024-25 school year, he is excited to take on a new challenge in upper elementary PE at Korea International School Jeju. As an educator, Zack is dedicated to foundation skill development, transdisciplinary learning, and student empowerment through innovative and continuously evolving pedagogical strategies, making storytelling in PE an impactful tool for him. In this episode, we discuss the position of Zack's approach to storytelling within the MPE framework.
Show Notes
A Moving Child is a Learning Child - book
Marylin Fleer - Conceptual Playworld
Chasing Meaningful in Spanish Physical Education: Old and New Features
Interested in pursuing a PhD related to Meaningfulness? Check out the opportunity linked below - applications close June 15th.
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/280424/doctoral-candidate-in-physical-education
Thanks to Isaiah (steelandbone1997@gmail.com) for the guitar pieces, SSHRC for some funding and our guests for sharing!
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