#159 - Learner Centeredness in PE with Greg Dryer

In this episode, Greg Dryer and I have an in-depth discussion about relevance, autonomy, meaning and purpose in physical education. Greg is the Director of the Centre for Physical Education, Sport and Activity at Kingston University in the UK and has  devoted himself  to better understanding the role of physical activity and sport in young people's lives. He is the developer of the MiMove app which is currently being used by being used by over 130 schools across 20 countries to celebrate and support over 60,000 students' physical activity journeys. In our discussion today, Greg and I also dive deeply into  the role that data can play to help inform teacher practice and how the data can be used in multiple different ways to provide more information about the impact that physical activity and sport can have in a young person's life. Hope you find value in this chat. Thanks for listening.

About Greg
Greg founded and is the Director of the Centre for Physical Education, Sport and Activity at Kingston University (CPESA) and Co-Founder of miMove. miMove is the world’s first app designed specifically for schools to help young people develop a physical activity habit. 

 He is a highly experienced physical educator and critical thinker who has been lucky enough to work with pre-schoolers through to post-grads. He led PE departments in 3 London Schools, before moving into HE.

 His work disrupts exclusive practices in PE /Sport and re-imagine them by applying the best of what we know to create more equitable and fulfilling experiences that will allow our profession to deliver more effectively on our universal goal; more young people finding a place for physical activity in their lives. He draws inspiration from a range of disciplines from psychology, critical theory, pedagogy and economics. 

 Connect with Greg

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Greg_Dryer

For miMove visit http://mimoveapp.com
Email: greg@mimoveapp.com and g.dryer@sgul.kingston.ac.uk

 To read about the work that Greg and his team do at CPESA go to 

https://centreforphysicaleducationsportandactivity.wordpress.com/ where you can find a number of blogs and their Beyond the Square podcast as well as recordings of their weekly Friday conversations - Let’s Chat Phys Ed. Let’s Chat Phys Ed are open to anyone who wants to join the call. Simply subscribe to the CPESa newsletter to receive the weekly update and Zoom link. 

Special thanks to Bronx band Conversing with Oceans & Alex Bondarev for creating the podcast music.
https://www.conversingwithoceans.com/