Dr. Peter Gray from Boston College, discusses the article: Decline in Independent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Children’s Mental Wellbeing: Summary of the Evidence published with David Lancy and David Bjorklund. We talk about the causes of the rise in mental disorders for children, and spoiler alert, it seems to be the lack of play!
This is the organization Dr. Gray discussed https://letgrow.org/ (Let Grow)
Full Cite: Gray, P., Lancy, D. F., & Bjorklund, D. F. (2023). Decline in independent activity as a cause of decline in children’s mental wellbeing: Summary of the evidence. The Journal of Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.02.004
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194: October PETE Collaborative "What's Going on in Online PE"
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192: The role of teacher educator professional learning in reconfiguring physical education
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190: Dr. Phil Ward & PK–12 School Physical Education: Conditions, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions
189: September PETE Collaborative on SEL in PE
188: Perspectives on the Future of Doctoral Programs in PETE w/Dr. Murray Mitchell
187: Teacher Evaluations in PE, What They Think about How They’re Evaluated.
186: Toward quality online physical education w/Dr. David Daum
185: Article Club: Physical Education and the academic discipline of kinesiology
184: PE Teachers Experiences during COVID
183: Revisiting the Australian Curriculum w/Laura Alfrey
182: Revisiting Twitter use by HPE Teachers
181: Revisiting Informal Youth Sports
180: Revisiting the BERA 2018 Scholar Lecture w/Dr. Quennerstedt
179: Reversing policy neglect w/Dr Hans van der Mars.
178: SEL Ch 15 Case Examples of Promising Practices in Outside-of-School Settings
177: Social Justice Education and SEL Chapter 14
176: Sports Based Youth Development and SEL Chapter 13
175: SEL in Adapted Physical Education Chapter 11
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