Teachers turn to video games amid movement crisis

Geordie Little

By Geordie Little
Published March 24, 2021

With Australian children getting worryingly low levels of physical activity, some PE teachers have turned to video games for a solution.

Flinders University Associate Professor Shane Pill says that PE teachers can draw on the idea of ‘missions’ to help get students engaged.

Although video games are often seen as one of the driving forces behind decreased physical activity, Flinders University Associate Professor ...

This story appeared in the March 2021 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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