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It’s always good to keep kids active, whether it’s through Physical Education or taking them out to experience the world outside the classroom. This week, we cover both of those avenues.

First, Jenny interviews Dr. Joy Butler, who is the coordinator of the Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) program in the department of Curriculum and Pedagogy here at UBC. Along with that, she co-founded the Teaching Games for Understanding task force in 2002, and is the graduate advisor for the Teaching Games for Understanding MED cohort programs. They discuss the Teaching Games for Understanding concept, how the program came about, and how it was turned into a Master’s program.

Then we go on a field trip. Not literally, at least not yet, but we do discuss how valuable field trips can be as a learning  adventure for kids. We also reminisce a little about our own field trips in the past.

We have a lot of MED cohort information sessions to tell you about too! So if you’re interested in any of our upcoming cohorts, stay tuned for our final segment where we give you the lowdown on all of them.

To cap it off, we leave you with a treat for those who are of a similar age to me, those of you who grew up in video game arcades.

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More details, including the link to the episode itself and the time stamps, after the jump.

Down the Hall – Ep 19  (32:44)

Just play it in the handy web player below.

Segments:

00:10 – Introduction

04:49 – Interview – Teaching Games for Understanding

Interview with Joy Butler

TGU2 MED Cohort

Teaching Games for Understanding home page

17:01 – Discussion – Learning Adventures (Class Field Trips)

Field Trips & Student Beliefs

BC Government – Environmental Learning and Experience

Making Your Field Trips More Meaningful – Education Update

Engaging Students With Augmented Reality – NSTA Reports (National Science Teachers Association)

UBC Attractions

UBC Accommodation

Science World Field Trips

Sea to Sky – Outdoor School for Sustainability Education

Vancouver Art Gallery

UBC Student Recruitment & Advising

28:38 – What’s Happening in EPLT

Information sessions for upcoming cohorts (for location information, please see the cohort page)