Teaching Social and Emotional Learning in Physical Education

Teaching Social and Emotional Learning in Physical Education is the ideal resource for understanding and integrating social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies into the structure of a physical education program, alongside physical activity and skill development goals. This text should be incorporated as a key resource to guide physical education teacher education courses specifically focused on social and emotional learning while also providing supplemental readings for courses related to physical education curriculum, instruction, assessment, and/or models-based practice. Similarly, practicing physical education teachers who are interested in developing a stronger focus on SEL in their teaching will find that the book provides a comprehensive resource to guide their professional learning and practice.
"Despite the multiplicity of opportunities to connect physical education with SEL, the field has lacked a comprehensive resource focused on intentional integration. This book addresses this gap by providing teachers, preservice teachers, and teacher educators with a resource for learning about and integrating SEL into the structure of physical education programming alongside physical activity and skill development goals. This book will be a key resource to guide physical education teacher education courses specifically focused on social and emotional learning while also providing supplemental readings for courses related to physical education curriculum, instruction, assessment, and/or models-based practice. Similarly, practicing physical education teachers who are interested in developing a stronger focus on SEL in their teaching will find that the book provides a comprehensive resource to guide their professional learning and practice"--
Dr. Paul M. Wright is a nationally and internationally recognized figure in the field of physical education pedagogy. Wright is a Fulbright scholar and is currently the Lane/Zimmerman Endowed Professor and a Presidential Engagement Professor at Northern Illinois University with a faculty appointment in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. He has over 70 publications including research articles, professional articles, book chapters, and an edited book. He has received external funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AAHPERD, and the U.S. Department of State. For over 20 years, Wright has specialized in topics related to social and emotional development (e.g., the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility model, sport-based youth development). He was among the first scholars in the field to write about the relevance of social and emotional learning in physical education and has research projects on this topic underway in Scotland, New Zealand and the United States. Moreover, Wright has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the 2019 AIESEP Congress on social and emotional learning in physical education.
K. Andrew R. Richards is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on teacher socialization in physical education as well as social and emotional learning, particularly through the teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) pedagogical model. Richards' curriculum vitae highlights his extensive publication record, which includes over 100 total publications and 100 conference presentations. He was also lead editor the Taylor & Francis book Teacher Socialization in Physical Education, serves as an associated editor for the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education and Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, and is on the editorial board for Quest and Curriculum Studies for Health and Physical Education. Richards has experience developing, implementing, and evaluating social and emotional learning programs, primarily delivered using the TPSR pedagogical model, both in school-based physical education programs and through afterschool and summer programs. He also has experience integrating social and emotional learning into physical education teacher education programs.