“PHE at Keystone trains
students in sports, teaches
them about
healthy living,
and how to be a
better person.”
internationally as well. I also weave in
some conceptual or statements of inquiry
aspects that are culture related through
my unit planning.”
From Ms. Atterton’s description of
the PHE curriculum, it is clear that
at Keystone it is not just about sports
or outcomes, such as the best lap, the
fastest sprint, or team scores, which
is often the emphasis in physical
education, especially in China. It is
widely accepted that PE in China is
about completing tasks, and practicing
till a student is perfect, with a focus on
the self at all times, and being better
than the next person. Though acquiring
the necessary sport skills is one of the
objectives of the Australian-borrowed
Keystone PHE curriculum, the emphasis
is on collaboration. “Collaboration is
something we look for at Keystone.
I watch out for personal skills and
manipulative skills. The personal skills
are the shared values of the school – are
they honest? Are they compassionate?
The manipulative skills are about
being able to adapt appropriately to
circumstances, checking if they have the
social communicative awareness and so
on. This is group dynamics, and about
teaching how to coexist in a gr