Reducing student anxiety in practical PE lessons involving Fitness activities

Reducing student anxiety in practical PE lessons involving Fitness activities

Ability in sport and physical activity is highly valued in many societies and strongly linked to important facets of identity such as social construction of gender and self-worth. The public nature of students’ efforts and performances in PE lessons (and their perceptions of this visibility) can increase their vulnerability, leading to fears of judgement, shame and humiliation and intensifying their state anxiety in the PE environment. This can lead to students withdrawing from active PE participation and disengaging from sport and physical activity generally as a way of protecting their emotional well-being. This workshop provides participants with practical strategies that the presenter has found effective in enhancing student participation in physical fitness activities while at the same time lessening their anxiety when performing them and boosting their confidence and sense of competence in the PE domain.

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