CARE
Optimising Motivation in PE and Sport.
Children across the country are struggling with motivation, confidence, self-esteem and wellbeing. The Youth Sport Trust stated in their Class of 2035 report (Sept 2021) that children’s relationship with Physical Education and sport is changing. They recommend that teachers need to be better trained to drive sports engagement. This includes methods for encouraging & developing genuine sustained engagement, creating active school environments and providing values & skills led sporting activities.
CARE is a research and evidence based CPD workshop for teachers & coaches, that offers practices and strategies to directly tackle these issues. CARE focuses on four principles of the learning environment leading to higher quality motivation, increases in skill level, confidence, self-esteem, wellbeing and desirable behaviours that foster lifelong engagement in PE and sport.
The CARE Workshop
The CARE workshop is delivered to primary schools, secondary schools and clubs. Courses can be booked by individual schools/clubs or collectively as a local group.
Who should attend:
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Teachers
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Coaches
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School sports providers
Workshop details:
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Duration: whole day (6 hours)
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Format: in person, interactive, & reflective
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Materials: Full course manual including strategies and tools
Why attend:
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Learn how to deliver higher quality motivational lessons that positively impact all children.
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Understand how to translate Self-Determination Theory and Achievement Motivation Theory into daily real-world practice.
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Learn how to create motivational climates in your lessons that lead to higher quality motivation & an increase in desirable behaviours.
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Practice delivering CARE, experiencing its benefits, and receive feedback in a supportive environment
To learn more and book your school or club’s workshop, please submit the form below.
Why CARE?
CARE works. All the effects listed below have been demonstrated for all children regardless of age, gender and ability level.
CARE develops the following desirable characteristics and behaviours:
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High quality motivation focused on improvement & being the best you can be.
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Self-directed definitions of success.
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Feelings of competence & confidence regardless of ability.
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High value on effort.
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Positive attitudes towards self & learning.
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A love for improvement & learning.
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Independent thinking & effective decision-making skills.
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Persistence even when progress is slow.
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Seeking out challenging situations to improve ability.
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High self-esteem.
CARE reduces the following undesirable behaviors:
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Low persistence & lack of resiliency.
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Loses of emotional control when losing or not doing well.
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Seeing the only purpose of sport as winning.
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Quitting when losing.
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Lower levels of moral functioning e.g. cheating, lying, deliberately injuring opponent.
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Seeing cheating or cutting corners as a valid method to achieve success.
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Lack of cooperation with players of lower ability.
The story of CARE
I’ve always been intrigued about children’s motivation and as a teacher and coach I knew that the environment in which they learned was critical. At the time, knowledge about learning climates was limited to a theoretical construct for classrooms (TARGET). I tasked myself to create an approach specific to PE & sport. This became my PhD, where I was able to test and validate CARE. I was delighted to see its significant impact on all children’s motivation and a range of other behaviors.
Enhancing the learning environment is critical if we want children to have better physical education & sports experiences and keep them engaged. I’m confident you will be able to integrate the CARE principles into your sessions and will enjoy seeing all the benefits it brings.
Dr. Neal Bowes (PhD)
To learn more and book your school or club’s workshop, please submit the form below.