“Putting yourself out there for constructive critique is so rewarding…” 

Welcome to episode 88 of The PE Umbrella Podcast, and as always thank you for giving up your time to join me on the ONLY Primary and Elementary Physical Education Podcast in the world! In this episode I am joined not by Physical Education teacher Dan Popescu.

During this special episode we talk about the worst moment in Dan’s teaching to date and how he bounced back and learned from that failure. Don’t worry, we talk about the happy times too as Dan elaborates on his greatest teaching moment and what he took from it.  On top of this he shares his top class management tips, favourite warm up games and how he goes about planning a unit of work.

Click on the Timestamps below to jump to our key points of discussion:

•  What inspired you to become a PE teacher? [05:35]

• How would you describe yourself as a teacher? [07:52]

•  What can I expect when sitting in on a Dan Popescu PE lesson? [11:05]

• Share a class management tip that we ought to consider ourselves [17:49]

•  Share the story of the worst lesson you’ve ever taught [24:32]

• Share the story of the best lesson/unit you’ve ever taught [31:30]

• Top warm up? [37:19]

• What have you learned about yourself or the PE profession in the past 12 months that you didn’t know or believe before? [44.52]

Contact:

Twitter – @dan_pe_popescu

email: dan.popescu@gmail.com

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