ABSTRACT
Central to your development as a teacher is your ability to observe and analyse what is happening in lessons. This chapter considers observation of pupils in PE. Your observation of the pupils’ response to tasks set is the key to your improving their performance. The observations made will inform your teaching in the current lesson and also help you in the planning of future lessons and units of work. As a PE teacher, your role is to educate your pupils physically, to provide them with a variety of physical experiences and to promote their physical learning. To fulfil that role you need to draw on and develop your knowledge and understanding of movement. You need to become a skilled analyser and observer of movement to be able to evaluate pupil performance and provide feedback.
