Optimizing the learning environment for students in physical education: Integrating theories of motivation

Engaging students in meaningful physical education could inspire them to transfer learning to their home environments. This paper identifies how physical education teachers can create environments which improves student motivation. By engaging with literature on self-determination theory and research on ego/task orientated climates, the authors provide ten top tips
for promoting a positive culture in class and developing dispositions to be physically active in the long term. Some of these include: valuing the activity chosen, inclusion in physical education, infusing negotiation into teachers’ pedagogy and including multiple socio-cultural perspectives.