People Power: Physical Education

This program will combine the study of a methodology around moving our bodies, connecting them to our minds, cooperating with each other and playing games (Physical Education) with a liberatory theory and practice of learning and study (Popular Education) with an interdisciplinary critical analysis of who's got what, how, why, etc. (Political Economy). That's PE times three!

This program is a series of separate, but interlinked classes where each quarter will feature one of these three P.E.s while the other two P.E.s offer support. Spring will focus on Physical Education and joy while while being complimented by Popular Education and Political Economy. See the fall program (focusing on Popular Education) here. And winter (focusing on Political Economy) here.

Spring our focus will be on Physical Education and learning through joy, play and mental/physical activity. We’ll develop our communication skills by making a list of our greatest joys, write about them, and share some of them. We'll also use political economy and popular education to deepen our analysis and communication of our ideas. Student projects in the spring quarter will be to develop a game of some kind. Our work in the spring is designed to further develop our skills of team work, communication, and learning how to work at something and get better at it in our own way.

In this program everybody is welcome, and we will work together to enable maximum participation. The most important things you can bring to this program will be a spirit of cooperation, a desire to work with others, some skills of dialogue, active listening, and a desire to share joy, knowledge, and learning.

Anticipated Credit Equivalencies