SEPEP or Sports Education is a student centred approach to Physical Education (The Australian Council for Health and Physical Education, 2016). The philosophy behind SEPEP is for students to experience a program which mirrors "real life" sport. Some of the characteristics that are taken into consideration in order to mirror this: - Even teams are selected - Rules are modified to cater for teams which have fewer numbers of players; - Students remain with their team for the season so that they can identify with it - Results are recorded and a premiership table is kept; - Studentstake on all positions of responsibility through roles such as - Sports board - Captain - Coach - Referee in addition to playing. The SEPEP approach promotes student participation because results matter. There is also a greater opportunity to develop game skills, decision making and tactics. Game Sense can play an important part in developing these.
All students are primarily players. Yet there is the additional opportunity to develop leadership skills through the experience of taking on key roles.