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McNamee, M. J. "The educational justification of physical education." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275801.
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Pope, Marcia J. "General physical education teachers' perceptions of adapted physical education consultation." [Chico, Calif. : California State University, Chico], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10211.4/102.
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Yelling, Martin Rhys. "Physical education, physical activity and the National Curriculum Physical Education : policy, provision and prospects." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/4097.
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Kelly, Luke E., and Kason M. O'Neil. "Defining the Future of Physical Education/adapted Physical Education Teacher Preparation." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4028.
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The cost of attending residential four-year institutions continues to rise, while the availability of online distance education programs has seen an overwhelming increase. So where does this leave the future of APE and PETE programs? This session will review the current status and future economic forecasts for APE/PETE programs, as well as provide an opportunity to discuss how APE/PETE faculty can address the current and projected threats to maintaining quality APE/PE teacher preparation programs.
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Gerdin, Göran. "Boys and Physical Education - A Study of Boys’ Experiences of Single-Sex and Co-Educational Physical Education." Thesis, Växjö universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45606.
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The role of schools as agencies in the social construction of gender has been well researched and efforts to design the most appropriate learning environment often lead to discussions of single-sex versus co-educational schooling. Physical education is a subject where content and grouping arrangements can contribute to stereotypical expectations and assumptions about gender appropriate role-play. Typically, when gender is raised as an issue in physical education, attention is often directed towards the problems encountered by the girls and their evident alienation and lack of participation in physical education classrooms. To date, few studies have focused on boys’ experiences and whether their needs are met in the various forms of physical education. The aim of this study was to investigate boys participation in and experiences of physical education in single-sex and co-educational classes in order to examine how this is affected by the two different groupings of genders and whether any discrepancies in participation and experiences could be identified within groups of boys. The results show that in both physical education settings there exists a group of boys who are not enjoying their physical education since it is too closely associated with the dominant definitions of masculinity. These boys clearly express their dissatisfaction with what activities they get to do and how they often turn into being overly aggressive and competitive. It was also identified that this group of boys was somewhat greater in the single-sex compared to the co-educational format. The results of this study therefore demonstrate that there is a great need to start recognising the different needs amongst boys (and girls) and that the image of boys and girls as two homogeneous groups aligned with stereotypical perceptions of activities and behaviours of which they are capable and in which they should be engaging, needs to be challenged
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Baker, Scott Kendall. "Authenticity in Physical Education." Diss., Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona, 2005. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu%5Fetd%5F1110%5F1%5Fm.pdf&type=application/pdf.
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Ляшенко, Ірина Володимирівна, Ирина Владимировна Ляшенко, Iryna Volodymyrivna Liashenko, and A. O. Zubchenko. "The Importance of Physical Activity and Physical Education." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2019. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/72547.
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Sport is the perfect school for life. The skills acquired as a result of the
game, physical education and sports are the basis for the development of
the oligism of youth. Skills such as cooperation and trust are necessary for
social cohesion and are realized in adulthood.
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Lo, Shun-kwong. "Quality education in physical education : Hong kong secondary students' perception on qualities of physical education teachers /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B22277766.
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Yip, Gary. "Discipline in physical education, a case study of one secondary physical education teacher." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0026/MQ50587.pdf.
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Yip, Gary. "Discipline in physical education : a case study of one secondary physical education teacher." Thesis, McGill University, 1998. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21279.
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It has been well established that the development of discipline in the gymnasium and the classroom is affected by factors related to proper management and instruction (Siedentop, 1991; Doyle, 1986). However, little research has been done to investigate discipline in relation to the overall teaching context by investigating the instructional and managerial systems together.<br>This study provided an in-depth investigation of one secondary physical education teacher's learning environment. The first two instructional units of the school year for each of two grade levels (25 and 22 lessons, respectively) were observed. The Rules, Routines and Expectations (RRE) instrument was used to investigate preventative management strategies, and teacher and student behaviours were analyzed with a modified Task Structure Observational System (TSS). Teacher interviews focused on her perceptions of discipline within the overall learning environment.<br>The results indicated that five rules, seven routines and three expectations were communicated to the students at the beginning of the school year. Engagement with the content dominated lesson episodes and applying tasks dominated the task types observed. Students' responses to instruction showed high percentages of congruence with the assigned tasks and high success rates. Very few instances of student misbehaviour were recorded except in one unit. Content selection, learners' skill level, management strategies and class dynamics were possible explanations for the students' misbehaviour.<br>Interviews indicated that the teacher felt that student discipline affected her program to some extent as she sometimes had to modify her expectations and objectives and devote time to management tasks. The interaction of the instructional and managerial systems was apparent.
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Griffin, Alicia R. "Physical fitness levels in girl's sixth grade physical education." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2006. http://165.236.235.140/lib/AGriffin2007.pdf.
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Fairclough, Stuart John. "Health-enhancing physical activity during secondary school physical education." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2005. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/5792/.
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Lo, Shun-kwong, and 羅信光. "Quality education in physical education: Hongkong secondary students' perception on qualities of physical educationteachers." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31961812.
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Flumerfelt, Robin Allan. "Peace education : implications for physical education and sport." Connect to resource, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1193082948.
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Bertram, Stacie C. Hines Edward R. "Quality in physical therapy education." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3064478.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2001.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed April 13, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Edward R. Hines [Chair], James Palmer, William Tolone, Phyllis McCluskey-Titus, Mary Jo Mays. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-143) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Semiz, Kivanc. "Pre-service Physical Education Teachers." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613439/index.pdf.
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The purposes of this study were (1) to identify the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Technology Integration Self Efficacy (TISE) and Instructional Technology Outcome Expectations (ITOE) of pre-service physical education teachers, (2) to examine the relationships among &ldquo<br>TPACK&rdquo<br>, &ldquo<br>TISE&rdquo<br>and &ldquo<br>ITOE&rdquo<br>, and (3) to examine the differences between pre-service physical education teachers who perceived and who did not perceive technology integration by their university instructors on &ldquo<br>TPACK&rdquo<br>, &ldquo<br>TISE&rdquo<br>, and &ldquo<br>ITOE&rdquo<br>scores. Seven hundred sixty pre-service physical education teachers from 14 randomly selected universities
representing seven geographical regions in Turkey participated in the study. Data were collected by validated versions of &ldquo<br>TPACK&rdquo<br>, &ldquo<br>TISE&rdquo<br>, and &ldquo<br>ITOE&rdquo<br>surveys. Descriptive Analysis, Canonical Correlation Analysis, MANOVA, Independent t
Test, and Qualitative Content Analysis were used for data analysis. Findings indicated that TPACK, TISE and ITOE perceptions of pre-service physical education
teachers were at good level. University instructors were not good role models in technology integration for the pre-service teachers in general. According to the pre-service teachers&rsquo<br>report, integration of physical education and sport related emerging technologies were almost did not exist in the teaching practices of university setting.TPACK, TISE, and ITOE were moderately related with each other (p<<br>0.05). Preservice teachers&rsquo<br>self perceptions on TPACK, TISE, and ITOE were positively influenced by their perception of university instructors&rsquo<br>technology integration into teaching in university courses (p<<br>0.05). Based on the findings, it is recommended to provide professional development programs for the teacher education program instructors in technology integration, in teaching and in emerging physical education
and sport related technologies. In addition, using technology integrated teaching models by both university instructors and pre-service teachers should be encouraged.
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Jackson, Rachel Marie. "Understanding amotivation in Physical Education." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2016. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/21915.
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Physical Education (PE) is one of the most important contexts in which to investigate motivational processes due to its exclusivity in including young people of a range of ages and abilities and due to PE being a compulsory activity. PE is not only a platform for students to increase their daily physical activity, but can also provide students with the skills and confidence to pursue physical activity into adulthood. However, there is an increasing amount of concern over the levels of physical activity of young people today, with statistics showing a decline in physical activity among adolescence. Understanding student s motivational processes during PE may help researchers and physical educators intervene to provide support to those students who are not motivated to participate in PE lessons. Grounded in self-determination theory, this thesis aims to examine student s amotivation in PE. Although there is growing evidence investigating amotivation, there is a dearth of knowledge concerning amotivation in the PE context and as a multidimensional construct. This thesis therefore aims to address this lack of knowledge by exploring a measure of amotivation that can be used in PE and relationships between the four amotivation dimensions (deficient ability beliefs, deficient effort beliefs, insufficient task values and unappealing task characteristics), physical self-concept and attainment (Study 1). Following Study 1, an examination of student s perceptions of teacher s need support as a predictor of change in the amotivation dimensions over time is carried out in Study 2, followed by further investigations to determine additional socio-contextual variables that may be potential predictors of amotivated behaviours (Studies 3a, 3b, 4). The results of these five studies contained within the thesis provide an interesting insight into student s amotivation in PE. Evidence for perceptions of teacher s psychological need support, physical self-concept and peer motivational climate being influential in determining changes in the amotivation sub-types is presented. The findings highlight the need to investigate these relationships further so a more comprehensive understanding of amotivation is achieved. Future research should continue to employ longitudinal designs to identify additional predictors of amotivation and to ensure research into amotivation is substantial in order to design effective interventions to support physical educators in reducing amotivated behaviours.
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Sluijs, Emmarentiana Maria. "Patient education in physical therapy." Utrecht : Maastricht : Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Eerstelijnsgezondheidszorg ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 1991. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=5646.
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Underwood, A. M. "Teaching styles in physical education." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.354263.
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Conocimiento, Dirección de Gestión del. "Journal of Physical Therapy Education." American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655375.
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Lundahl, Kajsa, and Cornelia Lindgren. "Cooperative Learning in Physical Education." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-33536.
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The purpose of this paper has been to chart and problematize the socio-cultural based method, cooperative learning, as a didactic tool in physical education through a case study. This study was based upon the challenge of inclusive education, and through cooperative learning the aim was to investigate whether the method is useful or not in physical education. The case study was based upon an annotated bibliography, which indicated that cooperative learning points to predominantly positive outcomes among younger students, such as increased inner motivation to learn. Meanwhile, previous research also underlined the importance of knowing how to use cooperative learning as a method in order to be a beneficial way of learning as well as creating a sphere of inclusive education. Consequently, this made us eager to discover how cooperative learning as a didactic tool work among older students. The case study was conducted in an upper secondary school in order to broaden the knowledge of cooperative learning. The result of this case study showed that the students’ experience of cooperative learning was positive, as the structure of learning teams increased cooperation and interaction between the students. However, the students also experienced some difficulties in working through specific roles, which is a core element in cooperative learning. In conclusion, the study gave insight in how structured group work can impact the learning process in Physical Education.
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Gim, Jeong-Myung. "Physical education as "artful knowing" /." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487598748016868.
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Sipe, Dawna. "E-Learning in Physical Education." The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/554240.
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O'Neil, Kason, and Jennifer M. Krause. "Physical Education Faculty Use and Self-efficacy Towards Educational Technology." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4023.
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Currently, increased attention has been placed on the development of physical educators who have the skills and confidence to implement educational technology to enhance student learning (InTASC 2011; CAEP, 2015). Though research of in-service and pre-service teacher perceptions towards educational technology has been examined (Juniu, Scrabis-Fletcher, Zullo, E., & Russo, 2015; Tondeur, Sang, Voogt, Fisser, & Ottenbreit-Leftwich, 2012), little focus has been placed on perceptions of physical education teacher education (PETE) university faculty. Due to the influence that faculty have on pre-service teachers through modeling and other experiences that can affect self-efficacy and future behavior, it is important to learn more about their beliefs (Bandura, 1997). The purpose of this study was to examine PETE faculty self-efficacy perceptions, as well as overall experience, using, demonstrating, and advocating for educational technology within their PETE programming. A random sample of PETE program faculty in the United States were solicited to participate in an online survey measuring their use and self-efficacy towards educational technology. A modified version of the Educator Technology Self-Efficacy Survey (ETS-ES) (Gentry, Baker, Thomas, Whitfield, & Garcia, 2014), was used to measure said self-efficacy perceptions. The online survey consisted of descriptive items, such as personal and PETE program demographics, as well as self-efficacy items measuring confidence in using specific forms of technology and confidence applying and promoting technology in a classroom setting. A total of 76 PETE faculty members (60% female, 40% male; M age = 47.5, SD = 11.4; M years PETE experience = 14.3, SD = 10.6) from 35 states completed the survey. Overall self-efficacy scores (M = 3.7, SD = .96; 1-5 scale, strongly disagree-strongly agree) showed that PETE faculty felt generally confident in their abilities to use technology in their teaching, with specific high scores associated with confidence in (a) staying relevant in the digital age, (b) overall technology knowledge, and (c) relating technology to educational content. In addition, with regard to specific technology tools, faculty revealed the highest confidence in using and demonstrating mobile devices, pedometers, LCD projectors, and mobile laptop stations and the lowest confidence in using accelerometers, smartboards, and classroom management software. Results of this study suggest that PETE faculty are generally confident in their uses of technology within the PETE environment, which may positively influence the technology skills and confidence of pre-service physical education teachers (Bandura, 1997).
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Goodwin, Donna Lynn. "The experience of students with physical disabilities in physical education." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0030/NQ59965.pdf.
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Choi, Won S. "The technology that current physical educators use in physical education." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1355600.
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As teachers and society become more comfortable with various technologies, it is likely that technology will be implemented in all areas of the educational curriculum as well as physical education. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which individual physical education teachers in public schools were using technology as a tool for their students' education. Individuals who were currently teaching physical education in public schools in Indiana completed the Computer Usage Survey on the web (N = 400). To determine types of technology used, potential uses for technology, difference in the implementation of technology by gender and teaching experience, usage of the Internet, and physical educators' attitudes toward technology, statistics including descriptive statistics, Chi-square (X ), and One-way ANOVA were used (p < .05). The results of this study show that physical educators were more likely to use PC computers (both desktop and laptop) over Apple computers. Participant responses demonstrated a high usage of hardware devices such as Printers, hard drives, and CD drives, however, 5.25 floppy drives, external hard drives, Hand-held computers (i.e. Pocket PC or Companion PC), Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and smart boards were rarely used by physical educators. A significant positive relationship resulted between use of technology at school and at home. Significant differences were observed between male and female physical educators in types of technology used and purposes for using technology. Use of technology was significantly lower in the experienced physical educators group. Most of the physical educators use the Internet and they usually use it for research and teaching/assessment ideas. Physical educators in Indiana believed that technology has an important role and can enhance their teaching with implementation of technology. The findings of the present study demonstrated that use of technology among physical educators in Indiana has been changed dramatically within 10 years; however, the result emphasized importance of technology training programs for pre-service and in-service physical educators.<br>School of Physical Education, Sport, and Exercise Science
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Cassidy, Tania G., and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Investigating the pedagogical process in physical education teacher education." Deakin University. School of Scientific and Developmental Studies, 2000. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051017.154748.
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The study investigated two main questions: the first focused on the factors that enabled and constrained student teachers' engagement of a socially critical pedagogy in physical education teacher education (PETE); the second centered on gaining insight into the usefulness of knowledgeability as a concept for analysing student teachers engagement of a socially critical pedagogy. At the time of writing this thesis empirical analyses of socially critical pedagogies in physical education were rare in the educational literature. The study provided an alternative way of analysing student teachers engagement of a socially critical pedagogy in PETE. Alternative in that it avoided recycling and reproducing the dualism between agency and structure (Aronowitz and Giroux, 1985) that is prevalent in much of the physical education literature.
Conversational interviews were conducted with four student teachers and their teacher educators throughout the duration of a one-semester PETE unit in an Australian university. Observations were made of the lecture and practical sessions and a document analysis was conducted of all unit learning resources. The analytical frame used in the study was structuration theory (Giddens, 1979, 1984). This framework was useful because it gave primacy to the duality of structure which recognised the structural properties of social systems are both the medium and outcome of practices that constitute those systems (Giddens, 1979, p.69).
The pedagogical intentions of the teacher educator co-ordinating the PETE unit were to change the orientations of the student teachers towards primary school physical education by encouraging them to adopt different lenses through which to examine pedagogical practices. These lenses highlighted the questions central to those with socio-critical intentions, eg. power, social injustice and diversity. Data generated from conversations with, and observations of, the student teachers, indicated that the actualisation of the teacher educator's intentions were somewhat limited.
Despite this, adopting structuration theory as the explanatory framework for the study proved generative at a number of levels. Broadly, structuration theory was useful because it highlighted the way that student teachers' engagement with a socially critical pedagogy is contingent upon particular (idiosyncratic) dialectics of agency and structure. Using the duality of structure as an analytical tool illustrated the way student teachers' were influenced by structural factors as well as the way these structural factors were in turn constituted by the action of the student teachers. Also, by utilising structuration theory as an explanatory framework, the concept of knowledgeability was identified as a useful concept for analysing student teachers' engagement with a socially critical pedagogy in PETE. What is more, the study highlighted the reflexivity of the self and social knowledge, both characteristics of late modernity, as being integral to the way the student teachers engaged with the socially critical pedagogy of EAE400.
Not only did the study highlight the reflexivity of the self but it also provided insight into the reflexivity of social knowledge. Much of the socially critical work in physical education implicitly adopts a linear approach to change. Given the findings of the study it might be useful for future developments to consider change as circular. The thesis concludes by suggesting that given the reflexivity of social knowledge, socially critical perspectives might be more readily engaged if the PETE content was incorporated into student teachers existing knowledge frameworks rather than viewed as a replacement for such frameworks.
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Jančiauskas, Rolandas. "Humanistic education of junior schoolchildren in physical education lessons." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20140117_144311-15818.
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In the face of the present-day challenges such issues as personal integrity, life harmony and meaningfulness are becoming a key concern, thus, educational efforts to humanize people's lives, to help raise and seek answers to the questions of life meaning and purpose are particularly important. Modern school is required to organize the educational process by creating human values-based relationship. After starting the school junior schoolchildren expand their cognitive opportunities, enrich their emotional world, and form their empathy and behavior. However, primary school pupils often experience difficulty in communicating, because the relationship between this age group children often lacks support, attentiveness and respect for each other. Schoolchildren’s emotions, their value orientation, physical, verbal and non-verbal forms of aggression are revealed in physical education lessons during play situations, and the moments of victory or defeat. Junior school age is the most important phase of developing humanistic values of an individual, because it is an intense period of child's personality development, their relationship with oneself and the world, the collection of new experience and information.
Junior schoolchildren’s humanistic education in physical education lessons is a very important and relevant issue due to the conflicts during play situations and the lack of children’s support, attentiveness and respect for each other. Therefore, a scientific problem emerges:... [to full text]<br>Dabarties iššūkių akivaizdoje itin opi tampa asmens integralumo, jo gyvenimo darnos ir prasmingumo problema, todėl ypač svarbios darosi švietimo pastangos humanizuoti žmonių gyvenimą, padėti kelti ir ieškoti atsakymų į žmonių gyvenimo prasmės ir paskirties klausimus. Šiandieninei mokyklai keliamas reikalavimas organizuoti ugdymo procesą, kuriant bendražmogiškomis vertybėmis pagrįstus, humaniškus tarpusavio santykius. Jaunesniojo mokyklinio amžiaus vaikams pradėjus lankyti mokyklą, plečiasi pažintinės galimybės, turtėja jų emocinis pasaulis, formuojasi empatija ir elgesys. Tačiau pradinių klasių mokiniai neretai patiria bendravimo sunkumų, nes šio amžiaus vaikų tarpusavio santykiuose neretai pasigendama pagalbos, dėmesingumo ir pagarbos vienas kitam. Kūno kultūros pamokose žaidybinių situacijų metu, pergalės ar pralaimėjimo akimirkomis aktyviai reiškiasi mokinių emocijos, jų vertybinės orientacijos, fizinės, verbalinės ir neverbalinės vaikų agresyvumo formos bei rūšys.
Dėl žaidybinių situacijų metu dažnai kylančių konfliktų ir vaikų pagalbos, dėmesingumo ir pagarbos vienas kitam stokos jaunesniojo mokyklinio amžiaus vaikų humaniškumo ugdymas kūno kultūros pamokose yra labai svarbus ir aktualus. Pats svarbiausias amžiaus tarpsnis ugdant humanistines asmens vertybes yra jaunesnysis mokyklinis amžius, nes tai yra intensyvaus vaiko asmenybės, jo savivaizdžio raidos periodas, tai jo santykis su savimi ir pasauliu bei naujos patirties ir informacijos kaupimas. Todėl būtina... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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Lowdermilk, Margaret, Jim lampley, Stephanie Tweed, and Sandra A. Lampley. "Learning Styles of Physical Therapy and Physical Therapy Assistant Students in Accredited Physical Therapy Programs." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3006.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the learning styles of Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students and associate degree Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) students and identify any association between their learning styles and examine the association between gender and age by learning style. Participants included 337 DPT and PTA students attending CAPTE accredited institutions with doctoral DPT or associate PTA programs in Tennessee and southwest Virginia. The Felder (1996) and Soloman Index of Learning Styles (ILS) was used to determine learning style preferences within 4 learning style dimensions (active-reflective, sensing-intuitive, visual-verbal, and sequentialglobal). Demographics included program of study, gender, age, ethnicity, and highest level of education. Participants were 18-63 years (mean age 25.87, standard deviation 5.62, median age 24); 205 (60.8%) DPT students, 132 (39.2%) PTA students; 205 (60.8%) female, 132 (39.2%) male. Five research questions were evaluated using cross-tabulated tables with frequency counts, percentages, and chi square tests. Statistical significance was established using a .05 alpha. There was a significant difference in the active-reflective learning style among PTA students by age. However, there was no significant difference between the learning styles of DPT and PTA students. Participants were found to be balanced on the active-reflective dimension, sensing on the sensing-intuitive dimension, visual on the visual-verbal dimension, and balanced on the sequential-global dimension. All students displayed preferences were toward the active, sensing, visual, and sequential learning styles. This findings demonstrated that DPT and PTA students have a balanced learning style with a strong preference toward active, sensing, visual, and sequential. Therefore, teaching methods should provide an instructional environment that addresses these learning style preferences. The student’s awareness of his or her learning style will enable the learner to capitalize on strengths and develop areas of weakness. This ability to employ effective learning strategies will equip an individual for the challenges of his or her chosen profession and lifelong learning.
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Lowdermilk, Margaret, James Lampley, Stephanie R. Tweed, and Sandra A. Lampley. "Learning Styles of Physical Therapy and Physical Therapy Assistant Students in Accredited Physical Therapy Programs." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3036.
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Bicknell, Simon. "Physical Education teachers' perspectives on the 14-19 Physical Education Curriculum in England : a sociological study." Thesis, University of Chester, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/600581.
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Over the last 40 years, there has been an expansion, what some have termed an “explosion” (Green, 2001) in the provision of Physical Education (PE) related qualifications, both academic and vocational, in English Secondary schools. In the context of the emergence and rapid growth of the 14-19 PE curriculum, a number of issues have emerged for both PE teachers and their pupils (Green, 2008). It is important to consider these issues and the implications for PE teachers and their pupils. This research study explored the perspectives of secondary school PE teachers towards the subject of PE within the 14-19 curriculum. Specifically, the research focused on PE teachers’ perceptions relating to (i) the broader social processes which have influenced the development of 14-19 PE, and (ii) the impact of the development of 14-19 PE for the subject of PE, PE teachers themselves, and their pupils in English secondary schools. 52 semi-structured interviews were completed over a 14 month period. The research participants, from 22 different secondary schools, consisted of both male and female PE teachers who held varying positions in schools, from PE teachers through Heads of PE to Assistant Headteachers and Headteachers. The research participants were aged between 23 to 59 years of age. The level of teaching experience ranged from between 3 months to 38 years, with 616 years of teaching experience between them. The primary data collected from the interviews were analysed both inductively and deductively. That is to say, first, using a ground theory methodology, emerging themes were identified that were ‘grounded’ within the data itself. Second, the sensitizing concepts offered by a figurational sociology perspective were used to interpret and ‘make sense’ of the themes emerging from the data. The key findings from this study have been broken down into two main themes. With regard to the first theme – PE teachers’ perspectives on the development of the 14-19 PE curriculum (in general, and in their schools in particular) – it was evident that there had been an expansion, over the last decade, of the accreditation opportunities available to more pupils, across more schools, through 14-19 PE, with the ‘drivers’ of such change being located within both ‘local’ and ‘national’ contexts. In terms of the second theme – PE teachers’ perspectives of the impact (both intended and unintended outcomes) of the development of PE within the 14-19 curriculum – it was evident that PE teachers’ views centred initially on the benefits of 14-19 PE for their pupils, and their departments and schools. However, it was evident that there were benefits to be had from 14-19 PE for PE teachers themselves, which meant a change in their ‘working climate’, although there were unplanned consequences also. For PE teachers this meant a change in their ‘work demands’. Sociologically speaking, it is suggested that 14-19 PE may be seen to have developed within a context of complex developmental processes, more specifically through networks of interdependency, characterised by power balances/ratios, and which have led to outcomes both intended and unintended. Specifically, it was suggested that the nature and purposes of PE and the role of PE teachers has markedly changed, indeed transformed. From the findings of this study, recommendations are proposed that focus upon policy implications and future developments, particularly in relation to the unintended outcomes of the development of 14-19 PE.
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Clark, Chris. "Exploring teachers’ use of physical activity in Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) senior secondary physical education." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2021. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2456.
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The Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Physical Education curriculum, like final “exit” year studies nationally and internationally, has drawn attention from highly regarded academics regarding the challenges faced by teachers in integrating theory with physical activity as prescribed in curriculum documentation. This research aimed to extend on previous study focused on the achievement of integration through learning that occurs in, through, and about movement. A unique overlay was adopted by investigating any influence of gender discourse in this process. Given the non-mandatory nature of the selection of VCE Physical Education as a subject by students, and the articulation within the prescribed curriculum that theoretical understanding will be underpinned by practical based physical activity, it is reasonable to expect that students who select this study enjoy the opportunity to be active. Therefore, this research intended to contribute to current and previous discussion around the use of physical activity to develop and apply theoretical understanding. Additionally, this study set out to contribute new understanding to what, if any, influence gender discourse had on the types of physical activity selected by teachers and how these activities were implemented. This research adopted two separate but closely related theoretical frameworks: Arnold’s dimensions of movement (1979), which underpinned most previous research into the concept of integration, and Wilcox’s embodied ways of knowing (2009). Both frameworks provided guidance on the use of movement in the production of knowledge and its application to conceptual understanding. A qualitative research design involving a case study approach was used. Three independent secondary schools in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne were involved in two phases of the case study. Phase 1 was a document analysis that involved two VCE Physical Education teachers from each school submitting documentation that pertained to the enactment of the VCE Physical Education Study Design at their school, particularly regarding the use of physical activity in their classes. In Phase 2 the same teachers undertook a semi-structured interview, during which teachers had the opportunity to discuss the submitted documentation and provide perspectives on how they integrated physical activity with theoretical concepts within their pedagogy. Further insight was also sought on the role gender played, if any, during the selection and implementation of physical activity. The findings affirmed previous research that the concept of integration was viewed as important by teachers, however integration was complex to achieve due to various influences and no apparent singularly accepted process. The use of physical activity during the process of enacting the curriculum was also found to be influenced, either directly or indirectly, by gender discourses. A need for further professional learning, policy review, and research were identified as important implications from this study.
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Kwan, Tze-keung. "Potential for development of physical education in physically handicapped schools in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38626123.
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Strubhar, Andrew J. Hines Edward R. "Environmental scanning in physical therapy education." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9995670.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2000.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed May 2, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Edward R. Hines (chair), Patricia H. Klass, James C. Palmer, Mohamed Nur-Awaleh. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-145) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Storm, Wendy M. "Inclusion models in elementary physical education." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2006. http://165.236.235.140/lib/WStorm2007.pdf.
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Ward, Gavin. "Knowing primary physical education movement culture." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/615665.
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Background: Mind-body dualisms create particular difficulties for researching and justifying learning and knowledge within PE practices. These issues are compounded in the UK by prevailing cognitivistic ideas of education, knowledge and learning. Crum (1993) suggests reconceptualising PE as movement culture as a potential solution to the limitations created by dualistic positions within education. How knowledge and learning within movement culture is positioned, however, was left underdeveloped by Crum. The aim of this thesis is to explore an embodied, action position on knowledge and learning, as a potential solution to this issue. Purpose: This thesis is driven by two purposes. The first; to examine and discuss how John Dewey’s theorising of knowledge and learning within experience provides a theoretical position on knowledge and learning within movement culture. The second; to utilise this position to explore how pupils’ and teachers’ actions within primary PE lessons constitute and negotiate the movement cultures within their school. Findings: In adopting a position which dissolves mind-body dualisms, movement culture allows the practical work of PE lessons to be considered as contexts of knowledge production. This opens up our understanding of different ways of knowing in PE through pupils’ epistemological ‘action-in-PE-settings’. Rather than creating another hybrid of educational ideology by objectifying what to ‘do’ or ‘know’, movement culture keeps the ‘who’ of participation in PE practice in view. Such a position is achieved because pupils are seen as ‘coming to know’ through their immediate and continuous experiences of sports and physical activities both in PE and beyond the school gates. By dissolving traditional dualisms within educational ideology, movement culture allows ideologies and assumptions about learning in PE to be decoded and managed. It also provides a framework to explore subject-matter for learning and analyses some of the disconnections which exist within PE practice. Conclusions: Reconceptualising PE as movement culture is not intended to create a logic of practice to which I claim PE should ascribe. In this thesis, movement culture offers a position from which to consider the continuity between PE and pupils’ lives within and outside of the school gates. Such a standpoint can challenge our ideas as to what subject-matter could be within PE and the possibilities of learning outcomes other than those that focus on performance sport or bodily training for fitness. From a research perspective questions arise in relation to understanding very young pupils’ experiences of knowing within PE and how learning and knowledge are embodied across other subject areas. Addressing such questions may help to support new understandings of learning and knowledge within schools that are concurrent with developing new methodologies and research tools. These may in turn support the continuing development of pedagogical practices.
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Hashim, Hairul Anuar. "Components of enjoyment in physical education." University of Western Australia. School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0097.
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[Truncated abstract] Enjoyable physical education (PE) has the potential to promote adolescent involvement in healthy activities outside the school setting. Disturbingly, evidence exists that many students do not enjoy PE and do not believe that it meets their needs. Indeed, a number of studies have documented an age-related decline in PE enjoyment among students. The research reported here is based on the assumption that a deeper understanding of the enjoyment processes could guide researchers and assist teachers in making PE classes more enjoyable for students. Given the fact that enjoyment is a product of multiple processes, a model of enjoyment developed by Scanlan and Lewthwaite (1986) was viewed as a potentially useful framework to guide this research. The validity of this model has been established in youth sport settings. However, further studies are needed to examine the utility of this framework in PE settings. In STUDY 1 (Chapter 3), a measurement instrument was constructed based on the Scanlan and Lewthwaite (1986) model. Content validity of the instrument was established by obtaining feedback from eight experts in psychology and four highly experienced secondary school teachers. ... Moreover, the results of correlation analyses again revealed significant positive relationships between PE teaching processes and enjoyment of PE. Unique findings in this study centered on the specific aspects of PA that were positively related to PE enjoyment. More v specifically, significant positive relationships were also obtained between PE enjoyment and self-reports of exercise duration (min-per-week: r = .30, p <.001), exercise intensity (r = .28, p < .001), exercise habit strength (r = .29, p < .001), and exercise stage-of-change (rho = .23, p < .001). Together, the findings from these studies provide support for the Scanlan and Lewthwaite (1986) model within the PE context. In addition, the findings provide guidance about how PA programs can be structured to maximize student enjoyment of PE. In terms of program structure, student enjoyment may be fostered by considering six processes. These processes are: self-referent competency, other-referent competency, teacher-generated excitement, activity-generated excitement, peer interaction, and parental encouragement. By emphasizing these processes, teachers will not only increase student enjoyment of PE but also increase the likelihood of involvement in PA outside of the school setting. Given global trends toward decreases in PA and increases in obesity, these outcomes could have important benefits for reducing public health costs in future.
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Zyskind, Ari. "The Politics of Physical Education Reform." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/402.
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The purpose of the paper is to determine why today's youth are so physically inactive by examining the role and efforts of physical education, and the state and federal governments responsibility in supporting these programs, in fighting today's obesity epidemic by creating generations of healthy and physically active children. Research led to the determination that states have failed to maintain and improve physical education resulting in a physically inactive youth. Therefore, the nation should look to federal legislation to support state-led physical education, which this paper found to be constitutional if the enactments followed the provisions established in South Dakota v. Dole. Examples of recent physical education bills, most specifically the FIT Kids Act, are briefly analyzed for effectiveness and likeliness of enactment. Lastly, the determination is made that federal legislation has failed because of the view that physical education is not a "core" subject, preventing programs from receiving Title I and Title II funding. The findings are useful in light of the numerous attempts to get children physically active.
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Leung, Kin-sang, and 梁健生. "ICT and change in physical education." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29783306.
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Laws, Christopher John. "Physical education, curriculum change and individualism." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243091.
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Сірик, Антоніна Євгенівна, Антонина Евгеньевна Серик, Antonina Yevhenivna Siryk, Оксана Робертівна Гладченко, Оксана Робертовна Гладченко, and Oksana Robertivna Hladchenko. "Informatization of physical education in Ukraine." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/65157.
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Modernisation of higher physical education is being carried out through the introduction of new quality content, forms, methods of training, development of professionally significant qualities of a future specialist and meeting the requirements of modern informational society. Informatization of higher physical education is a factor that contributes a lot to the quality of training.
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Стасюк, Роман Миколайович, Роман Николаевич Стасюк, and Roman Mykolaiovych Stasiuk. "Motivational thrust process of physical education." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2015. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/48663.
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Contents of sports activities specified through motivational sphere that includes motives, interests , values. By driving forces of human behavior are also feelings and emotions. Motivational scope determines not only the important activities carried out, but the prospect of further development activities in the desired direction. In educational research aimed at studying and improving physical education students in higher education institutions tend to analyze some one side of the problem – " teaching" or " student ". Such a one-way analysis of physical education in higher education inevitably leads to conclusions eclectic and cannot be considered and refine it as a dialectical process , where the " subject- object" should be seen as poles self-governing system that self-developing . In theory and practice of physical education insufficiently studied educational conditions of the conscious attitude of students towards physical education, it is impossible to create and implement without the closest personal cooperation between teachers and students.
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Newsham, Katherine R. "Physical Disabilities in Athletic Training Education." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1153237037.
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Warburton, Victoria Emily. "Approach-avoidance motivation in physical education." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2008. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/13962.
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Physical education (PE) represents one of the most important physical settings in which to study motivational processes due to its uniqueness in including all young people with a wide range of physical abilities. Moreover, positive experiences in school PE are thought likely to enhance lifelong physical activity, giving PE an important role in influencing young people's involvement in physical activity both within and beyond the school curriculum. However, there is increasing concern over the physical activity levels of young people today, and understanding the changes in pupil's motivational processes during the time when they appear most at risk of declining levels of physical activity, may help researchers and physical educators intervene to offset the decline. Using Elliot's Hierarchical Model of Approach and A voidance Achievement Motivation (EIliot, , 1999; ElIiot & Church, 1997) as a theoretical basis, the purpose of this thesis was to examine pupil's approach-avoidance goal adoption in PE. Moreover, it was to determine the temporal pattern of approach-avoidance goals and the predictive utility of key antecedents, namely perceptions of competence and implicit theories of ability to these temporal patterns. Study 1 followed pupils across the primary to secondary school transition and examined their approach-avoidan,ce goals, implicit theories of ability and perceptions of competence prior to the transition and throughout Year 7 of secondary school. On the whole, the changes appeared to be suggestive of less adaptive motivationaf profiles, i.e., lower incremental beliefs, competence perceptions and mastery-approach (MAp) goal stnving. Competence perceptions and implicit theories of ability differed in their predictive utility of initial status and rate of change in approach-avoidance goal adoption. The effects of perceived competence appeared to be stronger in Year 6 of primary school while the effects of implicit theories of ability were more apparent in Year 7 of secondary school. Furthermore, in Year 6 of primary school, boys exhibited a more adaptive motivational profile than girls which remained throughout Year 7 of secondary school. Study 2a examined approach-avoidance goals, implicit theories of ability and perceptions of competence in pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 of secondary school. Pupils completed measures on four occasions over a 9 month period. Goals and perceptions were tapped in relation to PE 'in general'. MAp, mastery-avoidance (MAv) and performance-avoidance (PAv) goals exhibited a linear decline over time, whereas performance-approach (PAp) goals showed no significant change. Theoretical propositions regarding the antecedents of approach-avoidance goal adoption were supported. Year group was found to moderate a number of these antecedent goal relationships. Results suggest that Year 7 is a critical time for adolescents' motivation in school PE. Study 2b determined the influence of implicit theories of ability and competence perceptions on changes in approach-avoidance goal adoption in two specific activities in the PE curriculum. In both tennis and cricket, differences between pupils were more likely than differences between classes to account for changes in implicit theories, perceptions of competence and approach-avoidance goals over the course of a unit of work. Controlling for prior approach-avoidance goal adoption, 'incremental beliefs predicted change in MAp goal adoption and perceptions of competence predicted change in PAp goal adoption over the unit of work in both tennis and cricket. Differences in the predictive pattern of antecedents to changes in goal adoption emerged between activities. The final study (study 3) provided a more-fine grained analysis of normative achievement goal adoption in specific activities in PE by differentiating between approach-avoidance and appearance-competition performance goals. Confirmatory factor analysis supported the delineation off our performance goals. In line with the Hierarchical Model of Approach and Avoidance Achievement Motivation, partial support for the mediating role of performance goals was observed, but entity beliefs and perceptions of a performance climate' each exerted a direct positive effect on self-handicapping in PE. The addition of the appearance-competition distinction to performance approach-avoidance goals revealed differences in the direction and magnitude of the antecedent goal and goal outcome relationships. The results of these four studies contained within the present thesis provide interesting insights into pupils' approach avoidance motivation in PE at both the contextual and activity specific level. The changes in pupils' motivation, on the whole, are indicative of less adaptive motivational profiles as they progress through their school career. Implicit theories of ability and competence perceptions appear to play a role in offsetting this decline but future research endeavours should continue to pursue longitudinal research to identify other key predictors of within-and between-pupil change. This will ensure that achievement motivation research in the PE context is well placed to help educators promote more adaptive motivational processes and outcomes that sustain participation in physical activity.
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O'Neil, Kason M. "Innovative Assessment in Secondary Physical Education." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4041.
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Bittan, Bilha. "The role of social cultural construction in the female physical education students in Israel : physical education 'Kahalaha'." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.268424.
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Kesselring, LeAnn E. "Physical Education Teacher Education Student Teaching Placement Procedures: Part 1." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4010.
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Johnson, Sherèè Johnson. "Income, Education, Age, and Physical Activity Among Physically Disabled African American Women." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4298.
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This study was designed to identify possible risk factors about physical activity in middle-aged disabled African American women (AAW) aged 45 to 64 years. Disabled middle-aged AAW has a disproportionate prevalence of obesity and chronic illness than nondisabled women. Most disabled middle-aged AAW leads a sedentary lifestyle, and they do not meet the recommended physical activity (PA) guidelines. Little is known about this group, and a social ecological model was used to explain PA patterns. Data were extracted from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (N = 1,599) for women who responded yes to indicate that they needed specialized equipment. This cross-sectional quantitative study used univariate and multivariate analysis to assess the relationship between age, education, and income among middle-aged disabled AAW. A general linear model revealed younger disabled AAW (ages 45 to 54) engaged in more physical activity time per week than did their older counterparts (estimate = 76.012, p = .001). Individuals with less education reported more minutes of physical activity than college graduates (estimate = 142.522, p = .001). Respondents with annual incomes from $35,000-$49,999 (estimate = 184.590, p = .000) were more physically active than their more affluent counterparts. Smoking, demographic variables, and emotional well-being did not affect minutes of moderate physical activity. This research may contribute to positive social change by suggesting that programs intended to increase physical activity among disabled AAW be targeted toward those who are older, are more educated, and have higher incomes.
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Pollatschek, John L. "The psycho-physical effects of daily physical education on pre-adolescent children." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1987. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21308.
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This study was initiated because of concern about the poor health record of the population in the West of Scotland, anxiety about low activity levels in pre-adolescent children, and the lack of systematic and regular physical education classes at primary school. A daily physical education programme was established in one primary school (Pilot Study) to examine the effects of an increase in time allocation to physical education on the motor fitness, affective development and academic performance of pupils. Later the programme expanded to all primary 6 and primary 7 children in a community (>N 400) engaged in daily physical education (The Linwood Project). This programme was taught jointly by the class teachers and the specialist teachers of physical education from the associated secondary schools. Although there has been research into daily physical education in other parts of the world, to the author's knowledge, the combination of primary/secondary integration and daily physical education was unique to the Linwood Project. The project was part of a unified concept of physical education which is detailed in the study. The children who were engaged in the daily physical education programme and the control samples receiving 'normal' physical education programmes, were assessed before and after the daily physical education programme. Testing was conducted on motor fitness, academic performance and 'attitude to school'. There was additional monitoring by head teachers, teachers and parents. The findings indicated that the children engaged in the daily physical education programme: had made considerable improvements in motor fitness and were superior to the children on 'normal' physical education; had at least maintained their progress in academic achievements, with some indication of superior attainment in computation at the primary 7 stage; tended to have more favourable 'school related attitudes' than the children on the 'normal' programmes.
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Woodfield, Lorayne Angela. "Young people's physical activity, attitudes towards physical education, and health related fitness." Thesis, Coventry University, 2008. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/967fa15e-56a2-40cf-892a-7de2ba417114/1.
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The aim of this study was to assess the physical activity, attitudes towards physical education, and health related fitness at two points, one year apart (Phase One and Phase Two). Three hundred and ninety four secondary school pupils of mixed ethnicities from National Curriculum school years 7, 8 and 9 (mean age ± S.D. = 12.9 ± 0.81 years) participated in phase one of the study. Two hundred and sixty seven pupils (from the original 394 participants) from National Curriculum school years 8, 9 and 10 (mean age ± S.D. = 13.7 ± 0.79 years) took part in phase two one year later. Physical activity was measured using the four by one-day physical activity recall questionnaire (Cale, 1993). Attitude was measured using the Pre-Adolescent Attitude towards Physical Education Questionnaire (PAAPEQ) (Shropshire, 1997). Five components of health related fitness were measured in a randomly selected sub-sample (35%) of the overall sample: body composition (measured using skinfold measures and body mass index); cardiovascular endurance (measured using the twenty metre multistage fitness test, Brewer et al., 1988); flexibility (measured using the sit and reach test); muscular strength (measured using hand grip dynamometry); and muscular endurance (measured using situps). Results of repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant decrease in energy expenditure between phase one and phase two (p<0.01) and young people’s energy expenditure was higher during weekends (especially Saturdays) than during school days (p<0.01). Young Asians were found to expend less energy than white and black pupils (p<0.01) and boys expended more energy than girls (p<0.01). No main effect according to school year was found (p>0.05) although a significant ‘time’ by ‘days’ of the week interaction was revealed; pupils in Year 8 were more active on school days than those in Years 7 and 9 (p<0.05). Non-parametric analyses conducted on time spent in moderate physical activity (MPA) and vigorous physical activity (VPA) indicated that: MPA and VPA decreased between phases one and two; Asians consistently spent less time in MPA than white and black pupils (p<0.01); boys engaged in more MPA and VPA than girls (p<0.01). However, the difference in mean reported time for boys and girls decreased between phases one and two. Percentages of the whole sample meeting optimal activity guidelines and percentages classified as active or moderately active decreased between measurements for the whole sample. With regard to attitudes towards PE, results from MANOVA revealed a significant ‘school year’ x ‘ethnicity’ x ‘gender’ interaction (p<0.05). Attitudes of black males became more positive with age whereas the attitudes of other groups followed an age related decline. Significant main effects were found according to school year (p<0.01) and ethnicity (p<0.05). Attitude towards PE became less favourable with school year. Asian pupils had more positive overall attitudes than white and black pupils but univariate analysis revealed that Asian pupils had a less positive attitude towards their PE teacher (p<0.05). Furthermore, Pearson’s product moment correlations indicated weak yet significant positive relationships between total attitude towards PE and energy expenditure (p<0.01), time spent in moderate activity (p<0.05) and time spent in vigorous activity (p<0.01). Results of repeated measures ANOVA conducted on health related fitness data revealed that, for all groups, body fat (p<0.05) and muscular endurance (p<0.01) increased between phases one and two. In both phases, significant positive relationships were found between muscular endurance and energy expenditure (p<0.01) and vigorous activity (p<0.05 and p<0.01 for phases one and two respectively). Therefore, young people who were more active had greater levels of muscular endurance. No further consistent findings were made. Findings indicate that generally young people’s physical activity decreases with age and that girls are less active than boys although as young people age the physical activity gap between the genderes narrows. Findings also lend support to the idea that cultural differences may influence physical activity levels and attitudes towards PE. Furthermore, associations between physical activity and attitude towards PE exist and therefore, attitude may be used to predict physical activity behaviour. Ethnicity, age, and attitude towards PE should be considered in the development of future interventions to increase young people’s physical activity levels. However, as the current study did not reveal strong associations between physical activity and health related fitness, further research is required in the area.