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Direct linkFitzhugh, Eugene C. – American Journal of Health Education, 2015
Regular physical activity (PA) is an important concept to measure in health education research. The health education researcher might need to measure physical activity because it is the primary measure of interest, or PA might be a confounding measure that needs to be controlled for in statistical analysis. The purpose of this commentary is to…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Health Behavior, Physical Activity Level, Interviews
Download full textAmerican Journal of Play, 2008
Joe L. Frost is Parker Centennial Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas, Austin, and one of America's leading experts on play and playgrounds. In addition to having taught child development and early childhood education at Texas and several other universities, he has written or edited fifteen university-level textbooks and more than one…
Descriptors: Interviews, Playgrounds, Play, Child Development
Galvan, Christine – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2010
Underserved youths are affected by a variety of circumstances such as poverty, poor nutrition, and low physical activity levels. While many extended-day physical activity programs exist, few focus on the importance of health and wellness. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of an extended-day program for underserved youths…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Nutrition
Webb, Louisa; Quennerstedt, Mikael; Ohman, Marie – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
In physical education, bodies are not only moved but made. There are perceived expectations for bodies in physical education to be "healthy bodies"--for teachers to be "appropriate" physical, fit, healthy and skillful "role models" and for students to display a slim body that is equated with fitness and health. In…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Role Models, Child Health, Foreign Countries
Schmitt, Natalie Crohn – Schools: Studies in Education, 2006
In this article, Natalie Schmitt recalls her teaching experiences with morning exercise programs, beginning with her first teaching job as assistant Morning Exercise teacher at the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago. In the Morning Exercises, students were encouraged to employ all means of expression: speaking, drawing, dancing, singing, acting.…
Descriptors: Exercise, Physical Activity Level, Teaching Methods, Personal Narratives
Brittain, Ian – Sport, Education and Society, 2004
Relatively little work has been carried out upon the effect of educational environment upon the sporting involvement of children with disabilities. This paper is concerned with the educational experiences of a group of athletes who competed in the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. It highlights the major influence that the impact of the educational…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
