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Monica Nelson – Sport, Education and Society, 2025
The differences in strength development processes and maximum strength levels between cisgender men and women -- i.e. the 'strength gap' -- are considerably fraught topics, with significant implications for our broader understandings of sex and gender. The polarization of exercise science and sociocultural research about the relationships between…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Gender Differences, Training, Human Body
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Faigenbaum, Avery D.; McFarland, James E., Jr. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023
The aim of this article is to explore the concept of resistance training skill literacy and discuss related strategies to enhance learning, improve adherence and help youth realize the holistic benefits of resistance exercise.
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Exercise, Training, Muscular Strength
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Moreton, Sam G.; Brennan, Mary K.; Nicholls, Victoria I.; Wolf, Isabelle D.; Muir, David L. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2022
There is growing interest in surfing as a recreational activity that may facilitate skill development and improved mental health. However, there remains uncertainty regarding the causal processes through which surfing may improve psychological well-being. With the aim to guide future research, we review potential mechanisms that may underpin the…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Recreational Activities, Well Being, Mental Health
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Lenell, Charles; Sandage, Mary J.; Johnson, Aaron M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to summarize how sex hormones affect both laryngeal senescence and neuromuscular response to exercise, highlighting the importance of considering sex differences in developing treatment for the senescent voice. Conclusion: Men and women's voices are sexually dimorphic throughout the life span, including…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Human Body, Voice Disorders, Aging (Individuals)
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Fullerton, Sean – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2023
The purpose of this article is to provide practical applications for eccentric focused RT through the lens of DI that K-12 PE teachers can incorporate within their curriculums. Within the DI framework, differentiated assessments are key to measure readiness and the product of learning. The Brockport Fitness Tests are presented as a strategy to…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Individualized Instruction, Muscular Strength, Training
Shimanovskaya, Yanina Vasilievna; Shmeleva, Svetlana Vasilievna; Vakulenko, Antonina Nikolaevna; Pisarevsky, Konstantin Leonidovich; Karpinsky, Anton Anatolyevich; Seliverstov, Alexander Alexandrovich – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2020
Posture deformation occurs under the influence of factors that violate the vertical position of the spine. When the load on the spine is redistributed, the position of the body is adjusted by selective training of the muscles of the trunk and changing the position of the pelvis in the frontal plane. Exercises for impaired posture should be aimed…
Descriptors: Physiology, Human Posture, Human Body, Exercise
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Filiz, Bijen; Konukman, Ferman; Tufekcioglu, Ertan – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2022
Due to COVID-19, children have not been able to go to school and move enough since March 2020. In this process, the measures taken such as the prolongation of the stay at home, social isolation, and quarantine caused children to delay their physical activities and stay away from these activities. As a result, this may have caused weakness in the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Physical Activities, Exercise
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Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Exercise times can enhance a variety of child learning goals and especially help some children with attention span difficulties to concentrate better on class lessons. Specific ways for teachers to create exercise sessions are suggested and how teachers can use exercise times to promote new word learning, creative imagination, as well as pride in…
Descriptors: Exercise, Skill Development, Young Children, Attention Span
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Stavenhagen, W. Kurt; Dougherty, Timothy R. – Across the Disciplines, 2019
This essay claims that contemplative classroom practices can cultivate "kairotic" composure, which is an attunement to the dual aspects of the rhetorical concept of "Kairos"--a sense of timelessness or deep presence, and a sense for saying or writing the right word in the right moment. While theorists of contemplative writing…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Writing (Composition), Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Instruction
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Legacy, Kelly Bromley – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2018
In today's world of advanced technologies, accessible transportation, and fingertip talking, adolescents are spending too many hours each day sedentary. The purpose of this article is to underscore the importance of foot and ankle mobility in an adolescent population that spends very little time on their feet. Physical educators and athletic…
Descriptors: Human Body, Physical Mobility, Physical Activity Level, Physical Education
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Parkes, Craig; Weimer, Alison – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2020
This article has four aims. First, it will explain what factors led to the initial PHETE program review, and the phasing out of the traditional program at Penn State University. Second, it will describe the steps that were taken during the development of the Applied Exercise and Health dual-pathway degree option. Third, it will provide a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Education, Exercise, Teacher Education Programs
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Stevens, Jenny Sheffer – Teaching Artist Journal, 2017
A narrative reflection on the relationship between physical life and creativity, and exploration of yoga as a foundational tool for imaginative empowerment.
Descriptors: Creativity, Relaxation Training, Exercise, Empowerment
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Pinto, Luís Manuel – Childhood Education, 2020
A moon exploration is one example of what Jasmine, and other children in the experimental township of Auroville in India, experience on a regular basis--the Auroville equivalent of a physical education class. It is one of the practices in Awareness Through the Body (ATB), which is described by its creators as "a comprehensive curriculum of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Human Body, Learning Activities
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Melton, Deana; Dail, Teresa K. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2017
The field of kinesiology has seen growth in terms of the number of highly specialized subdisciplines, such as exercise physiology, motor learning, biomechanics, sport and exercise psychology, and fitness management. While some undergraduate students may be comfortable with a chosen concentration, others may enter the kinesiology curriculum lacking…
Descriptors: Exercise Physiology, Kinetics, Human Body, Motor Development
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Kirk, Johanna – Journal of Dance Education, 2017
This article outlines a somatic-based class that illustrates how the integumentary system can be introduced to dance students to further their understanding of their physical instruments. It justifies why incorporating information about specific biological systems into dance teaching is apt and beneficial for dancers, and it describes how guided…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Human Body, Anatomy, Biology
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