Learning centers: (1) provide the teacher with time to spend more than a few minutes with a student; (2) allow a student to work at an appropriate level of ability at an appropriate pace; and (3) provide for individual needs and interests. Uses of learning centers in elementary physical education are discussed. (Author/MJB)

In view of the All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-142) it seems just and logical that all children, not only the handicapped, are entitled to an individualized treatment by sports and physical education personnel. (LH)

Participation in intramural activities can develop values pertaining to the constructive use of leisure time. (JMF)

The successful development of a basic movement program depends on the teacher's ability to recognize and to work effectively with varying levels of student motor and cognitive proficiency. (LH)

Teachers and researchers must have similar, interdependent goals if they are to apply scientific knowledge to the problems encountered with the individual athlete. (JD)

This excerpt from the book, "Personalized Learning in Physical Education," discusses the meanings of cohort, individualized, personalized, and humanistic education, and stresses that the individual instructor must choose for himself among the varieties of individualized instruction or decide whether to use any at all. (MB)

Graduate degree programs in physical education must develop an instructional system that effectively bridges the gap between theory and practice and that utilizes the full resource potential of each student participant. (LH)

The implications of current humanistic educational principles in relation to the teaching of games in physical education necessitate new approaches. (PB)

Involving children in games stressing cooperation rather than competition helps them to overcome the tendency to be too aggressive and teaches them compassion and caring for others. (JD)

Research evidence has pointed to the efficacy of integrating academic subject matter with movement experiences for children. Since language is the most important skill children learn in school, a methodology which uses learning centers, simulations, games, and other learning modes involving movement needs to be developed. (JN)

While a coach's practical goals necessitate having a winning team, this need is not inconsistent with other goals motivating players intrinsically, helping athletes deal with competition-related stress, and building an appreciation of individual worth and of team cooperation. (JD)

Increased government subsidy of the fine arts would raise the cultural taste of the people above its present level. (JD)

Competency in athletic coaching has been a professional concern for many years. In the future, the coach in training will be held accountable for demonstrating a measure of proficiency in performing essential competencies. Athletics may be restructured to achieve more cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning. (JN)

One of the most important developmental tasks for children is to learn to know and respect the self. Movement education is the genesis of children's growing awareness of themselves and of their bodies. (JN)

Although some physical education curricula in elementary schools can be classified by theoretical construct, most are a combination of constructs. Such constructs include cognitive, traditional, developmental, integrative, and acurricular forms. (JN)