ERIC Number: ED609337
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec-18
Pages: 216
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ISBN: 978-0-8077-6476-3
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Survival of the Fit: How Physical Education Ensures Academic Achievement and a Healthy Life
O'Neill, Daniel Fulham
Teachers College Press
Young people in America are facing a health crisis of epidemic proportions--yet no one is taking action. Children are born as active, curious, imaginative beings with a built-in physical identity. "Survival of the Fit" offers a new and revelatory plan to nurture this identity and save the health of America's youngsters. One of the keys to this plan is rebranding physical education (PE) and making it available for every child, every day, in every year of school. In addition to establishing historical references and a scientific basis for this rebranding, the author provides a downloadable template for PE classes at all school levels. He lays out a blueprint to help educators and parents bring this "PE revolution" to their school with no increase in the school budget. Sounding the alarm regarding America's health crisis, "Survival of the Fit" explains how we can use existing tools, knowledge, and infrastructure to make needed changes with immediate results for every student, not just a privileged few. Everyone interested in seeing improvements in the physical, mental, and emotional health of our children will want to put this book to use.
Descriptors: Physical Education, Academic Achievement, Health Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Identification (Psychology)
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Publication Type: Books; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Parents; Teachers
Language: English
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