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Patricia W. Bauer; A'Naja M. Newsome; Cayla R. McAvoy; Rebecca A. Battista – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2025
Exercise is Medicine? on Campus (EIM-OC) was launched by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) in 2009 and serves as a platform for universities and colleges to foster dialogue and collaboration across campus. Its primary aim is to promote physical activity and its health benefits within the campus community. However, despite the large…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Physical Activities, Exercise, Wellness
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Dogar, Yahya; Duz, Serkan – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2020
The aim of this study was to examine the compassion levels of Faculty of Sports Sciences students who study at Inonu University. The sample of the study consisted of 508 students, 191 women and 317 men who voluntarily participated in the study. Compassion Scale (CS) consisting of 24 items and five-point Likert type with six subscales developed by…
Descriptors: Altruism, Team Sports, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals)
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Desai, Farzanah; Seaholme, Tim – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2018
The aim of this study was to evaluate undergraduate exercise and sport science students' learning experiences in a strength and conditioning internship. There was a special emphasis on the interns' personal development, the influence of supervision (academic supervisor functioning as a dual professional) and feedback on their development as a…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Physical Fitness, Internship Programs, Exercise
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Poudevigne, Melanie; Armstrong, Erika S.; Mickey, Marisa; Nelson, Michelle A.; Obi, Comfort N.; Scott, Andrew; Thomas, Naquilla; Thompson, Tamara N. – Education Sciences, 2022
As traditional education transitioned from face-to-face interactions to virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty and staff in dental hygiene, nursing, and exercise science programs placed students at the center of every educational decision and promoted stability in learning with their commitments to excellence in teaching and the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Allyn, Debra A. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2013
This article describes a senior seminar course in the Health and Human Performance (HHP) Department at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. All students in the HHP department are required to complete the course. The emphases within HHP include physical education, health education, and exercise and sport science. In this course students learn…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Seminars, Physical Education
Wilkinson, Kate; Barter, Phil – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
Recently there has been an increased volume of research and practice of mobile Learning (mLearning) and in particular of the tablet device. The question of how, when and where to best incorporate the tablet device into the learning environment in Higher Education remains largely unanswered. The article presents the findings of an empirical study…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Telecommunications
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Thomas, David Q.; Carlson, Kelli A.; Marzano, Amy; Garrahy, Deborah – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2012
Exertional rhabdomyolysis gained increased attention recently when 13 football players from the University of Iowa developed this condition after an especially demanding practice session and were hospitalized. Exertional rhabdomyolysis may lead to severe kidney stress, kidney failure, and even sudden death. Anyone who does physical exercise at a…
Descriptors: Exercise, Dietetics, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
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Harris, Janet C. – Quest, 2006
Sociology of sport began to take shape as a subdiscipline in the mid-1960s, and the quotes presented in the first part of this article provide a useful orientation to this formative period and to some of the most important developments in methodologies, theoretical frameworks, and topics of study that have occurred since then. This article offers…
Descriptors: Discipline, Athletics, Sociology, Physical Education