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Direct linkQuay, John; Kokkonen, Juha; Kokkonen, Marja – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2016
When physical education (PE) teachers change their programs to incorporate something new, the process always involves some effort at interpretation and adaptation. The perceived benefits must outweigh the labour required to think through the possibilities and to then manage the political and logistical challenges that go hand in hand with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creative Activities, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
Chin, Ming-Kai, Ed.; Edginton, Christopher R. – Sagamore Publishing LLC, 2014
"Physical Education and Health: Global Perspectives and Best Practice" draws together global scholars, researchers, and practitioners to provide a review and analysis of new directions in physical education and health worldwide. The book provides descriptive information from 40 countries regarding contemporary practices, models, and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Education, Global Approach, Best Practices
Van Hoye, Aurélie; Sarrazin, Philippe; Heuzé, Jean-Philippe; Kokko, Sami – Health Education Journal, 2015
Background: Given the benefits of participating in sport, sports clubs have been recognised as health promoting organizations. To examine health-promotion activities in Finnish sports clubs, Kokko et al. developed a set of standards for health-promoting sports clubs (HPSC). Objective: The present study extends this line of research, by (1)…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Activities, Coaching (Performance), Clubs
Mukhin, V. I. – Soviet Education, 1974
The author describes the organization of physical education in the schools of Finland as he found it on a recent trip there from the Soviet Union. (JH)
Descriptors: Athletics, Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Physical Education
Research Inst. of Physical Culture and Health, Jyvaskyla (Finland). – 1979
The organization, functions, and work of the Research Institute of Physical Culture and Health, and the Research Unit for Sport and Physical Fitness, both functioning at the premises of the Foundation of Physical Culture and Health in Jyvaskyla, Finland, are discussed. Research papers which have been presented at international congresses during…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives
Pitkanen, Pentti – 1968
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a report on an investigation started in 1957 by Martti Takala and Penti Pitkanen at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, to examine the connections between physical fitness and other measures of individual difference. The report deals with the structure and development…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Age Differences, Athletics, Body Height
