NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Basketball Monographs: Ideas for Today's Game.
Davenport, Joanna, Ed.; Adrian, Marlene, Ed. – 1992
The monographs in this volume profile current information on basketball, covering a wide variety of topics regarding teaching, coaching, and playing girl's and women's basketball. Ten articles cover aspects of basketball ranging from history to nutrition and conditioning to techniques for high level competition. The titles and authors are as…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Basketball, College Athletics
Women in Sports, Summer 1978. A WEAL Fund Kit.
Women's Equity Action League Educational and Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1978
This compendium of materials focuses on sex discrimination, Title IX, and women in sports, and provides information and recommendations on bringing about equity for women in athletic programs. The individual papers deal with the following topics: (1) the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) Fund and its work; (2) equal opportunity and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Anthologies, Athletics, Equal Education
Eating Disorders among Athletes: Theory, Issues, and Research.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Black, David R., Ed. – 1991
Eating disorders among athletes has become an important topic both nationally and internationally. This volume of empirically focused articles presents theory, issues, and the latest research in a concise form for a variety of audiences. The 11 chapters are: (1) "Eating Disorders among Athletes: Current Perspective" (D. R. Black); (2)…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Athletes, Body Weight, Bulimia
A Century of Women's Basketball. From Frailty to Final Four.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Hult, Joan S., Ed.; Trekell, Marianna, Ed. – 1991
This book consists of writings which focus on the role of physical educators in the growth, development, and evolution of competitive basketball. It is divided into two parts, "The Early Years of Basketball--l890s-l930s" and "The Second Fifty Years of Basketball--1940s-1980s." Part I contains 3 sections which place basketball…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Athletic Coaches, Basketball, College Athletics
The Search For Equity. Women at Brown University, 1891-1991.
Kaufman, Polly Welts, Ed. – 1991
This collection of essays describes women's ongoing search for equity at Brown University, Rhode Island, since their first entrance there in 1891. After a preface by Joan W. Scott and an introduction by Polly Welts Kaufman, the volume contains the following 10 essays: "The Woman's Club Movement Creates and Defines the Women's College" by…
Descriptors: Alumni, Careers, Coeducation, Cultural Context
The Normal Schools: Exploring Our Heritage. NAGWS Feature.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Davenport, Joanna; And Others – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1994
A collection of articles details the history and significance of the early professional schools, also known as normal schools, that form the foundation for the physical education profession today. The articles describe each of seven institutions up until they either affiliated with a college or closed. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Gymnastics
Curriculum Units on Nonsexist Teaching.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Buckland, Freddie; And Others – 1983
Designed to broaden cognitive knowledge about issues of sexism, over 35 nonsexist curriculum units for students ranging from preschool to postsecondary levels are presented. Although individual curriculum units were designed for a specific educational level, all units can be adapted to fit the needs of teachers in other grades. Arranged in five…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Child Rearing, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women