Components of an integrated physical education program, which consists of handicapped and nonhandicapped students, include: (1) activities that promote interaction among all students; (2) strategies that place handicapped and nonhandicapped students together; and (3) reinforcement of cooperative behavior. (CJ)

A brief description of some of the martial arts is provided along with some discussion of the feasibility of offering one or more of these disciplines as part of the college physical education program. (JMF)

The mandates of Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) as it relates to the mainstreaming of moderately retarded students in elementary physical education programs are reviewed and steps in the implementation process are outlined. (PHR)

The issues of accident and injury prevention, and safety in physical education programs are discussed in terms of hazard identification and reduction, compensation for unavoidable risks, and avoidance of unnecessary hazards. (JMF)

An AIA Honor Award was presented for an athletic facility at St. Mary's College. All elements are exposed and painted bright colors to differentiate functions. Walls are transparent panels to admit as much light as possible. (Author/MLF)

Describes the use of portfolio cards in K-12 physical education (PE), presenting four principles to help PE teachers integrate authentic assessment and outcome items (clarity of focus, expanded opportunity, high expectations, and designing down). (SM)

Data collection and analysis helps coaches ensure that they conduct practices and make decisions based on objective and consistently recorded information. The article discusses how, where, and when coaches should collect data on athletes, noting data collection should emphasize include training loads, body weight, sleep, health, and injuries. (SM)

This article is designed to spark some ideas regarding the ways in which teachers can help students more effectively and successfully communicate all the things they have learned in a physical education program, suggesting that one approach to improving communication with teachers is to use multiple intelligences when creating assessment options.…

Provides middle school physical educators with new ideas for improving physical-fitness objectives in their physical-education curriculum, describing and presenting examples of novel and challenging warmup and physical-fitness activities. The activities focus on using colorful visual materials and popular music to enhance student motivation.…

Discusses what advocacy and public relations programs in physical education involve and why they are beneficial, explaining how an action plan for advocacy and public relations should be organized and describing how physical educators can organize and deliver a public relations media blitz in their local communities. (SM)

Describes how to include a parents' fitness night in fitness education courses in order to gain parents' support of comprehensive fitness education and fitness for life, outlining one such program that has been successfully employed in Texas junior high schools which has helped parents understand fitness programs and become more involved in their…

Highlights strategies that enable physical education teachers to help students with disabilities achieve their individualized education plan (IEP) goals within the general physical education setting, focusing on: curriculum design, class organization, writing inclusive IEP goals, and communicating with special educators on the IEP team. (SM)

Provides strategies that athletic and physical education personnel can use in developing partnerships with community agencies or businesses, focusing on identifying and recruiting partners and maintaining partnerships (which involves understanding ways that the school can enhance the partnership and ways that the business can enhance the school).…

Administrative theory and management, program organization, and administrative responsibility are the main topics of this text on administration of physical education. Intended for teachers as well as administrators, the book focuses on the following: (1) the nature and importance of administration; (2) management of personnel; (3) student leaders…

This guide is organized around a suggested list of physical education skills that all students should know and be able to do at each grade level from kindergarten through grade 6. The guide will help provide parents, teachers, and students with knowledge of what is being taught in a logical scope and sequence by grade level. It is designed to help…