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Spirduso, Waneen; Reeve, T. Gilmour – Quest, 2011
In 2010, the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK) conducted its second national doctoral program survey, based on faculty and student data from 2005 to 2009. Total T-scores for each school were derived from the sum of nine faculty indices and seven student indices. Faculty indices, based on research, presentations, grants, and honors, made up…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Doctoral Programs, Physical Education, Higher Education
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Weiss, Maureen R. – Quest, 2011
The goal of a positive youth development perspective is the promotion of healthy physical and psychosocial development in young people. This approach consists of social-contextual features (e.g., teacher behaviors, classroom structure, student activities) that help equip youth with attributes, skills, competencies, and values that will contribute…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Holistic Approach
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Hawkins, Andrew – Quest, 2008
Pragmatic inclinations focused on health and wellness have begun to shape much of kinesiology. The wisdom of this trend is challenged as it tends to define leadership development. Chief among the problems with this trend is the loss of professional meaning. The inadequacy of pragmatism in establishing meaning for our professional activities is the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Play, Leadership Training, Leadership
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Newell, Karl M. – Quest, 2011
Fitness and skill are embedded constructs that have been the primary foci of the field of physical education. The emphasis of one of these constructs over the other is a matter of context that cannot, given their embedding, lead to the exclusivity of one in the education "of" and "through" the physical (Williams, 1930), particularly as we seek to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, National Standards, Influences
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Chase, Melissa A. – Quest, 2010
The purpose of this article is to examine how individuals' personal beliefs about the antecedents of leadership ability influence their leadership behavior and ultimate effectiveness. The relevant literature is reviewed to highlight current thinking in relation to the debate over whether leadership is innate or learned. A leadership mindset that…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Leadership Qualities, Athletic Coaches, Teacher Attitudes
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Macdonald, Doune – Quest, 2011
Globally, Physical Education (PE) carries the stamp of neoliberalism and as a field we are keen, it seems, to accrue more of the vestiges of this ideology. While neoliberal positions and practices are not necessarily harmful to the long-term interests of the field or the students we teach, indeed it may be strategic to take them up, the field…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Global Approach, Educational Change, Educational Practices
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Sun, Haichun; Chen, Ang – Quest, 2010
Learner motivation is considered an important premise for learning achievement. One of the theories used to explain learner motivation in physical education is the Self-Determination Theory (SDT). Different from others, SDT acknowledges the controlling nature of institutionalized education and builds its application around externally imposed…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Physical Education, Self Determination, Learning Theories
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Woods, Catherine B.; Mutrie, Nanette – Quest, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to outline why physical activity policy is important in terms of promoting population based increases in physical activity. The promotion of physical activity through public policy happens globally and nationally, however to be successful it should also happen at state and local levels. We outline the rationale for the…
Descriptors: Public Health, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries
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Germain, Jesse L. – Quest, 2010
The complex and diverse mission of leading and administering the Physical Program and Kinesiology major at the United States Military Academy at West Point requires a broad and flexible application of leadership theory coupled with strict adherence to established and codified Army Values and Core Leader Competencies. This paper provides a closer…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Leadership Styles, Leadership, Exercise Physiology
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Banville, Dominique; Rikard, G. Linda – Quest, 2009
Data show that 46% of all teachers in public schools will leave the profession within their first 5 years of teaching (Ingersoll, 2003). These data refer to teachers from all disciplines including physical education. To address these problems school districts have developed teacher induction programs that show promising results. Our literature…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teacher Shortage, School Districts, Logical Thinking
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Dunn, John M. – Quest, 2009
The demographics of the United States are changing dramatically with a significant shift in the racial and ethnic mix. This creates enormous opportunities for all of society, including the field of kinesiology, to be far more inclusive in its curricular and research approaches. The history of kinesiology as a field, however, is one that has not…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Role of Education, Teacher Responsibility, Social Responsibility
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Booth, Douglas – Quest, 2009
Humans unquestionably derive pleasurable physical sensations from different types of movement. Yet, remarkably, there is a deafening silence around the subject in the literature on human movement. This article comprises three parts. First, I outline prevailing conceptualizations of pleasure as they relate to physical activity in the social…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Social Sciences, Biology
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McCullick, Bryan; Schempp, Paul; Mason, Ilse; Foo, Cornell; Vickers, Brad; Connolly, Graeme – Quest, 2009
The authors sought to identify and categorize completed coaching education program (CEP) scholarship published in a recent 13-year period to provide a framework regarding the process of how coaches are prepared and certified. Scholarship was defined as data-based investigations, reviews, and position papers focused on CEPs, coaching training, and…
Descriptors: Investigations, Research Methodology, Position Papers, Qualitative Research
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Block, Betty A.; Estes, Steve – Quest, 2011
This article employs Barnett's (2004) specifications of the aspects that describe the times of "supercomplexity." This term characterizes the challenges universities are facing regarding the expanding and competing forces that are affecting higher education, particularly in the West. Outside forces related to globalization, digital technologies,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Integrity, Universities
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DePauw, Karen P. – Quest, 2010
This article presents the author's nineteenth Delphine Hanna commemorative lecture that focuses on a journey of many dimensions. Dr. Delphine Hanna, noted scholar and teacher, undertook a journey of many dimensions. As stated so eloquently by Minnie Linn, "there is something ageless and prophetic in the portrait of Dr. Delphine Hanna, in academic…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Social Change, Profiles, Colleges
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