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Kidd, Bruce – Quest, 1996
Despite claims that participation in Olympic sports is broadly educational and developmental, considerable empirical evaluation suggests otherwise. Most of what is called Olympic education addresses other concerns. This paper argues for a formal, outcomes-based pedagogy of the Olympic sports and Olympic Games, offering proposals on how to realize…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Competition, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
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Singleton, Ellen – Quest, 2003
Regardless of recent curriculum revisions, physical educators, faced with reduced time and/or inadequate equipment and facilities, continue to offer competitive team sport activities for a high percentage of their program time. When competition is only experienced as a win-lose situation, possibilities that students will derive any morally…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Team Sports, Physical Activities, Competition
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Safrit, Margaret J.; And Others – Quest, 1980
Setting motor performance standards has long been an important process to physical educators. However, theoretical advances appropriate for standard-setting have been made only in the last decade. Issues in standard setting are discussed, procedures are reviewed, and gender differences in motor performance are considered. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Minimum Competencies
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Harper, William – Quest, 1980
In order for graduate programs to be considered genuine, four conditions need to be met: academic quality, time to fiddle, a baggy idea of truth, and a sense of community. (JN)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Community Influence, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking
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Goggin, Noreen L.; Finkenberg, Mel E.; Morrow, James R., Jr. – Quest, 1997
This paper presents potential types of instructional technology for use in higher education, focusing on the need for kinesiologists to prepare students for the important role of technology in lifelong learning. The paper highlights computer assisted teaching and learning, the World Wide Web, and desktop video conferencing for distance education.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology
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Duda, Joan L. – Quest, 1996
Examines previous research on the motivational implications of emphasizing task- versus ego-involved goals in various achievement situations endemic to sports programs and in the context of physical education, proposing that students' and athletes' task involvement should be fostered in order to enhance their motivation to engage in physical…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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Franks, B. Don – Quest, 1994
After presenting positive and negative aspects of stress, the paper looks at definitions of stress that emphasize the environment, responses to the environment, individual characteristics, or a combination of these elements. A proposed definition of stress is offered. (SM)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Coping, Environmental Influences
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Ennis, Catherine D. – Quest, 1994
Curricular expertise is reflected in teachers' abilities to select and convey content appropriate to the learner within a particular contextual setting and situation. The article describes traditional conceptualizations of knowledge and beliefs, focusing on relationships between the two concepts that promote a greater understanding of curricular…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
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Dunn, John M. – Quest, 1999
Discusses strategies and techniques for communicating physical education and physical activity-related messages to local school boards, noting that without their support, efforts to promote physical education and healthful activity will be difficult. The paper includes three sections: positioning the argument, persevering in the message, and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Boards of Education, Child Health, Communication Skills
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Prain, Vaughan; Hickey, Christopher – Quest, 1995
Proposes a form of discourse analysis to link theory and practice in an account of effective practice in physical education. The analysis is applied to two lessons by preservice students who introduce more "considered, sensitive teaching" and focuses on the interactive patterns between participants as indicators of a framework for…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Educational Principles
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Fernandez-Balboa, Juan-Miguel – Quest, 1995
The theoretical basis and practical alternatives of critical pedagogy are applied to graduate courses in physical education by illustrating how critical pedagogy affirms the personal and bridges it to the political; by analyzing and deconstructing the faulty paradigmatic assumptions of physical education in higher education; and by providing an…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study
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Thomas, Katherine Thomas – Quest, 1994
Contributions of motor skill and cognition to sport performance change across age, expertise, and sports. Knowledge and decision making should not limit the development of expertise. Specific strategies for teachers may help students develop expertise. The paper discusses the contribution of knowledge and skill to expertise and its development.…
Descriptors: Athletics, Cognitive Ability, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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Feingold, Ronald S. – Quest, 1994
Presents issues in the fields of health and physical education, introducing new roles for the professions and providing challenges and direction for the future. The article discusses the impact of health and physical education on wellness, self-esteem, and values, explaining the resulting savings and benefits to society. (SM)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Care Costs, Health Promotion
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Chepyator-Thomson, Jepkorir Rose; King, Susan Elizabeth – Quest, 1996
The current scholarship model in higher education was conceived, produced, and reproduced in the image of the dominant culture. Within this model, minority group members receive less recognition, sponsorship, favorable evaluation, and positive commentary on scholarship. The paper discusses considerations for a more inclusive scholarship in higher…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, Educational Environment, Females
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Hoferek, Mary J. – Quest, 1982
Three factors are contributing to the redefinition of sex roles: (1) the equal education mandates of Title IX; (2) growing recognition of the need for female role models; and (3) the reconceptualization of androgyny and transcendence in scholarly research. Physical activity programs are one of the socialization agents that can aid in the process.…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Athletics, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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