A century ago, Harvard University established a B.S. degree program in anatomy, physiology, and physical training. The paper examines the circumstances surrounding the program's inception and rapid demise, focusing on nineteenth-century interest in the subject and related developments at Harvard. (SM)

The paper discusses ways for physical education teachers to structure courses to convey their enthusiasm for both course content and student progress. The four-stage process involves marketing of ideas and expectations, direct teaching, application of skills learned, and closing. (SM)

Presents strategies to help college and university professors provide practical skills needed by qualified aerobic dance instructors. An in-depth course emphasizing sound teaching strategies helps prepare dance exercise teachers. The article describes how the physical education department at San Diego State University offers aerobic dance…

Explores the pursuit of equal opportunity for girls in school physical education through liberal reform strategies. Addresses ways in which unequal power relations between the sexes have pervaded the structure, organization, and language of high school physical education. British Columbia's new Physical Education Curriculum 2000 is offered as a…

Discusses medical and pedagogical issues of concern to physical educators as they confront and respond to adolescent pregnancy in their schools, making recommendations for the role higher education can play in facilitating exercise programs for pregnant students and discussing an exercise program for pregnant adolescents that has served students…

Provides a critique of how student voice has been positioned in curriculum innovation drawing on an evaluation of physical education as a subject in senior secondary school in Australia. Stresses that educators must consider how (rather than why) students' engagement in constructing their own schooling experience could be more explicit. (CMK)

Examined whether brief, take-home fitness and wellness lessons given to college physical education activity classes could teach students lifetime fitness concepts. Pre- and post-intervention surveys found that intervention students showed significant cognitive improvements compared to controls. They engaged in regular physical activity and…

The purpose of this article is to highlight key physical education benefits of nontraditional recreation activities, to outline some of the known constraints to implementing these activities, and to recommend strategies for the inclusion of such activities into the physical education curriculum. Based on the results of a qualitative inquiry into…

These guidelines for physical education accreditation were field tested and modified to meet new National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards. The purpose of the first section of this guidebook is to provide specific process and content information regarding the history of the project, an overview of the…

The ancient sport of archery is particularly appropriate for physical education in the space age. It is a projectile sport: in order to hit the gold, the archer must use many of the principles that scientists used in putting men on the moon. Since 1972, when the United States team returned from the Summer Olympic Games with two gold medals in…

This four-part booklet is the result of a project with four goals: (1) familiarize physical educators in Illinois with the four items of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Health Related Physical Fitness Test; (2) design materials regarding implementation strategies for health related fitness that…

The purpose of this handbook is to assist school districts in their formulation of policies and strategies related to equal opportunity in physical education, recreation and athletics. Five aspects of policy implementation: (1) all involved, particularly personnel in the public education system, must accept both the advantages and disadvantages of…

EXPERIMENT IN STAFF UTILIZATION WERE DISCUSSED. CHANGES IN THE METHODS OF INSTRUCTION AND THE CURRICULUM WERE BASED UPON A DESIRE TO PRODUCE A BETTER TEACHING-LEARNING SITUATION, TO STIMULATE STUDENTS TO COMMIT THEMSELVES FOR THEIR OWN IMPROVEMENT, TO MEET THE CHALLENGES SOCIETY THRUSTS UPON THE MODERN SCHOOL, AND TO EQUIP STUDENTS TO MEET THEIR…

PROGRAMS FOR THE LOWER PRIMARY GROUP WERE IN ART, MUSIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. A PREVIEW OF THE CONTENT OF EACH TELECAST WAS GIVEN WITH DETAILED INFORMATION FOR FOLLOWUP ACTIVITIES. THE STRUCTURE OF THE ART PROGRAM INCLUDED THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO SUCH BASIC AREAS AS LINE DRAWING, PICTURE MAKING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WITH THE…

This document on course goals in physical education is one part of a critique series dealing with the development and evaluation of course goals in six subject matter areas for grades K-12. The series provides an initial pool of course-level goals that are expected to be of considerable value in assisting educators with goal definition related to…