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A Comparison of Training and Competition Demands in Semiprofessional Male Basketball Players
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Fox, Jordan L.; Stanton, Robert; Scanlan, Aaron T. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to quantify and compare training and competition demands in basketball. Methods: Fifteen semiprofessional male basketball players wore microsensors during physical conditioning training (PCT), games-based training (GBT), and competition to measure absolute and relative (·min[superscript -1]) PlayerLoad™ (PL)…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Males, Athletes, Measurement Equipment
Examining the Self-Efficacy of Primary School Teachers and the Problems Encountered in Physical Education and Game Course
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Mamak, Hüdaverdi; Temel, Ahmet; Kangalgil, Murat – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2020
This study was conducted in order to determine the self-efficacy of primary school teachers and the problems that they encounter in physical education and game classes. The sample of study are consisted of 391 primary school teachers who were selected by stratified sampling method and working in Konya and Nigde provinces in the second semester of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
Examining the Impact of a Teaching Games for Understanding Approach on the Development of Physical Literacy Using the Passport for Life Assessment Tool
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Mandigo, James; Lodewyk, Ken; Tredway, Jay – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of an 8-week after-school intramural program that adopted a Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach to facilitate the development of elementary-school-aged children physical literacy. Methods: Using Physical and Health Education Canada's Passport for Life tool, 22…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Literacy
A "Culture of Everyone Doing It" and "Playing Games"--Discourses of Pleasure in Boys' Physical Education
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Gerdin, Göran – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2016
Gard [(2008). "When a Boy's Gotta Dance: New Masculinities, Old Pleasures." "Sport, Education and Society," 13(2), 181-193], Booth [(2009). "Politics and Pleasure: The Philosophy of Physical Education Revisited." "Quest," 61(2), 133-153] and Pringle [(2010). "Finding Pleasure in Physical Education: A…
Descriptors: Males, Games, Physical Education, Masculinity
Integrating Multicultural Education: Activities to Celebrate the Chinese New Year
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Bian, Wei; Wang, Jianyu; McKinley, Betsy – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2009
Holiday and festival celebrations are a unique form of cultural expression. Physical activities associated with cultural traditions offer the perfect opportunity for physical educators to integrate interdisciplinary teaching in their programs. This article focuses on the application of a multicultural perspective by introducing 12 station tasks…
Descriptors: Animals, Physical Education, Multicultural Education, Physical Activities
Northern Russian "People" Games for Children
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Krasil'nikov, Valeriy P. – Teaching Elementary Physical Education, 2006
In this article, the author states that people games and contests have always occupied a special place in the traditional physical training of the native people in northern Russia. This article is prepared on the basis of materials obtained as a result of expeditions conducted from 1990 through 1993 into Siberia's "Khanty-Mansyyski" and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Games, Competition, Indigenous Populations
Physical Education Grades 7-12. Junior-Senior High School Curriculum Guide.
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1988
The introduction to this curriculum guide for junior-senior high school level physical education programs describes the rationale and philosophy of the programs, their goals, and expected learner outcomes. Planning, teaching, and evaluating the programs is discussed as well as administrative details such as maintaining facilities and equipment,…
Descriptors: Athletics, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Games