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In Search of Solutions to the Obesity Epidemic: K-12 Physical Education Teachers' Ratings of Their Knowledge, Skills, Preparation, Attitudes, Barriers, and Efforts to Address the Obesity Epidemic
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Lynch, Kristie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The New York State Physical Education Learning Standards for K-12 students were transformed into a survey administered to a sample of teachers of physical education (N = 261), ascertaining their ratings of their knowledge, ability/skill, education/training, and attitudes on the importance of future professionals receiving training to teach…
Descriptors: Physical Education, State Standards, Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education
The Relationship between Curriculum Time for Physical Education and Literacy and Numeracy Standards in South Australian Primary Schools
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Dollman, Jim; Boshoff, Kobie; Dodd, Graham – European Physical Education Review, 2006
There is ongoing debate among educators and in the community about the status of school physical education (PE), particularly in relation to more vocationally-oriented learning areas. Against a backdrop of rising youth obesity, diminishing curriculum time for PE represents a serious public health issue. This study investigated the relationships…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Academic Achievement, Public Health