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Standards and Practice for K-12 Physical Education in Japan: In Both Content and Approach, Japanese Physical Education Exhibits Similarities to, and Differences from, Physical Education in the United States
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Nakai, Takashi; Metzler, Michael W. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2005
This article features the standards and practice for K-12 physical education in Japan. Physical education in Japan has many similarities to, and differences with, programs in the United States. Many of the main objectives for the school curriculum are the same; both systems promote major outcomes related to fitness and lifelong sport and physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
The Effect of Training on the Relationships among Velocity, Stroke Rate and Distance per Stroke in Untrained Subjects Swimming the Breaststroke.
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Saito, Mitsuru – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1982
The velocity, stroke rate, and distance per stroke of l68 male high school students in Japan were studied before and after they received training in the breaststroke. The increase in their swimming velocity resulted from an increase in the distance covered per stroke, not from a faster stroke rate. (Author/PP)
Descriptors: Biomechanics, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, High School Students