A Brief History of Physical Education If several hundred years from now archaeologist were investigating our society‚ they would find endless examples of sport in the United States: stadiums‚ swimming pools‚ running shoes‚ hockey sticks‚ skis‚ baseball gloves‚ posters of sports stars‚ etc. Even today a basic survey of our country would reveal sports and physical education everywhere: Little League baseball‚ Physical Education classes‚ Special Olympics‚ neighbourhood basketball‚ jogging‚ and televised
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Motivation in Physical Education Problem Statement The health benefits of physical activity are well documented to date. Researchers also are fairly confident as to how often‚ how much‚ how long‚ and what types of activity one must engage in for health enhancing results. Therefore‚ the reasons to become or to stay physically active are inescapable‚ and the opportunities to practice health enhancing behaviors are innumerable. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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Each and every person has a different view of what physical education really is. “Is it education in sport?” asks Siedentop “Is it fitness education? Is it social development? Is it development through risk and adventure? Is it movement? Instead‚” he says‚ “it is all of these things – and maybe more?” (1998‚ p.237). Whereas Wuest and Butcher feel that physical activity is “a means to help individuals acquire skills‚ fitness‚ knowledge‚ and attitudes that contribute to their optimal development and
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Students Require Physical Education” Do you agree? Should students require physical education? People’s opinions are divergent on such a controversial issue. Some may argue that physical exercises are very crucial to students and that it must be compulsory‚ while others may raise numerous reasons to argue against the requirement. In the last ten years‚ our culture has changed dramatically. Physical education is a course that is taken in school to educate the young about physical exercises and fitness
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Physical education In most educational systems‚ physical education (PE)‚ (also called physical training (PT) or gym)‚ is a course which utilizes a play or movement exploration setting for the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group‚ the application of these skills‚ and their results. It also can refer to any intramural or extracurricular sportor physical activity students take part of through their school system. It should be noted that unlike other curricula‚ a
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The Importance of Physical Education Students need to be physically active to grow properly. According to the National Association of Sports and Physical Education (NASPE)‚ elementary classes should spend 150 minutes every week in physical education. Educators should place a priority on children being active at school and emphasize the importance of a strong physical education program. Physical education offers students a chance to learn how to keep themselves healthy with life-long skills. In
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Physical Education & the Effects of Childhood Obesity P.E Methods 1-18-11 Abstract Kanen‚ Casey. (25 Apr. 2010.) "Physical Education & the Effects on Childhood Obesity. EHow.com." EHow.. Web. 13 Jan. 2011. . Physical Education & the Effects of Childhood Obesity If we look around us today‚ one in every four children are obese. Many aspects of American culture promote an inactive lifestyle‚ such as fast food and easy access to electronics. As a result‚ childhood obesity is on the
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Adapted Physical Education Imagine what a class of third graders would look like during their PE class at school. You might see one child outrunning all of the rest in a 50-yard dash‚ or maybe a group of children partaking in a game of hopscotch. But what about the child in a wheelchair who suffers from a spinal cord injury? Approximately 25% of children in the public school system suffer from orthopedic impairments (“Fast Facts”). What can they do? How can they participate? How can the physical education
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or a hostile environments. Physical activities were not organized by them. Because their motives about this are for searching foods and protects their selves from their enemies‚ their gregarious nature was innate and drives only by mating and propagation that gives them desire to dance and play which not being organized. In the Ancient Oriental Countries‚ china concerned only by their intellectual excellence they neglecting physical activities however some are believes about
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Importance of Physical Education in Schools SPO3001 Learn to Swim Table of Contents Page Introduction 3 Definition of Physical Education 3 What is taught in Physical Education? 4 Importance of Physical Education 5 The Importance of Physical Education as it relates to Swimming 7 Disadvantages of lack of Physical Education 9 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction Physical education plays a vital role in students’
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