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Van Hoye, Aurélie; Heuzé, Jean-Philippe; Meganck, Jeroen; Seghers, Jan; Sarrazin, Philippe – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objectives: To better understand the role sports club coaches can play in health promotion (HP), as well as factors supporting this task, this study compared coaches' and players' perception of coaches' HP activities and tested whether coaches' basic need satisfaction predicted coaches' HP activities mediated by self-determined motivation to…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Clubs, Athletic Coaches, Team Sports
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Burns, Ryan D.; Brusseau, Timothy A.; Fu, You – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Background: Comprehensive school physical activity programming (CSPAP) has been shown to increase school day physical activity and health-related fitness. The use of goal setting may further enhance the outcomes of CSPAP. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of physical activity leader (PAL) goal setting on school day…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Physical Activities, Exercise Physiology, Human Body
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Gerdin, Göran; Pringle, Richard – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
Kirk warns that physical education (PE) exists in a precarious situation as the dominance of the multi-activity sport-techniques model, and its associated problems, threatens the long-term educational survival of PE. Yet he also notes that although the model is problematic it is highly resistant to change. In this paper, we draw on the results of…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Physical Education, Athletics, Resistance to Change
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Lambdin, Dolly – Quest, 2016
Amy Morris Homans was an amazing leader in the early development of physical education. She believed that every individual must be educated academically and physically. Earlier this year, SHAPE America committed to making her vision a reality with the goal of empowering ALL students with the skills, knowledge, habits, and determination to make…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Health Related Fitness
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Bendíková, Elena – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2016
The study presents basic information on the curricular transformation of physical and sport education in Slovakia after the year 1989, which is related to the education process in the 21st century. What is more, it points to the basis for modern transformation in relation to sports as well as to insufficient undergraduate teacher training and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Educational Development, Educational Change
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Norman, Moss E.; Petherick, LeAnne; Garcia, Eric; Giesbrecht, Gordon; Duhamel, Todd – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
Within the Canadian context, the physical activity levels of children and youth in the after school time period has become a source of public health concern. We argue that this concern is informed by broader public health crises, in particular the "global obesity epidemic" and the closely related "global pandemic of physical…
Descriptors: Criticism, After School Education, Health Education, Active Learning
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Super, Sabina; Verkooijen, Kirsten; Koelen, Maria – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
Sport is widely recognised as having the potential to enhance the personal development of socially vulnerable youth, yet there is very limited knowledge on how community sports coaches can create optimal social conditions for life skill development and transferability. We adopt a salutogenic approach in order to study whether and how community…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Athletic Coaches, Community Health Services, Health Related Fitness
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Hopple, Christine J. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2018
"Fun" is considered, from both research and practical knowledge, to be a critical factor in children's decision to participate (or not) in physical activity (PA). Despite its importance, few studies have provided in-depth investigations into what children really mean when they say an activity is fun. The purpose of this article is to…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Children, Interviews, Student Surveys
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Massey, William V.; Stellino, Megan B.; Claassen, Jennette; Dykstra, Samantha; Henning, Andrea – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2018
Health and education disparities continue to persist in low-income communities, and in communities with a high proportion of racial and ethnic minorities. Despite recess being a main contributor to children's school-based physical activity (PA), children in the aforementioned communities have less access to recess opportunities. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Strategies, Recess Breaks, Educational Opportunities
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Chang, Kuei-Chiu; Chou, Mei-Ju – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Taiwan has a rapid increase of elder population, which is supposed to double within the next 25 years. However, lifelong aesthetics learning for the elderly has not yet been fully developed. In the environment emphasizing on lifelong learning with increasing elder people, it is a crucial mission to design appropriate environment, curriculum,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Aesthetics, Lifelong Learning, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Varela Mato, Veronica; Yates, Thomas; Stensel, David; Biddle, Stuart; Clemes, Stacy A. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2017
This study explored the validity of ActiGraph-determined sedentary time (<50 cpm, <100 cpm, <150 cpm, <200 cpm, <250 cpm) compared with the activPAL in a free-living sample of bus drivers. Twenty-eight participants were recruited between November 2013 and February 2014. Participants wore an activPAL3 and ActiGraph GT3X+ concurrently…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Bus Transportation, Leisure Time, Daily Living Skills
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Zhang, Xiaoxia; Gu, Xiangli; Zhang, Tao; Keller, Jean; Chen, Senlin – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2018
Comprehensive school physical activity programs (CSPAPs) aim to promote physical activity and healthy lifestyles among school-age children and adolescents. Physical educators are highly qualified individuals taking on the role of certified physical activity leaders. Physical education teacher education (PETE) programs should consider preparing…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Comprehensive Programs, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education
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Tamilselvi, B.; Thangarajathi, S. – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2016
The state of psychological equilibrium in school teachers is of great concern. As a truth, equilibrium is the most delicate, unstable state and gets disturbed even by a slight disturbance in its components. The causal factors of imbalance or disequilibria, in the psychological configuration of school teachers are plenty in number; the environment…
Descriptors: Well Being, Stress Management, Metacognition, Health Related Fitness
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Story, Chandra R.; Gross, Tyra T.; Harvey, Idethia S.; Whitt-Glover, Melicia C. – Health Education Research, 2017
African-American women experience higher rates of obesity compared to other racial/ethnic groups. High levels of reported church attendance among African-Americans have led to the proliferation of faith-based health programs. Pastors can influence success for faith-based programs. The purpose of this study was to assess pastors' perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Qualitative Research, Clergy, African American Attitudes
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Iwasaki, Kazuko; Watanabe, Toshiyuki; Tamura, Takeshi – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study aimed to evaluate the significance of group supervision to Yogo teachers in Japan, who often deal with work-related problems in isolation. Like school nurses in the United States, the role of the Yogo teacher is to oversee students' health education and management. In this study, eight Yogo teachers, each with a minimum of six years'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Professional Isolation, Teacher Supervision
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