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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Physical Education (PE)"”.
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Beyond the binary: exploring participation in gender-inclusive PE through student and teacher lenses in grade 9
… class structure on student engagement in Grade 9 physical education (PE) within a Canadian Secondary School. Employing a mixed methods case study approach, data was collected through student surveys and semi-structured teacher interviews. Findings reveal that gender-neutral PE environments …
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A Temporal Analysis of Emotions in Girls' Secondary School Physical Education Games and Fitness Classes
Female enthusiasm towards engaging in physical education (PE) significantly decreases with age as it provides females with positive and negative emotional experiences. This study examined emotions within four grade nine female PE soccer and fitness classes (N = 67). Emotional patterns were studied …
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Exploring capacity and professional development needs of teachers: moving towards inclusive and engaging physical education for girls
Physical education (PE) is an important opportunity for girls to accrue physical activity (PA), health benefits, and healthy PA behavioural patterns that track into adulthood. Girls often have negative experiences within PE, leading them to become disengaged. Teachers are influential on girls' …
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The Influence of Physical Activity on Musculoskeletal Characteristics and Fracture Risk at Growth
Physical Activity (PA) can improve neuromuscular development. A high level of physical activity can perhaps however lead to more fractures. This is a longitudinal population-based exercise intervention study where the school-based physical education (PE) in one school is increased from mean 60 …
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The design, development, implementation and evaluation of Project FLAME: a multi-component, school-based, motor competence intervention for adolescent youth in Ireland
… of relevant stakeholders, particularly qualified Physical Education (PE) specialist teachers, are key vehicles for the provision of movement-based opportunities in youth. The purpose of the first phase of this research was to gather cross-sectional data on adolescent youth, differentiated by …
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The physical educator and physical literacy : exploring connections
Physical literacy (PL) is closely related to daily life activities. Individuals lacking PL tend to avoid not only regular physical activity (PA) but also everyday tasks. PA plays a crucial role in promoting health benefits and is a central element of PL. Moreover, quality Physical Education (PE) is …
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Exploring the Ready Set Play (RSP) programme in Maltese primary schools : the perspective of key stakeholders
Physical activity is increasingly recognised for its profound physical, cognitive, and emotional benefits in childhood. In Malta, the introduction of the Ready Set Play (RSP) programme represents a national effort to embed structured physical activity (PA) within the primary school timetable. …
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The training of physical education teachers for the inculusion of children with special educational needs
The study examined the process of training physical education (PE) teachers for the inclusion of children with special educational needs (SEN). This i nvolved a five-stage research process examining the views and opinions of government, statutory, and professional PE associations (the official …
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Preservice Physical Education Teachers' Perceptions Toward Teaching Students With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders in a General Education Setting
By law, physical education (PE) teachers must provide direct service to children with disabilities in the least restrictive environment, which, whenever feasible, is a regular PE class. Traditionally, the adapted physical education (APE) specialist was responsible for teaching students with severe …
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An Examination of Local School Wellness Policies in Virginia
… were to include guidelines for nutrition education, physical education (PE) and physical activity, and foods offered on campus. The purpose of this study was two-fold: 1) compare and contrast proposed goals versus adopted policies in Virginia; and 2) analyze the rigor of LWPs in Virginia. …
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Validation of the Simple Activity Measure (SAM) in a College Physical Activity Class
Background: Community Colleges in Texas have experienced budget cuts. Additionally, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board recently voted to eliminate physical activity classes as part of the core curriculum in Texas effective the Fall semester of 2014. Further, many counties in South Texas …
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Muscle strength and physical education: epidemiological studies of factors in adolescence and their association with later morbidity
Although Physical Education (PE) is a part of the school curriculum in many countries, the association between the performance in PE and later morbidity is largely unknown. An important marker of health, cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with future cardiovascular disease (CVD) and …
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The Cost of Going Big: Class Size in Middle School Physical Education
<p>Class size is a perennial issue that has been debated and researched for years. While there has been a significant amount of research conducted on the impact that class size plays on the teaching process, much of this research has focused on core academic subjects. California education code …
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Teaching Strategies for Reducing Bullying in Middle School Physical Education
Bullying is characterized as a type of aggression towards another that is deliberate and repeated by one or more individuals who hold an inherent power imbalance. (Greco, 2021; Montero-Carretero et al., 2019). In physical education (PE), poor motor skills and performance can make students …
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Middle School Students' Perceptions of and Responses to the Inclusion of Culturally Relevant Units in the Physical Education Curriculum
… of this study was to examine school students' perceptions of and responses to the inclusion of culturally relevant units in the physical education (PE) curriculum. Specifically, the study examined how less predisposed to be active (LPA) and more predisposed to be active (MPA) students perceived …
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'One of the boys?' : an ethnographic study of gender relations, co-education, and initial teacher education in physical education
… aimed to investigate the ways in which teacher education institutions constructed, confirmed or contested gender identities in secondary Physical Education (PE). The study centred on an indepth ethnographic study of two case study institutions, chosen to reflect the male and female history of PE …
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PE teachers’ and pupils’ perceptions of the delivery of health-related exercise in physical education
… health-related exercise (HRE) emerged within the Physical Education (PE) profession during the 1980s (Green, 2008). Subsequently, HRE has gained momentum within many UK schools and the position of health has increased within the National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE). The ambiguous …
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Uma maré de questões: função social dos professores oriundos do complexo da maré
… teachers committed to this transforming role, especially when coming from these places. Thus, it was proposed to investigate in the present research the intellectual function that Physical Education (PE) teachers from the Maré Complex (one of the most violent slums in the city of Rio de Janeiro) …
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An Examination of Motivation within Models Based Practices
… of motivation within models-based practices with physical education (PE). Data were collected through a mixed methods approach, including the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Met-Analyses (PRISMA) protocols for systematic reviews, the systematic observation instrument, The …
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