JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance articles from August 2008

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance archives from August 2008

Money for the asking: writing small grants for physical education.(Editorial)
August 1, 2008... It is abundantly clear that public school budgets will decrease in the near future due to the current state of the nation's economy. For many physical education teachers, this means that their budgets too will shrink, affecting their...

New editors named.(News)
August 1, 2008... At its meeting in Fort Worth last April, the JOPERD Editorial Board chose Ferman Konukman and Suzan F. Ayers to be the new editors of the Teaching Tips and Research Works departments respectively. Submissions to those departments should be sent...

Children's activity decline is quantified.(News)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Researchers using data from a National Institutes of Health study have quantified, as never before, children's significant decline in physical activity (Journal of the American Medical Association, July 16). Analyzing data from 1,032 children...

Congress and obesity.(News)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... Obesity threatens the health and economic security of the entire United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about two-thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, and nearly one-third of children are...

Bone and joint health for life.(News)(U.S. Bone and Joint Decade)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... The U.S. Bone and Joint Decade, whose purpose is to improve prevention of bone and joint disorders, is offering a variety of free, interactive lecture programs that promote bone and joint health among school-age children and adults. "Protect...

New facility-certification program.(News)(Medical Fitness Association )(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... The Medical Fitness Association (MFA), a professional membership association, recently launched the first facility-certification program for health and fitness centers, which will evaluate their programs and services based on MFA standards and...

Lack of sleep increases infants' risk for overweight.(News)(Brief article)
August 1, 2008... The connection between lack of sleep and weight gain (JOPERD, May/June 2005, p. 5; and Jan. 2007, pp. 3-4) apparently extends to infants according to a recent study published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine (April, 2008). The...

Convention Calendar--2008.(Brief article)(Calendar)
August 1, 2008... Colorado--October 16-18 * Keystone * Contact: Randy Erickson, randy@coahperd.org, (303) 455-4300 Florida--October 2-4 * Caribe Royale Resort and Conference Center, Orlando * Contact: Karen J. Dowd, fahperd@comcast.net,...

The fortune cookie.(Viewpoint)(Finishing the task of building equity and good educational programs)(Viewpoint essay)
August 1, 2008... As I was finishing up a yummy meal at a local Chinese restaurant (wondering why I had not saved a few calories by leaving a little on my plate), a fortune cookie beckoned to me. I cracked open the cookie, stuffed a piece of it in my mouth for a...

Higher batting averages or safety?(Law Review)
August 1, 2008... Deaths and serious injuries related to the use of non-wood bats have been an issue in recent years. On April 2, 1999, Andrew Sanchez, a pitcher for California State University, Northridge, was struck by a line drive off an aluminum bat and...

Physical activity, obesity, and the academic achievement gap in minority children.(Research Works)(Report)
August 1, 2008... What Was the Question? Two of the most serious issues faced by society today are the obesity epidemic affecting youths and the academic achievement gap that exists between African American and Hispanic students compared to white and Asian...

Should apprenticeship be embraced as a viable alternative route to becoming a physical education teacher?(Issues)
August 1, 2008... I do not support apprenticeship and alternative certification for health and physical education teachers. The teacher education process allows students to learn, master, and apply health and physical education content, pedagogy, and practical...

New Books.(Bibliography)
August 1, 2008... The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Reid Norman, Mimi Zumwalt (Eds.) Humana, cloth, 457 pp., $99.50 Dance a While: A Handbook for Folk, Square, Contra, and Social Dance (10th ed.) ...

Setting the stage for lifetime physical activity in early childhood.
August 1, 2008... The prevalence of overweight in children and adolescents in the United States has tripled since 1980 (Ogden, Flegal, Carroll, & Johnson, 2002). With the risks of obesity and related chronic diseases occurring much earlier in life, reaching the...

A player-centered approach to coaching: unless your players are robots, they need to develop their decision-making skills during game play.(Report)
August 1, 2008... Developing game-playing skills is central to effective sport performance. During game play, the player is ultimately responsible for discovering and assessing game needs, solving problems, and responding with appropriate decisions and skills....

Let's play three on three! Large-sided games often turn into small-sided games with everyone else standing around. So why not start small?(Report)
August 1, 2008... Coaches and physical educators would likely agree that practicing a skill leads to a greater development of that skill. Darst and Pangrazi (2001) reinforce this idea by suggesting that without practice activities, participants will demonstrate...

Walking to school: taking research to practice: new research about why kids don't walk to school yields strategies for increasing their number.(Report)
August 1, 2008... Although walking to and from school, up hill both ways, was once the norm among school children in the United States, children's and parents' perceptions are different today. Biking and walking to and from school are no longer considered normal...

Social stories for students with autism in physical education: this new technique has proven highly effective for teaching students with autism.
August 1, 2008... Social story interventions are commonly used to promote appropriate behavioral responses in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; Gray, 2004). This type of intervention is often used in general education contexts, but recently it has...

Curriculum alignment of K-12 physical education and kinesiology-Part 1: does the kinesiology curriculum in higher education adequately prepare physical educators to teach the k-12 curriculum?
August 1, 2008... Introduction Who are we? What should our profession be called? What should our content be at the K-12, collegiate, and physical education teacher education levels? These are but a few of the questions that many have asked, are asking, and...

Physical activity promotion a responsibility for both K-12 physical education and kinesiology: overcoming "disciplinary and professional disconnects" will help the physical education profession promote lifelong physical activity and health.
August 1, 2008... Physical education is a physical activity profession, and in the mid-20th century it was criticized for not being based on well-founded disciplinary studies (Conant, 1956). As a result, a movement to develop a more "scientific" disciplinary...

Focus and folk knowledge: misfocus, not misalignment, is the problem.(Essay)
August 1, 2008... In this article we argue that content misalignment is not a central problem in the preparation of future physical education teachers. The courses taught in most college curricula are generally relevant for professionals who will be teaching...