JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance articles from September 2003

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance archives from September 2003

Conferences & workshops.(Illinois Assocation for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance western district meeting; national physical education teachers; state standards workshops )(Calendar)
September 1, 2003... September 19, 2003. Western District Workshop, Macomb, IL. The western district of the Illinois AHPERD is holding this workshop at Brophy Hall on the campus of Western Illinois University. Sessions will include continuing professional...

Convention calendar--2003.(Brief Article)(Calendar)
September 1, 2003... Colorado--October 23-25 * Holiday Inn Denver International Airport, Denver * Contact: Shelly Raemer, (720) 348-2624 Florida--October 16-18 * Adams Mark Hotel, Jacksonville * Contact: Carol Sisco, (904) 797-7229 ...

Enjoyment as the link between leisure and physical activity.(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... I am a runner. I used to think that the label of runner was stretching my capabilities, but since I have run for over 25 years, I think I can claim this identity. Two years ago during a 10K road race, I passed a young woman around mile four. As...

Nonverbal peer pressure teaches adolescents to avoid risk.(Research Works)
September 1, 2003... The teaching of nonverbal communications, which would help build better social skills in adolescents, needs to be added to schools' health curriculum. In their article, Duryea, Herrera, and Parkes (2002) cite research that suggests that peer...

Preventing injuries, deaths, and liability associated with heat illness.(Law Review)
September 1, 2003... King v. University of Indianapolis, et al. U.S. District Court 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19070 October 3, 2002 Michael King, a 19-year-old sophomore football player at the University of Indianapolis, suffered a heat stroke during the first...

CDC surveys physical activity levels.(News)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that Americans are not very active)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Just how active are Americans? Not very, according to a study released on May 14 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Based on interviews conducted in 2000 with about 32,000 adults over the age of 18, the study found that...

Sports participation trends.(News)(results from Sports Participation in 2002, the latest edition of the National Sporting Goods Association's annual survey)
September 1, 2003... "Sports Participation in 2002," the latest edition of the National Sporting Goods Association's annual survey, holds good news for fitness advocates, as all of the surveyed fitness activities showed growth in 2002. Women predominated in four of...

Heat illness symptoms and treatments.(News)(Inter-Association Task Force on Exertional Heat Illnesses statement on recognizing and treating heat illness)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Heat illnesses can incapacitate and even kill seasoned athletes as well as casual exercisers (for an article on the subject, see the Aug. 2002 JOPERD). The Inter-Association Task Force on Exertional Heat Illnesses, consisting of experts from 18...

Inline skating's bad vibrations.(News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Recent research has revealed why inline skaters sometimes feel unbalanced or uncoordinated after skating, and it is not from what you might think (i.e., crashing into objects or falling on the pavement). Instead, the source is the vibration...

"Steps to a Healthier US".(News)(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services initiative)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Chronic diseases are becoming an increasingly serious problem in the United States, while the cost of healthcare continues to climb. In an attempt to impede both of these trends, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has developed...

"Further Clarification" on Title IX issued.(News)(Intercollegiate Athletics Policy aims for equal opportunities for female and male students)
September 1, 2003... The final chapter of the latest episode in the ongoing Title IX epic has now been written. And it has a happy ending for supporters of Title IX! As previously reported in this department (Oct. 2002, April 2003), the Commission on Opportunities...

How can the quality of physical education programs be kept high in the face of budget cuts?(Issues)
September 1, 2003... What are the components of a quality physical education program, and what are their respective costs? As table 1 shows, five of the seven components cost nothing. If the costs are high for the other two components, what alternatives exist? ...

Mabel Locke, 1907-2003.(In Memoriam)(Obituary)
September 1, 2003... A prominent leader in physical education and an early advocate for gender equity in pay within the AAHPER (now AAHPERD) national office, Mabel Locke died on July 11, 2003, at the age of 95 in Carmel, California. She served as AAHPER president...

A service-learning approach to wilderness education.(Wilderness Education)
September 1, 2003... The following three articles constitute the second part of a three-part feature on wilderness education. In the August issue, after air introduction by feature editor Joel F. Meier, Daniel L. Dustin discussed the importance of educating people...

Wilderness, hope, and renewal: programs that include persons with disabilities.(Wilderness Education)(Wilderness Inquiry)
September 1, 2003... As Mike Passo lay in a hospital bed in Marshfield, Wisconsin in June of 1991, he thought to himself, "Well, now what?" A few days earlier Mike had been mountain biking in Chequamegon National Forest, when he went over the ridge of a hill,...

A toolkit for gender-inclusive wilderness leadership.(Wilderness Education)
September 1, 2003... In the early days of outdoor experiential programs, it was usually assumed that males and females experienced and interpreted wilderness-based outdoor experiential activities similarly. Since then, researchers and practitioners have learned...

Using pedometers to promote physical activity in physical education.
September 1, 2003... Physical activity is a major health issue and is one of ten Leading Health Indicators (LHIs) identified by Healthy People 2010 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2000). In a recent review, Booth and Chakravarthy (2002)...

Choosing a racket for striking tasks in elementary school.
September 1, 2003... One of the more difficult responsibilities in teaching physical education in elementary school is to choose, order, and maintain equipment for the many, diverse tasks in the curriculum. Physical educators are expected to he experts at...

Devising a safe and successful physical education program for children with a brain injury.
September 1, 2003... Brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability among children and young adults in industrialized countries (Ylvisaker & Feeney, 1999), and every year an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people in the United States sustain a brain injury...

Creating an authentic dance class using sport education.
September 1, 2003... Sports are an important part of the American culture. Persons who participate in or attend sporting events spend billions of dollars annually (Leonard, 1984). Unfortunately, most of the negative elements that are associated with sport also...