JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance articles from September 2004

JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance archives from September 2004

Grateful despite disagreement.(Baumgarten Debate Continues)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2004... Thank you for including the recent letters starting with Sam Baumgarten's "Questionable Practices in Physical Education." The responses in the August JOPERD are exactly the kind of debate we need to get past the issues of old and progress into...

How a curriculum improves.(Baumgarten Debate Continues)
September 1, 2004... Congratulations to Professor Baumgarten for kicking the debate on appropriate physical education practices up a notch. We should continuously examine and question what we do for our students and for our society. High-stakes testing is...

Convention calendar--2004.(Calendar)
September 1, 2004... Alabama -- November 16-18 * Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham * Contact: Donna Hester, (205) 934-8336 Colorado -- October 21-23 * Holiday Inn Denver International Airport, Denver * Contact: MaryLou Nemione-Miller, (303) 982-5969...

Conferences and workshops.(Calendar)
September 1, 2004... September 16, 2004. AAHPERD Midwest District Student Research Symposium, Angola, IN. The Midwest District of AAHPERD will hold its second Student Research Symposium in conjunction with the Midwest Fall Leadership Conference at Pokagon State...

Pill could help obesity and smoking.(News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Researchers may have found a way to curb the nearly 835,000 deaths that occur every year in America as a result of two very preventable causes: smoking and obesity. An experimental drug, rimonabant, has been found to help smokers quit smoking,...

Nickelodeon launches new grants program.(News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Nickelodeon recently announced its first call for entries for the new "Let's Just Play" grants program, an extension of their "Let's Just Play" campaign, which celebrates active, healthy lifestyles for children. The grants program offers...

Outdoor activities improve mental and physical health.(News)
September 1, 2004... Americans who participate in at least one outdoor activity on a regular basis reap mental and physical health benefits, according to a recent national study released by Outdoor Industry Foundation. The study, conducted by Harris Interactive,...

How Americans spend their time outdoors.(News)
September 1, 2004... Outdoor enthusiasts might be pleased with results of the recently completed 1999-2002 National Survey on Recreation and the Environment (NSRE), which provides a comprehensive view of how Americans spend their time outdoors. According to the...

Sports participation trends.(News)
September 1, 2004... The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) has released its latest annual sports participation survey, showing changes in participation duing 2003 across the country. Exercise walking, despite a three percent decline from 2002,...

Benefits of high school athletic participation.(Research Works)
September 1, 2004... Athletic participation is strongly promoted in high schools across the nation. Physical educators and parents encourage students to be involved in different types of athletic programs. But when physical educators, coaches, and administrators...

Should physical education classes do more to increase physical flexibility in children, and if so, how?(Issues)
September 1, 2004... It would be truly wonderful if, in the national gymnasiums, we created a 21st generation of children with magical movement fluency. Undoubtedly, it is educationally euphoric to watch a latter-day Fred Astaire--as if levers and joints were more...

January question.(Issues)
September 1, 2004... Has the decline of intramural sports contributed to the youth obesity epidemic? Respond briefly* and send your response by November 1 to JOPERD, Issues, 1900 Association Dr., Reston, VA 20191, or e-mail: joperd@aahperd.org *Preferred...

Products liability.(Law Review)
September 1, 2004... Sanchez v. Hillerich & Bradsby Co. The Court of Appeal, Second District, California 128 Cal. Rptr. 2d. 529 Decided December, 19, 2002 On April 2, 1999, Andrew Sanchez, a baseball player for California State...

Harry Potter inspires a new sport.(Teaching Tips)
September 1, 2004... In July 2000, a Harry Potter camp was held at the University of Windsor Faculty of Education to reenact and celebrate J. K. Rowling's novel Harry Potter. As a result of this camp, a new sport was invented--Quidditch--which soon took hold in...

Biomechanical concepts for the physical educator: teaching biomechanical concepts in physical education is easier than it seems, and it provides an ideal basis for collaboration with science teachers.(Concepts and Principles of Physical Education--Part 2)
September 1, 2004... The following four articles conclude this two-part feature. In the August issue, after an introduction by feature editor Bonnie Mohnsen, Jennie A. Gilbert discussed the teaching of concepts and principles of exercise physiology. This was...

Using social psychological concepts to help students: because physical activity can improve a person's mental health, psychological concepts deserve attention from physical educators.(Concepts and Principles of Physical Education--Part 2)
September 1, 2004... Physical educators share concern over their students' emotional and physical well-being. Such concern has grown as the levels of physical inactivity and obesity among youths have increased. In 1996, the Surgeon General's report (U.S. Department...

Aesthetics in action: aesthetic considerations usually get little attention in physical education. Yet beautiful action--as in a double play--often inspires our admiration of sport.(Concepts and Principles of Physical Education--Part 2)
September 1, 2004... This article applies the principles and concepts of the aesthetics of movement, as set forth in Alter (2003), to actual physical education teaching situations. It does so by discussing the author's one-day observations of several middle school...

Why teach physical education history? "Don't know much about history," says the old pop song, and that might be an understatement when it comes to physical education history. But help is at hand.(Concepts and Principles of Physical Education--Part 2)
September 1, 2004... The physical education discipline has had a long development, incorporating concepts learned and appreciated from ancient and modern Olympics, exercise and training, physical activity and sport, and the history of physical education itself....

Project-based learning: a student-centered approach to integrating technology into physical education teacher education; Knowing how to use digital technology in teaching is not the same as using it. Here is a program that bridges the gap between theory and practice.
September 1, 2004... The congressional Office of Technology Assessment has reported that helping teachers "effectively in corporate technology into the teaching and learning process is one of the most important steps the nation can take to make the most of past and...

Feedback in the dance studio: knowing the functions, forms, and types of feedback better equips teachers to help students achieve success, whether in the dance studio or on the football field.
September 1, 2004... Dance teachers often wonder how best to enable students to improve physically and cognitively and to develop critical thinking skills in dance. Feedback is essential to improvement, and dance teachers can learn to use the power of feedback to...

Childhood obesity problems and solutions: food choices and physical activity, at school and at home, underlie the childhood-obesity problem. What role can schools play in finding a solution?
September 1, 2004... Both the school environment and the family environment are responsible for the rising incidence of childhood obesity. For nine to ten months of the year, children attend school five out of every seven days, for six to eight hours per day. The...

Obtaining, maintaining, and advancing your fitness certification: certification lends credibility to a fitness professional, but what does it require and how does one choose among 50 organizations offering 400 certifications?
September 1, 2004... Public awareness of health, fitness, and exercise has increased and the fitness industry has expanded in recent years. Yet, ironically, the health of our nation continues to deteriorate. According to the 1996 Surgeon General's report, 60...