The first purpose of this study was to determine whether the physical education programs of Texas high schools met the recommended minimum requirements of the Texas Education Agency in the following areas: 1. Appraisal of fitness 2. Body mechanics 3. Conditioning exercises 4. Gymnastics 5. Weight training (modified for girls) 6. Rhythms 7. Minimum of two team sports 8. Minimum of two individual-dual activities 9. Track and field. The second purpose of this study was to determine whether the small high schools in Texas were meeting the recommended minimum requirements of the Texas Education Agency to the same degree as large Texas schools. The third purpose of this study was to determine whether the boys' physical education program in Texas high schools were meeting the recommended minimum requirements of the Texas Education Agency to the same degree as girls' programs.

The purpose of this study was (1) to determine the status of the physical education program of each state-supported college and university in Texas offering a bachelor's and master's degree in physical education for men and (2) to provide each individual institution with the necessary data for the purpose of self-evaluation.

The problem of this study was to determine the effects of (1) a conditioning program designed to develop cardiovascular-respiratory efficiency and (2) a conditioning program designed to develop strength and agility on the improvement of parameters of physical fitness as measured "by the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test, basal heart rate, and physical work capacity determined by a progressive work test on the bicycle ergometer.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University

Orientador: Gisele Maria Schwartz / Coorientadora: Silvia Deutsch / Banca: Antonio Carlos Bramante / Banca: Leonardo Madeira Pereira / Banca: Cinthia Lopes da Silva / Banca: Jaqueline Costa Castilho Moreira / Resumo: Este estudo, de natureza qualitativa, tem como objetivo desenvolver o PILAC - Programa de Intervenções Lúdicas no Âmbito Corporativo, investigando o interesse, satisfação e a aceitação dos participantes, em relação às atividades propostas. Para tanto, foram realizadas, uma pesquisa bibliográfica, a qual permitiu o levantamento da literatura pertinente à temática estudada e uma pesquisa descritiva, com base em estudos pilotos. Os estudos pilotos foram desenvolvidos por intermédio da aplicação do PILAC em empresas de pequeno e grande portes, das cidades de São Paulo-SP e Rio Claro-SP. Fizeram parte da amostra do estudo 47 participantes de ambos os gêneros, funcionários das empresas, escolhidas por conveniência. O PILAC foi desenvolvido por meio da aplicação de atividades lúdicas, visando à reflexão de potencialidades/forças e de problemas relacionados ao contexto do trabalho. Após o desenvolvimento dos jogos nos estudos pilotos, foram aplicados questionários, contendo questões abertas e fechadas, e escalas do tipo Likert. Os dados indicaram alto interesse, satisfação e aceitação dos participantes frente às intervenções lúdicas realizadas durante o programa oferecido. Com base nesses resultados, o programa alcançou os objetivos propostos e pode representar uma nova estratégia de ação para o âmbito corporativo e campo de atuação para o Profissional de Educação Física. Esses resultados poderão ampliar as reflexões sobre a atuação do Profissional de Educação Física em empresas, alé... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This qualitative study aims to develop a program called PILAC (Playful Intervention Program in the Corporative Field) and then analyze the participants' level of interest, satisfaction and acceptance regarding PILAC activities. A literature review was conducted, as well as descriptive research based on pilot studies. PILAC-based pilot studies were run in small- and large-sized companies in the cities of São Paulo and Rio Claro, both in the state of São Paulo. The study sample comprised 47 participants of both genders who worked for those companies; they were sampled by convenience. PILAC was developed using play-driven activities intended to make participants reflect on strengths and on work-related problems. On their last day of participation in the pilot studies, participants filled out questionnaires, which had open- and closed-ended questions; Likert-type scales were also used. The respondents' data showed a high level of interest, satisfaction, and acceptance of participants in the play-driven activities conducted during the program. These results indicate that the program reached its goals, so that could represent a new strategy to be used by the Physical Education Professional in the corporate setting. Therefore, these results may broden the reflections on expanding the role of Physical Education Professional in companies and may encourage play-driven activities for adults in the corporate field / Doutor

by Shiu Wing Yi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-77). / Text in English; abstracts and appendices in English and Chinese. / by Shiu Wing Yi. / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.ix / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- RATIONALE FOR FOCUSING ON TEACHING BEHAVIOR --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- STUDY OF MULTIPLE VARIABLES --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- PLANNING --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- INSTRUCTIONALBEHAVIOR --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- LIMITATIONS OF PREVIOUS STUDIES --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- LABORATORY SETTING --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- FOCUS ON PRESERVICE TEACHERS --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- STUDY OF STUDENT LEARNING --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4 --- PURPOSE OF STUDY --- p.7 / Chapter 1.5 --- DEFINITION OF TERMS --- p.7 / Chapter 1.6 --- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY --- p.8 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- REVIEW OF LITERATURES --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1 --- ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- GENERAL GHARACTERISTICS OF EFFETIVE TEACHING --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- TEACHERS' VIEWS OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING --- p.10 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- EFFECTIVE TEACHERS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- PLANNING --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- TEACHER THOUGHT PROCESS --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- MODEL OF TEACHER PLANNING --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- TEACHERS' INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- EFFECT OF PLANNING ON INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIOR --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3 --- INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS --- p.18 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- TEACHER FUNCTIONS IN TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS --- p.18 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIORS --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIORS --- p.20 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- QUALITATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIORS --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4 --- STUDENT LEARNING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION --- p.23 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- STUDENT LEARNING IS THE GOAL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION --- p.23 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- LEARNING PROCESS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- MEASURE OF STUDENT LEARNING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION --- p.26 / Chapter 2.5 --- EXPERIENCED VS NOVICE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS --- p.27 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- COMPARING EXPERIENCED AND NOVICE TEACHERS --- p.27 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- TEACHING STRATEGIES --- p.28 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- METHODOLOGY --- p.30 / Chapter 3.1 --- PARTICIPANTS --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2 --- EQUIPMENT --- p.30 / Chapter 3.3 --- RESEARCH DESIGN --- p.30 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- BASKETBALL SKILLS TEST --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3.1.1 --- OBSTACLE DRIBBLING TEST --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3.1.2 --- SPOT SHOOTING TEST --- p.32 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- COLLECTION OF PLANNING DECISION AND INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIOR --- p.32 / Chapter 3.3.2.1 --- PRIOR TO PLANNING --- p.32 / Chapter 3.3.2.2 --- PLANNING DECISIONS --- p.33 / Chapter 3.3.2.3 --- TEACHERS' QUALITATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL BEHAVIORS --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3 --- INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA COLLECTION --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- TEACHER PLANNING DECISION CODING SYSTEM --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- QUALITATIVE MEASURES OF TEACHING PERFORMANCE AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT --- p.36 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- PRETEST AND POSTTEST ON BASKETBALL SKILLS --- p.37 / Chapter 3.4 --- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS --- p.37 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- RESULTS --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1 --- PLANNING --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- TASK/ACTIVITY DECISIONS --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY DECISIONS --- p.38 / Chapter 4.2 --- QUALITATIVE MEASURES OF TEACHING PERFORMANCE SCALE --- p.39 / Chapter 4.3 --- ACHIEVEMENT DATA --- p.40 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- DISCUSSION --- p.42 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX --- CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION --- p.53 / TABLES --- p.58 / REFERENCES --- p.64 / APPENDICES --- p.78

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University

This study has five chapters, organized in the following manner: (1) Chapter I contains the introduction, statement of the problem, purposes of the study, hypotheses, and significance of the study; (2) Chapter II is a review of the literature; (3) Chapter III is a description of subjects and tests and the procedures for treating the data; (4) Chapter IV contains the statistical technique of the analysis and the findings related to the hypotheses; and, (5) Chapter V consists of the summary, conclusions, and recommendations. The purpose of this study was to determine performance levels in the areas of (1) agility, (2) endurance, (3) reaction time, and (4) strength at high (ninety degrees Fahrenheit) and ideal (sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit) environmental temperatures. On the basis of the findings it was concluded that (1) high temperature (ninety degrees Fahrenheit) causes human motor performance to deteriorate, and ideal temperature (sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit) causes human motor performance to be improved; (2) the three components which showed a significant difference required more muscular action than did the component (reaction time) which showed no significant difference; (3) the majority of previous findings agree with the present research in respect to agility and reaction time; and (4) results were evenly divided as to the effects of heat on endurance and strength, with present research adding credence to improved performance in ideal temperature.

The problem under consideration was an assessment of the effect of teaching physical education, through a health concepts approach, to first-semester male and female college freshmen in a metropolitan junior college. In order to further clarify the problem, the primary purposes were to determine the change in health knowledges, health habits, physical fitness, and attitude toward physical education. from the beginning to the ending of the course. A further purpose was to determine the relationships between the scores on the four instruments used in this study.

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