Prevalence of physical inactivity in children and adolescents and the associated epidemic of obesity are increasing concerns. U.S. national health statistics indicate early adolescence (i.e., 10-14 years) appears to be a period of importance regarding physical activity, sedentary behavior, health-related physical fitness, and obesity trends. Considering a significant portion of their waking hours are spent in school, it is widely held that schools' should play a significant role in increasing students' physical activity and health-related physical fitness. To do this, physical education in schools focus on providing quality physical education programs that produce physically literate individuals who have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to enjoy a lifetime of health-producing physical activity. In effect, a call for developing a comprehensive and valid measure of physical literacy has been aptly expressed. Thus, the purpose of this dissertation was to test the psychometric properties of proposed models of physical literacy, examine correlates of the physical literacy factor, and investigate the significance of the relationship between physical literacy and interscholastic sport intention via structural equation modeling. Participants were 400 (231 female, 169 male) sixth-grade physical education students who completed three brief surveys assessing maturation, self-efficacy, self-esteem, knowledge and understanding, motivation, physical activity and sport participation, and interscholastic sport intention. In addition, students completed a sedentary behavior log, a health-related physical fitness assessment, and an overhand throwing skill assessment. Analyses offered overall support for the proposed physical literacy measurement models. Results also supported positive relationship Physical literacy was statistically significantly positively related physical activity and sport team participation, and significantly negatively related and screen-time sedentary behavior. Results also supported a positive path between physical literacy and interscholastic sport intention. The implications of promoting physical literacy within physical education are discussed in light of the three higher-order underlying factors of physical literacy.

This thesis examines the equality of physical education, health, and recreation for middle school boys in Amarillo, Texas. Data gathered at three schools in the city informed the author's conclusions.

The problem of this study was to make a comparative analysis of the methods and factors employed in grading students in physical education, typing, and English in fifty Class "A" high schools of Texas for the school year of 1949-59. This analysis was of two pars. One phase gave consideration to various methods used in grading pupils. The other considered factors that go to make the whole of student grades and the percentage attached to each factor. The two phases were so interrelated that it was felt that this study would not be complete without the inclusion of both.

The purpose of this study is an attempt to briefly set up a plan of organization and to suggest a flexible program of activities designed to meet the needs of many of the smaller schools of our state in arranging a practical correlated health, physical, and safety education program for high school boys.

This project was designed to examine the research regarding single-sex and coeducational physical education environments in middle and high school levels. It is intended to help secondary educators and administrators to reevalute their physical education programs with regard to achieving the optimal environment for both genders.

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University of Macau / Faculty of Education

[Truncated abstract] Many primary schools in Western Australia do not employ a specialist physical education (PE) teacher, leaving the teaching of this subject to the class teacher. There are concerns that some of these teachers lack the skills, confidence or knowledge to successfully implement a developmentally appropriate PE programme. A potential solution to this problem involves utilising an externally provided physical activity programme (EPPAP). Before considering this option, it is important to ensure these programmes adequately meet the needs of students, teachers and the educational curriculum. Outcomes for one such EPPAP were evaluated and compared against the outcomes attained in regular primary school PE classes. These outcomes were then compared to the Health and Physical Education (HPE) learning area outcomes (LAO) within Outcomes Based Education (OBE) of the Western Australian Curriculum Framework (CF). Approximately 460 primary school students in the Peel Region of WA participated in the EPPAP and subsequent research in 2004. In addition, approximately 135 students from the same area were invited to participate as controls. All students completed self-report questionnaires pre and post-participation in the EPPAP. ... Although not originally promoted as a programme to replace PE, the EPPAP is delivered within curriculum time with some schools intending to replace their traditional PE programme with the EPPAP. Therefore, reference to the CF is warranted. There were few opportunities to develop `skills for physical activity? (SPA) transferable to the sporting context and explicit teaching points were not consistently provided, or reinforced through teacher feedback. Activities in the lessons were generally delivered uniformly to all participants across Year 4-7 with no developmental theme, negating the opportunity for differentiation, progression or extension. In summary, the main objectives of the EPPAP was to provide students with a range of fun activities and games that were inclusive and encouraged participation. These objectives were fulfilled in this two-term evaluation. The disadvantages of the programme were it?s uniform delivery across all year groups, lack of developmental progression in both skills and games and a teacher centred approach that did not allow for student differentiation. The programme delivery and content was most suited to the students within Years K-3.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-08-20T17:09:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-03-02. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-08-20T17:26:03Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000841599.pdf: 1020021 bytes, checksum: 00d5c6eb08d2c20ace4f90f9a2c20af2 (MD5) / Considerando que os aparelhos celulares se fazem cada vez mais presentes entre os jovens, e que estes dispositivos apresentam diversos recursos que podem ser interessantes numa perspectiva educacional, o objetivo do presente estudo foi investigar as possibilidades pedagógicas dos usos dos celulares nas aulas de Educação Física, no conteúdo de dança proposto pelo currículo do Estado de São Paulo, mais especificamente, o Hip Hop e Street dance, contemplados no nono ano do Ensino Fundamental. Para isso, o método da pesquisa consistiu em três etapas distintas e complementares: 1- Diagnóstico da temática do estudo realizado por meio uma análise documental, observação participante e entrevistas com professores, alunos e coordenadores pedagógicos de duas escolas, sendo uma pública e outra privada; 2- Implementação de aulas, pelo próprio pesquisador, aproximando os recursos do celular do conteúdo referido; 3- Avaliação das aulas ministradas, a partir de entrevistas com professores e alunos, levantando as principais impressões, possibilidades e limitações da proposta implementada. A análise dos dados ocorreu por meio de uma categorização temática, a qual culminou em quatro categorias de análise, sendo elas: TIC, diagnóstico e realidades; Possibilidades e contribuições do celular nas aulas de Educação Física; Inovações nas aulas de Educação Física e Dificuldades. Na primeira categoria, pôde-se evidenciar uma grande diferença, entre o ensino público e o privado, em relação ao acesso e uso das TIC no ambiente escolar. Verificou-se, também, que a utilização do celular se faz presente no cotidiano dos atores escolares. Em relação às possibilidades pedagógicas, o celular se mostrou como uma ferramenta versátil para o desenvolvimento das aulas, dessa forma possibilitou a exploração como fonte de pesquisa imediata, registro de imagens e situações pedagógicas, bem como interatividade, a partir de... / Whereas cell phones are made increasingly present among young people, and that these devices have several features that may be interesting an educational perspective, the objective of this study was to investigate the pedagogical possibilities of mobile uses in Physical Education, the dance curriculum content offered by the State of São Paulo, more specifically, the Hip Hop and Street Dance, contemplated in the ninth year of elementary school. For this, the research method consisted of three distinct and complementary stages: 1- Study the issue of diagnosis performed through documentary analysis, participant observation and interviews with teachers, students and coordinators of two schools, one public and one private ; 2- Implementation classes, by the researcher, bringing the resources of the cell of said content; 3- Evaluation of classes taught, from interviews with teachers and students, raising the main impressions, possibilities and limitations of the proposal implemented. Data analysis was carried out through a thematic categorization, which culminated in four categories of analysis, namely: ICT, diagnosis and realities; Possibilities and cellular contributions in Physical Education; Innovations in Physical Education and difficulties. In the first category, we could show a marked difference between public education and private, in relation to access to and use of ICT in the school environment. It was found also that the use of cell is present in the routine of school actors. With regard to the pedagogical possibilities, the cell proved to be a versatile tool for the development of the classes thus enabled the exploitation as a source of immediate search, image registration and pedagogical situations and interactivity, from a virtual group. In addition, both dance as a content of the classes, as the cell were considered innovations in Physical Education. In the case of difficulties, there was a resistance on the part of schools....

Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-13T14:50:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-03-24Bitstream added on 2014-08-13T18:00:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000763935.pdf: 1115705 bytes, checksum: de5ad07c1b1385e2e12ed207c136291c (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A Educação Física com caráter renovador visa proporcionar aprendizagens sobre aspectos relacionados ao corpo e ao movimento que contenham significados na vida cotidiana dos alunos. Para isso, o ensino deve ser contextualizado estabelecendo-se, assim, o diálogo aluno-professor no processo de ensinoaprendizagem. As Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TIC) dominam o cotidiano dos jovens e sua inserção no ambiente escolar objetiva proporcionar aos futuros cidadãos a aprendizagem e a ressignificação dos conhecimentos presentes em seu conteúdo. Uma das tecnologias que mais cresce em venda são os jogos digitais e estudos apontam um enorme potencial educativo quando bem articulados com o conteúdo escolar. Na busca de estratégias para auxiliar os professores na escolha e na diversificação das metodologias de ensino e para aproximar os conhecimentos da cultura corporal com a vida dos alunos, o objetivo deste estudo foi construir, implementar e avaliar de modo colaborativo com um professor de Educação Física escolar possibilidades de utilização dos jogos digitais como apoio pedagógico para o ensino dos conteúdos do Currículo do Estado de São Paulo para o 9º ano do Ensino Fundamental. Foram elaborados quatro planos de aulas com a inserção de jogos digitais para o ensino dos temas: Capoeira, Jogo e Esporte, Beisebol e Futebol de campo. Além de uma aula para refletir sobre a influência dessa tecnologia na vida dos alunos. As aulas foram registradas em um diário de campo e, para finalizar o trabalho e conhecer as impressões do professor e dos alunos participantes desta pesquisa, foi realizada uma entrevista semiestruturada. Nos resultados deste estudo foram apresentadas as aulas construídas e análise da aplicação da mesma a partir do diário de campo e das entrevistas. Na análise, os dados foram agrupadas em duas grandes categorias referentes ao uso dos jogos digitais nas aulas de Educação Física: contribuições... / Physical Education with character renewing aims to provide learning on aspects related to the body and movement containing meanings in everyday life of the student. For this, education should be contextualized establishing, thus the student-teacher dialogue in the process of teaching and learning. The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) dominate the daily lives of young people and their integration into the school environment aims to provide prospective citizens learning and resignification of knowledge present in your content. The digital games are an technologies that fastest growing sale and studies indicate tremendous educational potential when well articulated with the school content. In search of strategies to assist teachers in selecting and diversifying teaching methods and to bring the knowledge of body culture with the life of students, the aim of this study was to construct, implement and evaluate collaboratively with a teacher of Physical Education possibilities of using digital games as pedagogical support for teaching the content of the curriculum of the State of São Paulo for the 9th year of elementary school. Four lesson plans were developed with the inclusion of digital games to teach: Capoeira, Game and Sports, Baseball and Soccer. Besides a lesson to reflect on the influence of this technology in the lives of students. The classes were registered in the a diary and to complete the work and to know the impressions of the teacher and students participating in this study a semi-structured interview was conducted. The results of this study show the constructed lesson and analysis of the application of the same from the field diary and interviews. Data analysis were grouped into two broad categories related to the use of digital games in physical education classes: Contributions / possibilities and difficulties. As contributions/possibilities found that digital games helped the teaching of content in three...