Certain common demographic, social, economic, and political forces at play across Canada in the 1980s have had an impact on interschool sport programs in most provinces. (IAH)

Three major trends in the development of high school sports are identified: high school sports as entertainment, feeder system for colleges, and the movement toward specialization. The purpose and role of intercollegiate athletics, scandals and reform in big-time college sports, participation trends, and college coaches are also discussed. (IAH)

Adults (N=142) who engaged in a 12-week moderate exercise program requiring the maintenance of training state exercise heart rates for a minimum of 20 minutes, 3 times a week, experienced an improvement in cardiovascular functioning regardless of age and/or sex. (Author/IAH)

Teachers can improve their teaching if their knowledge base about teaching increases. Eight research-based areas, relevant to effective teaching, are discussed: goals and objectives, planning, lesson presentation, student engagement, management, student activity, feedback, and teacher assessment. (IAH)

This article describes three approaches to teaching: scientific, artistic, and sociopolitical. A unified plan for teacher education, a cooperative model that includes aspects of the three approaches, is presented. (IAH)

Topics discussed in this feature include the importance of measurement and evaluation (M&E) in physical education, the gap between theory and practice in physical education M&E, accountability, grading and testing, M&E curricula in professional physical education preparation programs, and practical guidelines for constructing assessment…

This feature discusses the diminishing number of female administrators, coaches, and officials involved in girls' and women's sports, the reasons for this decline, and strategies to increase the number of women in athletic leadership positions. (IAH)

This article defines deep ecology and contrasts this philosophy for thinking and living with the views of traditional and liberal environmentalists. The article also explores areas of compatibility and incompatibility between deep ecology and outdoor recreation/education. (IAH)

This article describes a successful collaborative teacher preparation effort between a suburban school district and the neighboring state university. This partnership supplies elementary physical education teachers who are familiar with the curriculum and instructional techniques of the school district. General guidelines on how to create a…

Findings are reported from a study based upon 256 responses to a questionnaire on professional ethics, with primary focus on the topic of intellectual property. (Author/IAH)

Findings are presented from a survey that examines the need for, and marketability of, a dual master's degree program in business and sports management. A sample dual degree program curriculum is proposed, as are guidelines for implementing the program. (IAH)

Being physically educated means one has the tools--the abilities, knowledge, experiences, and awareness--to find meaning in movement, thereby enlarging oneself and one's world. Teachers should not teach fitness, skills, rules, or strategies for their intrinsic value. Instead, teachers should teach movement in all its varied forms. (IAH)

This article identifies five elements which are incorporated into the developmental sequence that occurs when a job role progresses from occupation to profession. A self-assessment form is presented to enable each HPERD (health, physical education, recreation, dance) field to assess its progress toward becoming a profession. (IAH)

Standard-setting practices in states using the National Teachers Examination (NTE) were examined. Passing score-setting procedures, recommended study scores, passing scores established by the states, and the implications of the passing scores were studied. States have typically adopted standards lower than cut scores recommended by advisory…

Explicates the concept of praxis in Marx's dialectical analysis of capitalism and relates it to radical education: issues of access to educational opportunities, the challenge to the status quo through curriculum change, the role of the intellectual, and the relationship between knowledge and action. (SK)