Students in fitness and wellness classes who understand how to implement intellectual thought processes will be better prepared to make good decisions regarding their own fitness and wellness. Teachers are encouraged to teach students to recognize when they are employing intellectual thought processes or whether they are using psychological…

This article contains specific planning, partnering, and performing techniques for fully integrating dancers with special needs into a dance pedagogy program. Each aspect is discussed within the context of the domains of learning. Fundamental partnering strategies are related to each domain as part of the integration process. The authors recommend…

Today's "Net Generation" is used to instant access to information that is wireless and mobile. There is so much information that students can access on their own that class time can be saved for things technology cannot teach, such as personal interactions, dance etiquette, and partnering. Technology should not be a substitute for personal and…

Describes the work one teacher educator does with preservice physical educators and with other educators as part of literacy initiatives, examining accepted theories of the reading process and how physical educators can reinforce them in their work. The paper highlights five levels for integrating motor learning and reading process theories:…

Discusses how to use movement to reinforce literacy in children with hearing impairments, describing: characteristics of children with hearing impairments; methods of including them in physical education; the problem of phonetic awareness among pre-literate children; integration of abstract symbols and sign language; and integration of reading…