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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Banks, Aaron; Reimann, Bonnie – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2007
Feeling trapped within your daily teaching routine? Are the same curricular activities getting you down, or worse yet ... your students? Perhaps you and your students are craving an injection of new and fun fitness activities designed for the secondary level. The development of health-related fitness has long been associated with primary…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Needs, Physical Fitness, Secondary Education
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Oh, Hyun-Ju; Hannon, James C.; Banks, Aaron – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2006
Taekwondo is an excellent lifetime physical activity that provides both physical and mental benefits to its participants. The color belt system may be creatively used in physical education to encourage improvement in all learning domains. This article provides information on incorporating the color belt system into physical education, and provides…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Teaching Methods
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Banks, Aaron; Reed, Julian – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2004
This article offers readers ideas for using mass media to enhance their physical education program. Generally, media is the term used to define the way in communicating with a large number of people. Technically, media is divided into two categories: print and film (electronic). Print (journals, newspapers, books, etc.) is "put to paper" to create…
Descriptors: Mass Media Use, Educational Technology, Physical Education, Teaching Methods
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Reed, Julian; Banks, Aaron; Brathwaite, Rock – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2004
Participating in some form of a warm-up prior to engaging in physical activity is considered an acceptable and valid practice. Nonetheless, the topic has been debated among those in the sport and physical education field for a number of years. Some professionals believe warm-up is essential to physical activity, while others believe warm-up is not…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teaching Methods, Athletics