The introduction to this curriculum guide for junior-senior high school level physical education programs describes the rationale and philosophy of the programs, their goals, and expected learner outcomes. Planning, teaching, and evaluating the programs is discussed as well as administrative details such as maintaining facilities and equipment,…

This physical education and health education curriculum guide, specializing in the healthy heart, is designed for use by both classroom teachers and physical education teachers. Part 1 outlines a physical education curriculum for children in the first grade. Included are a variety of physical education program activities which focus on improving…

A growing number of schools and institutions in North America have begun offering training in high risk activities such as high element rope courses, rock climbing, white water kayaking and canoeing, and scuba diving in conjunction with their regular physical education activity programs. High risk activities are those activities which occur in or…

This paper addresses issues regarding the hyperactive child, the impulsive child, and the low frustration tolerance child. It points out the subjectivity involved in identifying children as hyperactive, and outlines various forms of hyperactivity: the child who is in constant movement, the child who manages control in school but exhibits whirlwind…

The manual provides guidelines and suggestions for integrating physically disabled students into physical education classes. An introductory section reviews the process of and rationale for integration. A section on students with special needs emphasizes that although physically disabled students may differ in some ways, they have the same needs…

This handbook is a compendium of activities for developing physical fitness in children. The text is divided into five sections: (1) children and physical activity; (2) implementing physical fitness programs in school; (3) fitness for special populations; (4) teaching fitness for a lifetime; and (5) fitness activities and routines. These five…

Research has shown sex differences in performance favoring males are likely to be reported on cognitive tasks requiring spatial skills. It has also been suggested that the reason why individuals who describe themselves as masculine also tend to do well on spatial tasks may be a function of activity preference. To examine the relationship among…

At the Crissey Elementary School (Ohio), project intervention activities by Teacher Corps interns focused on student playground-related behaviors and activities. Primary responsibility for identified kinds of activities was assigned to the interns: (1) playground program; (2) community involvement; (3) special events; and (4) classroom activities.…

Before discussing the development of skills for playing elementary school physical education games, this document lists basic assumptions about children, movement education, games, and elementary school physical education. Four basic concepts, which are common to all team games, are identified: (1) use of personal and moving space and finding…

An analysis is presented of data on participation in leisure time and physical activities by such groups as the general population, employees, and students. Studies were made of community sponsored programs, employee fitness programs, and student physical activities. Leisure time physical activity findings are described within the categories of:…

An Ames, Iowa elementary school program of foreign language instruction adapted instructional approaches geared to older students to the needs of elementary school children by examining children's stages of development and the effects of these stages on the students' ways of thinking and acting. This examination of child development yielded…

This report presents information about the health status of older workers as it relates to extended work lives. The report contains unpublished data on the health status of civilian, noninstitutionalized middle-aged and older adults; the data are disaggregated so that narrow age differences within the older population can be observed and are…

The author presents perceptions of the world of sport and physical education gained during a study-tour of the Soviet Union in 1977. This broad overview of individual and governmental involvement in physical activities includes the following--a survey of physical education and public participation in sport in tsarist Russia, governmental policy…

This book is written for physical educators and others interested in the performance of the human body in motion. It is divided into four major catagories: (1) The discipline of human movement and its applications; (2) human beings and function through movement; (3) human movement; applied; and (4) human movement: generative and integrated. Six…

The resource guide provides information on challenging and adventurous physical activities for handicapped persons. References for printed materials, audiovisual materials, and special equipment or assistive devices are listed for aquatics, winter activities, and outdoor activities (bicycling, fishing, hiking and nature trails, horseback riding,…