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Kim, Mijoo – Quest, 2022
There is a lack of research on girls' physical activity (PA) in secondary schools in East Asian contexts, and in South Korea in particular, where the PA rates of adolescents are considerably low, especially for females. The purpose of this study was to investigate South Korean physical education (PE) teachers' and female secondary school students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Females, Physical Activity Level
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Lund, Jacalyn – Quest, 2010
This article presents the author's forty-fourth Amy Morris Homans commemorative lecture. In the lecture, the author offers her thoughts about the future of physical education profession and the role that this organization plays in moving educators from good to great. The conference theme draws from a book called "Good to Great" that examined why…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Organizations (Groups), Teacher Competencies
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Tannehill, Deborah – Quest, 2005
Being asked to give the 39th Amy Morris Homans Commemorative Lecture at NAKPEHE is a tremendous honor. While certainly aware of Miss Homans' legacy related to the promotion of women, physical education, and the training of teachers, I admit it has been many years since revisiting details of her life and her work. In order to prepare my comments…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Physical Education, Lecture Method, Teacher Educators
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Smeal, Georgia; And Others – Quest, 1994
Information from feminist physical educators helps examine relationships between theoretical debates in feminism and feminist practice in secondary schools. The article discusses debates over equality, how theoretical struggles between feminists are handled in sport and physical education, and how calls for equality are understood as calls for…
Descriptors: Athletics, Equal Education, Females, Feminism
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Chepyator-Thomson, Jepkorir Rose; King, Susan Elizabeth – Quest, 1996
The current scholarship model in higher education was conceived, produced, and reproduced in the image of the dominant culture. Within this model, minority group members receive less recognition, sponsorship, favorable evaluation, and positive commentary on scholarship. The paper discusses considerations for a more inclusive scholarship in higher…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, Educational Environment, Females
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Kovar, Susan K. – Quest, 2004
In this article, the author discusses the importance of physical education teachers' link to their past and to their sense of connection with their professional family, National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (NAPEHE). She relates how she traces her physical lineage directly back to Amy Morris Homans through her…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Females, Physical Education Teachers, Athletics