Abstract
Physical educators have critical roles to play in assisting communities and schools to increase physical activity for all citizens. They can assist classroom teachers in increasing physical activity in the academic school day and can serve as school wellness directors to increase the amount of physical activity students and school staff members receive during the day. Additionally, physical educators can implement innovative approaches to physical education curricula to enhance students' opportunities to be active and to learn concepts to assist them to be physically active now and for a lifetime. When implementing evidence-based approaches to physical education, teachers need to teach the curriculum coherently and with fidelity. New programs such as Science, PE, & Me! and the Science of Healthful Living provide opportunities for students to examine the effects of exercise on their bodies in a physically active, learning-oriented approach to physical education.
Highlights
Physical educators have critical roles to play in assisting communities and schools to increase physical activity for all citizens
National and local governments and medical and health sciences professionals, including physical educators, are concerned about the declines in health accompanying increases in overweight and obesity. These include an increased prevalence of Type II Diabetes, joint and back stress and pain, heart disease, and cancers. These concerns are directing ever-greater attention to the role of physical education and physical activity in maintaining caloric balance necessary to sustain a healthy weight
Physical education teachers have a central role to play as Fitness and Wellness Leaders within their schools and communities
Summary
Abstract—Physical educators have critical roles to play in assisting communities and schools to increase physical activity for all citizens. Los educadores físicos pueden desarrollar enfoques innovadores en los programas de educación física para aumentar las oportunidades para los estudiantes a participar activamente y aprender conceptos sobre la actividad física actual y para la vida. The combined power of physical activity and healthy eating habits have the potential to limit the pervasiveness and negative impact of many sedentary and weight-related illnesses and injuries, such as Type II Diabetes, painful joints, and aching backs, as well as heart disease and many cancers (Winterfield, Shinkle, & Morandi, 2011) Along with this new push for increased personal and national wellness, is a renewed focus on opportunities for children and adults to become more physically active (U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). In this paper I will discuss the changing role of physical educators in three rapidly expanding venues: community health, school wellness, and innovative, health-enhancing approaches to physical education
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