Physical Education Training Research Articles

Rapport au savoir et logique de professionnalisation en formation initiale en EPS à l’IUFM Midi-Pyrénées : deux études quantitative et clinique

Relation to knowledge and logic of professionalization in pre-service training in Physical Education at the Midi-Pyrénées teacher training institute (IUFM) : two quantitative and clinical studies In the context of pre-service training in physical education (PE) we have studied the way students acquire knowledge, how they become “ professionals” (Altet, 1994 ; Lang, 1999). The notion of relation to knowledge is our conceptual tool to define this “ set of relations” (Charlot, 1997). The specificity of the subject has led us to study how the students “ relate to their bodies” as part of their relation to knowledge. We present two studies with different methods : a quantitative study and a clinical study.

Rapport au savoir et professionnalisation en EPS : trois études de cas à l'IUFM Midi-Pyrénées

In regard to initial training in Physical Education at the IUFM (teacher training college) in Midi Pyrénées, we have studied the way students make the knowledge their own, give it meaning, and process the experience. The concept of one’s relation to knowledge is a tool to define this “set of relations” (Charlot, 1997). In addition, professionalization has become a major force in training. Our work here attempts to analyse the student’s relation to knowledge and its implications for different strategies of professionalization. Within this trilogy (knowledge, relation to knowledge, strategies of professionalization), we conducted a clinical study of three interviews of students in their first year at the IUFM, analyzed under a priori headings: relation to knowledge, relation to the body, strategies of professionalization. Between the three cases, we have established similarities and differences.

Maintenance of effects of the CATCH physical education program: results from the CATCH-ON study.

Long-term maintenance effects of physical education (PE) curriculum and staff development programs have not been studied. The authors assessed the sustainability of the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) PE intervention using direct observations of 1,904 PE lessons in former intervention and control schools in four U.S. states 5-years postintervention. Student physical activity levels, lesson contexts, and level of CATCH PE training of teachers were analyzed. Student energy expenditure levels and proportion of PE time in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in intervention schools were maintained 5 years later, but vigorous activity declined sharply. Meanwhile, postintervention gains in former control schools, influenced by delayed program implementation and secular trends, resulted in a convergence of activity levels in intervention and control schools. Use of CATCH PE curricula was associated with increased levels of teacher training and school support for PE in both former intervention and control schools.

Adolescent Strength Training in Physical Education

Adolescent Strength Training in Physical Education

Using Computer Technology to Compare Student Teaching Behaviours

There are issues concerning the effectiveness of different types of lnital Teacher Training in Physical Education in England, thus there is a need to study the relative effectiveness of 4‐year undergraduate and Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) programmes. The purpose of this study was to compare student physical education teachers during school experience relative to a set of teaching behaviours. The participants were 10 first‐year undergraduates, 10 fourth‐year undergraduates and 10 PGCE student teachers from the same university in England. Each participant was videotaped teaching one lesson which met the requirements of the English National Curriculum in PE at Key Stage 3 (pupils aged 11‐14 yrs). Teaching behaviours were analysed by a team of researchers using a modified configuration of the Behavioral Evaluation Strategies and Taxonomy (BEST) software (Sharpe and Koperwas, 1999). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed no differences in the observed teaching behaviours between the fourth‐year undergraduates and the PGCE group. However, the first‐year undergraduates displayed significantly higher levels of behavioural management than both the fourth‐year and the PGCE group. Also, the first‐year undergraduates were found to have lower levels of positive skill feedback, but this was not statistically significant The results of this study suggest that there were no differences between the effectiveness of teaching produced by the fourth‐year undergraduate and the PGCE student teachers.

A Report on University Physical Education Training of Outdoor and Ocean Swimming

A Report on University Physical Education Training of Outdoor and Ocean Swimming

Video Technology used in Training Physical Education Teachers

Video Technology used in Training Physical Education Teachers

Physical Health Training in General and Physical Education : Changing Viewpoints towards the Body in Modern Japan

Physical Health Training in General and Physical Education : Changing Viewpoints towards the Body in Modern Japan

Sportsmanship as an Ethical Value

This paper attempts to find what place sportsmanship, as an ethical value, has in the structure of values, especially with respect to the structure of values in bodyculture. The instilling of sportsmanlike behavior is basically the responsibility of the elementary and secondary schools. It is important for future p.e. teachers to have enough experience in this field, so that they can educate students morally through physical education and sports training. During our survey we compared the ethical knowledge level - related to sports- of elementary and secondary school pupils with university students. It is evident from the results, that the sportsmen's behavior is mostly determined by negative value orientations. The knowledge of sports ethic and values the next generation has is important and we would like to emphasize the importance of the realization of these educational tasks.

The Academization of Physical Education Teacher Training a Discourse Analysis Case Study

This article reports a case study of the rhetoric means used to construct and present an "academic" program of teacher training in physical education. It examines the struggle of the physical education teachers in Israel for professional recognition as a discoursive event: The introduction of a new degree, and a new institutional name, together with newly defined goals, entry requirements and curriculum, and the use of new terms, borrowed from the university lexicon, such as "academic", "discipline", "seminar", "methodology", "empirical" "science" etc. - all create a new semantic system which helps to present the physical education teacher training as more academic and more professional.

The consequences of asthma in terms of the ICIDH and the role of physical activities.

The consequences of asthma are described in accordance with the definitions of the three levels of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH). Because asthma is a chronic disease, health care should emphasize how to cope with it. The goal of physical activities for persons with asthma is the learning of skills which can be used to control the physical situation. Breathing therapy and therapeutic drugs make it possible for the person to control the physical condition. In physical education and sport training, patients are taught to use these means in physically strenuous situations.

Music Students and Academic Growth

IF or years, dating back as far as the early 1900s, proponents of public school music education have proclaimed that student participation such activities as band, choir, and orchestra has a positive effect on everything from academic achievement to self-discipline, from citizenship to personal hygiene. In 1919, Will Earhart, president of the Music Supervisors National Conference (later to become the Music Educators National Conference), argued that music enhances knowledge the areas of mathematics, science, geography, history, foreign language, physical education, and vocational training.1 Interest relationships among seemingly disparate disciplines is not a thing of the past. Recent emphasis on interdisciplinary study, along with the uncertain future of many school subjects, has provoked renewed interest cross-curricular research. James Hanshumaker of the University of Southern California has compiled two thorough bibliographies of various research studies addressing relationships between music and academic achievement.2 He concludes that in addition

Sport Administration in the People’s Republic of China

The effectiveness of the centralized sport system in China has been demonstrated by the achievements of athletes in international competition and the extent of mass sports participation; however, the efficiency of the system has been questioned. A government survey determined that administrators within the system came from diverse backgrounds with little or no training in sport, physical education, or management techniques. This situation is being remedied through workshops for existing administrators and 4-year degree programs for future administrators. This study provides information regarding the different perspectives of sport administration in China, the structure of the workshops and degree programs, and efforts being made to ensure that an already effective system becomes more efficient. All data were obtained from prime source materials and from surveys conducted by one of the authors.

Validity of ratings of perceived exertion as an index of exercise intensity in swimming training.

The validity of ratings of perceived exertion (RPE), proposed by Borg (1962), as an index of exercise intensity in swimming training was discussed based on the following four experiments. Experiment I: VO2 and heart rate (HR) were measured and RPE was asked in ten female and seven male physical education students with different levels of swimming skill performing submaximal and maximal work in tethered swimming. The increases in HR and RPE with increase in %VO2max were fitted well by straight lines with high correlation coefficients of r = 0.957-0.999 and r = 0.893-0.988, respectively. RPE was increased in a linear fashion with increase in HR except for a few subjects. The correlation coefficients for linear regression for individuals were 0.862-0.987. Experiment II: Swimming velocity and HR were measured in four groups with different levels of swimming skill. The breast stroke in a 50-m pool for 5 min at three RPE ratings, i.e., very light (RPE 9), somewhat hard (RPE 13) and very hard (RPE 17) was requested of these groups. In good skilled well trained college swimmers, %HRmax was fairly higher than the RPE at the RPE 9 and RPE 13 levels but coincided with the RPE at the RPE 17 level. In skilled trained physical education students, the HR increased with a corresponding increase in RPE. But in the group with low or lower levels of swimming skill, the HR kept about the same values in spite of the increase in RPE. Experiment III: Two male and six female low skilled physical education students took the swimming training in the swimming pool for 2.0-2.5 hours a day, 6 days a week, for 2 weeks. The students also received the swimming training in the sea which lasted for 2 hours each in the morning and in the afternoon for 6 days. The same RPE test, as mentioned in Experiment II, was done before, during and after swimming training. Mean swimming velocity during and after training was slightly higher than that before training at the RPE 9 and RPE 13 levels, and was much higher at the RPE 17 level. Before training, the HR was fairly higher than the RPE at the RPE 9 and RPE 13 level. But during and after training, the HR was much closer to the RPE at the RPE 9 and RPE 13 levels. Experiment IV: Two male and three female lower skilled middle-aged swimmers performed the same RPE test as mentioned in Experiment II.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

Initial undergraduate training in physical education: perceptions of the graduate

At the end graduate course, the graduate takes with him a bag of feelings, experiences, beliefs and values ​​that reflect in his professional intervention. The perception of this in relation to its formation becomes thus an important instrument of evaluation of the offered formation in Higher Education. The objective of this study was to analyze the perception of the initial formation of graduates of the bachelor and licensed degree in Physical Education from a public university in the state of Santa Catarina, considering the positive and negative aspects of the graduate degree and the suggestions for improvement of the course. The study included 94 graduates, 47 of the Bachelor's degree and 47 of the Licensed's degree. In the data collection, we used an on-line questionnaire, analyzed through the technique of content analysis. The main positive and negative points of the initial formation were: teachers; opportunities and experiences; Supervised Curricular Stages; laboratories and scientific initiation; curriculum; infrastructure, location and time; activities and extension scholarships; friends and class; personal questions. The graduates provided important suggestions for improving the initial formation process, especially with regard to the curriculum, the course infrastructure, the class schedule and the teachers' pedagogical intervention.

Effects of a home-based activity program. A study with low fitness elementary school children.

A home-based behavioral program utilizing contingency contracts and parent-determined rewards was employed in a changing criterion design to modify children's physical activity levels and subsequent measures of health fitness. Children were initially diagnosed as being low in health fitness. Following diagnosis, the child's parents, with support from a trained physical education teacher (parenter), recorded baseline physical activity levels during nonschool hours. During intervention the level of physical activity was systematically increased by setting specific criterion levels of activity for each week. Levels of physical activity increased markedly during the extended 9-12 week intervention phase. Improvements in health fitness criterion measures were recorded. The implications for application and future research involving parents in areas related to physical education were discussed.

Karate: Keep it Safe

Safety guidelines for each phase of a karate practice session are presented to provide an accident-free and safe environment for teaching karate in a physical education or traditional karate training program. Language: en

Teacher Training in Physical Education in Malaysia

(1980). Teacher Training in Physical Education in Malaysia. Journal of Physical Education and Recreation: Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 74-77.

Professional Training in Physical Education in the U.S.S.R.

(1979). Professional Training in Physical Education in the U.S.S.R. Quest: Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 36-44.

Physical education training for adult retardates in a sheltered workshop setting

Physical education training for adult retardates in a sheltered workshop setting