Childhood obesity has become a global problem ( Wang, Min, Khuri, & Li, 2017 ; Yang, Shields, Guo, & Liu, 2018 ). In addition to correlations between obesity and various health threats, such as hypertension and Type 2 diabetes, research has linked obesity to poor cognitive functioning
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Can Movement Games Enhance Executive Function in Overweight Children? A Randomized Controlled Trial
Chien-Chih Chou, Kuan-Chou Chen, Mei-Yao Huang, Hsin-Yu Tu, and Chung-Ju Huang
An In Situ Exploration of Practicing Rugby Coaches’ Cognitions, Higher Psychological Functions, and Actions Using Think Aloud Protocol
Simon Quick and John Lyle
focus on these features of cognition, a great deal of emphasis has been placed on their prevalence and function in performers/athletes, particularly in skill acquisition ( Fitts & Posner, 1967 ; Renshaw et al., 2019 ). However, the corresponding body of work focusing on coaches is much less extensive
Becoming Physically Literate for Life: Embracing the Functions, Forms, Feelings and Flows of Alternative and Mainstream Physical Activity
Rebecca J. Lloyd
Purpose:
To explore a conceptual shift from mechanism, the dominant ‘body-as-machine’ (Tinning, 2010) paradigm, to vitalism, the philosophical phenomenological tenets of physical literacy (Whitehead, 2010) upon which the curriculum of physical education in Canada is based, within the context of an alternative physical education program.
Method:
A motion-sensitive phenomenological approach (Lloyd & Smith, 2006b; 2015), conceptually framed by the Function2Flow (F2F) model, was conducted with a sample of N = 153 students from seven different schools in Ottawa (Canada) who booked the JungleSport climbing program of their own accord. Sources of information included phenomenological observations, small group interviews, and journal entries. Exemplars of two in depth student experiences are featured in this article.
Results & Discussion:
The phenomenological analysis of the climbing experiences, in addition to the F2F curriculum support tools that were developed, provide practical and philosophical pathways for understanding how we may broaden assessments of learning in physical education.
“Learn to Function in the System”: The Organizational Socialization of Urban Physical Educators
Colin G. Pennington, Galila Werber-Zion, and Tanya Prewitt-White
Physical Educator Urban physical educators face many challenges and coming to terms with the obstacles can be taxing. Over time, many participants have learned to function in the systems and districts in which they work. Once they begin to learn how to navigate these challenges, they find themselves better
Are Hunters of the Function Curriculum Seeking Quarks or Snarks?
Patt Dodds
In this paper the author examines various levels of curriculum (explicit, covert, null, hidden, and functional) as they may be found in any undergraduate teacher education program. Examples are first given from a model of these curriculum levels applied to teaching physical education. The principal section of the paper focuses on what those levels look like when applied to teacher education, with particular emphasis on the total impact of all curriculum levels acting together as the “real” or functional curriculum which actually works to produce what students learn about teaching physical education.
Principal Perceptions and Applications of Professional Learning Communities: Implications for the Future of Physical Education
Zack E. Beddoes and Debra S. Sazama
& Eaker, 1998 ; Hord, 2004 ). PLCs vary in scope, purpose, function, and structure ( Wenger et al., 2002 ). Some PLC formations may be self-organized and self-sustaining ( Wenger, 1998 ), while others are highly regulated by unique organizational systems and cultures ( DuFour & Eaker, 1998 ). In the
Recess Enjoyment, Affect, and Preferences by Gender and Developmental Level in Elementary School
Ken Lodewyk and Lauren McNamara
, preferences (recess likes and dislikes and activity choices), space, time, equipment, and location (indoors or outdoors) as a function of gender and developmental level (children and adolescents) during recess. The social–ecological framework ( Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006 ) was used as a theoretical guide
A Study of Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Content Knowledge of Health-Related Fitness
José A. Santiago and James R. Morrow Jr.
teachers in the United States. The information obtained from this study is essential to identify areas of strengths and weaknesses in the CCK of HRF in PETE programs in the United States. Specifically, we aimed to examine whether CCK of HRF varied as a function of sex, program size, region of the United
The Effect of a Coaching Clinic on Student-Coaches’ Behavior During a Basketball Sport Education Season With Preservice Teachers
Peter Iserbyt, Toon Dehandschutter, Hilde Leysen, and Hans van der Mars
was investigated (a) how a coaching clinic impacted student-coaches’ behavior and students’ ALT-PE during a basketball Sport Education season and (b) if 3v3 game play performance improved as a function of the coaching clinic. Student-Coach Behavior Over the course of the season, CC student
Instructional Effects of Teacher Feedback in Physical Education
Amelia M. Lee, Nyit C. Keh, and Richard A. Magill
Feedback is considered an important teaching function and researchers in sport pedagogy have shown interest in verifying this importance to achievement in physical education. This review paper examines the feedback research in physical education and discusses factors which might help explain some inconsistencies. The essential role of teacher feedback in motor-skill learning is questioned.
