Physical Education – An Endangered Species?
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This 5-page report examines the ramifications of budget cuts in athletic programs for grades K-12. In the face of staggering statistics pointing to the ever-increasing rate of childhood obesity, an alarming number of schoolchildren are no longer offered even a modicum in the way of Physical Education classes. With no release for their excess of energy and no safe place to vent natural aggression, could this be contributing to the incidence of violence in our schools? Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Physical Education : University-School Partnerships
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A 8 page paper that begins by describing some of the characteristics of middle school students and the characteristics teachers need to work with this age group. The writer comments on the fact that physical education is behind other disciplines in establishing field-based university-school collaborative partnerships. The paper includes a description of two such programs. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Physical Education Clinical Exercise Prescription for Tennis
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This 12 page paper outlines the central elements of the forehand ground stroke in tennis, with a focus on the application of this process in understanding the development of a physical education clinical exercise prescription for improving the tennis swing. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Physical Education In Elementary School
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A 5 page paper that addresses specific factors related to elementary school PE. First, the learning characteristics of children between the ages of 6 and 9, grades K-4, are explained with a discussion of how those characteristics need to be considered when planning the physical education curriculum. The next issue discussed is whether or not competition should be introduced in the PE activities for this age group. The arguments of both opponents and proponents of including competition are presented with a final conclusion by the writer. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Physical Education in the Elementary School Curriculum
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of the first five chapters of a book entitled Physical Education for Elementary School Children by Pangrazi. The book highlights various aspects of physical education. No additional sources cited.
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Physical Education: A Review of Literature
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of the current literature about exercise, physical fitness and physical education. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Physical Education: Importance To Academics And Overall Health
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10 pages in length. The mind and body have an inextricable relationship whereby what happens to one very often impacts the other. Inasmuch as this intrinsic connection works in both positive and negative ways, it is easy to see how maladies such as psychological maladies like depression can bring about physiological symptoms such as aches and pains (Keller, 2004), while a long walk in the fresh air bring produces an uplifted attitude and a clearer perspective. Physical education, which consists of both physical and mental elements, is an especially valuable tool to not only help students with their studies but also improve their overall health outside of school. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Physical Education: Standards, Cooperative Skills and Learning Theories
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This is a 6 page tutorial paper discussing various issues in physical and health education in schools. New York and national standards, social and cooperative skills, and learning theories are applied to the discipline of physical education. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Recreational Activities for the Handicapped
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This 10 page report discusses the fact that people with physical and mental disabilities thrive on, require, and enjoy recreational activities as much as any “normally-abled” people. An organization named SPLORE (“special populations learning outdoor recreation and education”), an outdoor recreation program based in Salt Lake City, Utah, that specializes in “providing life-enhancing wilderness recreation and education to people of all abilities, including people with disabilities and special needs” is examined. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Sensory Perceptions of Skiing
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of the use of skiing and snowshoeing as methods for instructing to improve sensory perceptions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Should Drug Testing Be Required of High School Athletes?
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A 9 page paper arguing against the blanket testing of high school athletes for indications of drug use. The proliferation of drug use among athletes has caused many to decide that all of them should be tested, regardless of age. There are many reasons, however, that high school athletes should be exempted from such testing, not the least of which is the Fourth Amendment. Even though the Constitution protects the country's citizens from undue search, there are other reasons to abandon drug testing of high school athletes, most of which revolve around lessons in physiology and the possibilities of economic gain from high school contests. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Social And Academic Differences Between Athletic And Non-Athletic Students
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4 pages in length. The social and academic differences between athletic and non-athletic students reflect two entirely diverse campus populations that, for the most part, have little interaction with each other due to their complete incompatibility. Only in certain situations do they voluntarily work together for mutual reasons. No bibliography.
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Sport Law and Society
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23 pages in length. In today's world of sports there are many laws in place that protect athletes from such things as discrimination (including that of sex, color, disability, ethnicity, and religion) as well as other forms of unfair practices against athletes in all situations. But is there today sufficient legal protection to ensure that participants in sport can compete on an equal basis regardless of their background? The purpose of this paper is to explore this topic according to law and practice and will reference meaningful statutes and case law from various jurisdictions. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Sports Psychology and Making the Physical and Mental Comeback from Injury
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This 10 page report discusses the processes, bothe mental and physical, associated with an athlete’s recovery from an injury and his or her return to their sport. When a person is injured while participating in a beloved sport or in a way unrelated to sports but that curtails sports capabilities, it carries a level of fear that their injury will keep them from their sport. There is also the fear that “recovery” will not mean the original level of sporting excellence. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Sports Psychology and the Improvement of Performance
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This 6 page paper considers the ideal characteristics, physical and mental, of a rugby player and then compares the ideal with a fictional reality. The writer the considers how an intervention made be successful in improving performance. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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The Cons of Youth Sports
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A 7 page paper the explores the negative aspects of youth sports, and includes consideration of the impacts of competativeness, parental expectations, and outside pressures on the children participating. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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The Development of Physical Education and Recreation
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5 pages. After the Civil War had ended and with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, Americans found themselves with leisure time as well as the need for some sort of healthy exercise. This paper explains how physical education and recreation became popular through the influence of several people including Gulick, Beecher, and Hanna. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Effects of Tobacco Use by Athletic Coaches
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8 pages. This case study focuses on the use of tobacco by athletic coaches. Smoking by coaches sets a bad example for athletes and also compromises the health of the coaches themselves. The paper includes a model project to help the coaches quit smoking, the goals to be implemented, and timelines to follow as well as how the project is going to be executed. After the results of the project have been collected the program is evaluated for its rate of success or failure. Includes literature review. This paper is an excellent example on which to base any type of study that requires assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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The History of Physical Education
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This 5 page report discusses the history of physical education programs. Formalized fitness programs in the schools started in the 18th century in Germany and expanded to other European nations and the United States. In the United States, a classical scholar trained in theology, Charles Beck (1798-1866) Charles Follen (1795-1840) are thought of as two of the first American physical education teachers and were responsible for the creation of the first outdoor gymnasium for children and the first college gymnasium (at Harvard). Since that time, physical education and fitness have come to be understood as essential components in a well-rounded education and life. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Impact of the Renaissance Period on Physical Education:
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This 5 page paper discusses the impact of the Renaissance period on physical education. Specifically, major renaissance happenings such as the black plague, the Spanish Inquisition, and the crusades are discussed in terms of their effect on physical education. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Importance of Good Judgment in Outdoor Leadership and Education
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A 5 page paper that considers the impacts of judgment on outdoor leadership, especially in terms of complex outdoor educational activities, including rock climbing. This paper reflects on the necessity for instruction that teachers the value of good judgment in insuring the safety for activity participants. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Importance of Physical Education
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A 14 page paper which discusses how physical education is an important part of our education system. The paper discusses how adults greatly benefit from physical activity, and that children and young adults can serve to benefit just as much, if not more, by being, and remaining, physically active. The paper also discusses changes that are taking place in the field of physical education and then presents a proposed research concerning the establishment of a physical education program that serves to benefit all types of students. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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The Influence of Sports Pressures on Academic Performance
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This 10 page paper considers the ways in which athletic students may find a conflict of interests between their academic performance and sports commitments. The paper considers how these different influences may effect the student as well as examining several reports that give differing results regarding the graduation rates of athletic and non athletic students. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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The Long Jump
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A 5 page paper outlining the necessary information for anyone who is interested in the long jump. The outline details the varied aspects of the long jump. These aspects include mental preparation as well s physical preparation. The outline also includes various information which deals directly with possible problems and more detailed information that is incredibly applicable to the sport and to anyone interested in participating in this particular sport. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The NCAA
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the NCAA inclusive of its role in higher education and its long history. Several controversies involving the organization are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Negativities of Steroid Use Among High School Athletes
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A 7 page overview of the many negative consequences of unsupervised steroid use. This paper documents the specific physiological dangers of this practice and suggests the problem confronting us as a society is to not only effectively communicate the potentially dangerous aspects of unsupervised steroid use but also to provide an alternative to such practices which has the capacity to captivate young minds and to instill in them the desire to accomplish athletic mastery through more constructive approaches. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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The Physical Education Teacher
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This 5 page paper provides a general introduction to the job of physical education teacher. The essay includes: educational preparation, job opportunities, average salary, responsibilities of the teacher, challenges, the role of the PE teacher in combating obesity, and three things an individual might like and dislike about the profession. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Use of Anabolic Steroids Among High School Students
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This 15 page paper examines anabolic steroid use amongst high school athletes in the United States. Attention is paid to testing programs. This literature review focuses on prevalence, history, effects of the drugs, and what can be done to stop the problem. Research is provided to support the assumptions. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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The Value of Drum Corps
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A five page, first person account of the importance participation in a drum and bugle corps played in developing responsibility and confidence in one teenager. The paper argues that merely working at a conventional summer job does not build character as much as a team-oriented, competitive activity such as drum corps. No sources.
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