Recently added articles from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance:

Conferences & workshops.(List)(Calendar)

Mar 01, 2008 ... April 10, 2008. AAHPERD Journal Writers' Workshop, Ft. Worth, TX. Scheduled from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the AAHPERD National Convention and Exposition, this free workshop will provide insights on writing for peer-reviewed journals and getting manuscripts published. Following an introductory ...

Reaching our goals through effective communication.(Viewpoint essay)

Mar 01, 2008; Clements, Rhonda ... Public school districts and private or parochial school boards are continually assessing their budgets to do a better job of providing a multitude of services for their students. It is logical that physical educators want their programs to be included in these plans, and some have ...

The boundaries of First Amendment speech for public school students.(Law Review)

Mar 01, 2008; Batista, Paul J. ... Morse v. Frederick U.S. Supreme Court 127 S. Ct. 2618 June 25, 2007 "It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate. This has been the ...

Should the PERD professions do more or less outsourcing of instruction to content specialists?(Issues)(Letter to the editor)

Mar 01, 2008; Foster, Katie ... I think it is unrealistic to expect PERD professionals to be "specialists" in each content area without a little bit of help, so in this regard I feel that content specialists are needed and that outsourcing may be necessary. However, I do not think that PERD professionals should call in ...

August question.(Issues)

Mar 01, 2008 ... Should apprenticeship be embraced as a viable alternative route to becoming a physical education teacher? Respond briefly* and send your response by May 30 to JOPERD, Issues, 1900 Association Dr., Reston, VA 20191, or e-mail: joperd@aahperd.org ...

2008 National Convention & Exposition.

Mar 01, 2008 ... Take Time: Celebrate Life Together! The theme for the convention, Take Time: Celebrate Life Together! intends to convey the message that we will once again come together, as so many of our predecessors have done, and take time to celebrate life and our profession within the ...

Bowling for a lifetime using sport education: as one of the most popular participatory sports, bowling merits a place in the curriculum.(SEM, sport education model)

Mar 01, 2008; Pritchard, Tony ... With adolescents becoming physically inactive as they age, one must think of other activities to teach during the middle and secondary years in physical education. Traditional team sports (e.g., basketball, flag football, soccer) seem not to be promoting lifelong physical activity. Why is ...

A model for developing and assessing tactical decision-making competency in game play: this framework will help teachers develop age-appropriate instruction and assessment tools.

Mar 01, 2008; Pagnano-Richardson, Karen ... All teachers want their students to become better game players who are motivated to participate in and outside of class. Students need to learn how to make good tactical decisions, in addition to being skilled movers, in order to become competent game players (Mitchell, Oslin, & Griffin, ...

Preparing elementary and early childhood majors to be movement educators a home-school approach: one program fills two needs, as nonspecialists gain vital field experiences and home-schooled children receive quality instruction.

Mar 01, 2008; Callahan, Douglas ... Field experiences in the training of preservice teachers (PTs) play an important role in most colleges of education. While some concerns have been expressed about the effectiveness of field experiences (Feiman-Nemser & Buchmann, 1986), the benefits, as summarized by McIntyre (1983), ...

Maximizing peak running on race day: here's how to avoid the five big race-day mistakes.

Mar 01, 2008; Consolo, Kitty ... Distance runners spend many hours training assiduously for competition, yet on race day they can often make mistakes that sabotage their performance. This article addresses five common race-day mistakes: (1) failure to bring proper equipment to the race; (2) failure to eat an appropriate ...

Assessing skill in educational gymnastics: by using standards-based learning goals and progressively more complex criteria, teachers can create appropriate assessments.

Mar 01, 2008; Nilges-Charles, Lynda M. ... The National Standards for Physical Education (National Association for Sport and Physical Education [NASPE], 2004) provides, at each grade level, sample performance outcomes that identify students' progress toward achieving each standard. Many of the performance outcomes indicated for ...