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Article: Assessing district administrators' perceptions of elementary school physical education.
- Article from:
- JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
- Author:
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Improving the quantity and quality of physical education has been a goal of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) and other professional organizations for many years (AAHPERD, 1994). Recently, the U.S. Public Health Service (1991) joined in this effort by including two goals related to the conduct of physical education in its year 2000 health objectives for the nation. There is broad agreement on the improvements that need to be made. Physical education needs to be taught more frequently (AAHPERD, 1990, 1994; U.S. Public Health Service, 1991) by qualified instructors, students need to spend more class time being physically ...