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Article: Validation of the physical education teachers' physical activity self-efficacy scale with a Turkish sample.(Physical Education Teachers' Physical Activity Self-efficacy Scale)(Report)
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- Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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For many years, physical educators focused their attention on physical fitness. More recently, their attention has changed to encouraging physical activity (Morrow & Jackson, 1999). Physical activity during the school day has the potential to develop into positive exercise behaviors in children, and participation in such activity could lead to increased physical activity for children outside of school (Daley, 2002). Physical educators recognize the importance of promoting physical activity among students and are looking for ways to promote student activity levels (Vincent & Pangrazi, 2002).
Physical education focuses on the whole child, including cognitive and ...