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Article: Physical education job security: saving our jobs and programs.
- Article from:
- JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
- Author:
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We physical education teachers have struggled for years to prove to other educators, parents, and administrators that our subject is a viable academic discipline. Opinions about physical education and what it teaches primarily result from the experiences people have during their elementary school years. Often physical education and coaching are not equated with other, "true," academic subjects such as science or math. The reason for this assumption, in part, is our own fault. We have too many physical educators trained only to play games with their students, instead of teaching fundamentals inherent in skill development. Pangrazi and Dauer (1995) define physical education as ...