The Prevalence-Based Need for Adapted Physical Education Teachers in the United States

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiabei Zhang ◽  
Debra Berkey ◽  
Luke Kelly ◽  
Daniel Joseph ◽  
Shihui Chen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adapted Physical Education ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Personnel Preparation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public

The purpose was to develop a method for projecting the need for adapted physical education (APE) teachers in the public schools in the United States. This method was derived from a prevalence-based model—dividing the number of APE students enrolled by the APE student-teacher ratio and then subtracting the number of APE teachers hired. This model used the findings of Kelly and Gansneder (1998) that (a) 4% of the school population required APE services and (b) the overall national APE student-teacher ratio was 104:1. The results revealed a need for 22, 116 additional APE teachers nationwide as well as specific projections for each state. The prevalence-based projection method is recommended for policy makers at local, state, and national levels; for APE advocates; and for all concerned with APE personnel preparation and employment.

PERMISSION TO CONDUCT THE FIRST STUDY OF THE HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-311
Author(s):  
T. E. C.
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Harvard Medical School ◽  
The United States ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
The Public ◽  
Boston Public Schools ◽  
School Committee ◽  
Boston School

The beginning of all growth studies in this country occurred less than a century ago when the Boston School Committee approved the following order permitting Henry Pickering Bowditch, Professor of Physiology at the Harvard Medical School, to measure and weigh children in the Boston public schools. This document is one of the great, and I believe little known, landmarks in modern pediatrics.1 In School Committee, March 9, 1875 Ordered, That permission be given to Prof. Henry P. Bowditch, of Harvard University, to ascertain the height and weight of the pupils attending the public school, through such an arrangement as the respective chairman and the headmaster, or masters, may deem most convenient.

scholarly journals UMA EXPERIÊNCIA DE ENSINO DO FUTEBOL NO CURRÍCULO DE LICENCIATURA EM EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA - EXPERIÊNCIA Nº 2

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
Vicente Molina Neto
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Specific Element ◽  
The Public

Este trabalho apresenta os resultados de uma investigação de natureza qualitativa realizada em aulas de educação física em escolas públicas da cidade de Porto Alegre—RS. O propósito do estudo foi examinar a relação entre a produção de conhecimento e 3 prática profissional de futuros professores de educação física. A pesquisa enfocou o ensino de um elemento específico da cultura física brasileira (futebol) a estudantes de 5a a 8a série, durante o período de um semestre acadêmico, por 11 estudantes em fase de conclusão de curso, da Escola de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul.  This work presents the results of a qualitative investigation carried out in physical education classes in the public schools of the city of Porto Alegre -RS. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between the production of knowledge in physical education and the professional practice of future physical education teachers. The research focused on the teaching of a specific element of the Brazilian physical culture (soccer) to students of 5th to 8th grades during a period of an academic term by 11 final year undergraduate students of the Faculty of Physical Education of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

Radio in Music Education: The Indiana School of the Sky Music Episodes, 1947–1948

2020 ◽  
pp. 153660062097345
Author(s):  
Morganne Aaberg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Contemporary Music ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indiana University ◽  
The Public ◽  
School Year ◽  
Music Program

In this study I examined archival material relating to music lessons that aired on the Indiana School of the Sky during its inaugural season in the 1947–1948 school year. The Indiana School of the Sky was an educational radio program intended for use in the public schools and produced by Indiana University students and professors, in partnership with the State Department of Education. The purpose of this study was to illuminate details of the Indiana School of the Sky music program during its inaugural season in 1947–1948, such as the staff, repertoire, teaching strategies, and program structure. Of particular interest was Dorothy G. Kelley, who served as supervisor of the Indiana School of the Sky music episodes during its inaugural season, and was the first female to join the faculty of the Music Education Department at Indiana University. A secondary purpose was to examine the intersection of education and technology in the late 1940s through the lens of the Indiana School of the Sky and to afford contemporary music educators the opportunity to reflect on how they use current technologies in their classrooms. This study found that the program employed three main teaching strategies: singalong, call and response, and listening. Indiana University music and music education students performed in many music episodes alongside Kelley, and 34% of compositions that aired during the 1948–1949 school year comprised of music by composers from the United States, or folk music originating in the United States. Other countries represented by either composer or folk tradition included Australia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Mexico, Russia, and Spain.

A Study of Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Content Knowledge of Health-Related Fitness

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-125
Author(s):  
José A. Santiago ◽  
James R. Morrow
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
The United States ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Pete Programs ◽  
Common Content ◽  
Health Related Fitness

Purpose: The authors assessed common content knowledge of health-related fitness in a national representative sample of preservice physical education teachers in the United States. Methods: Six hundred and twenty-one preservice physical education teachers from 68 physical education teacher education (PETE) programs located in different regions in the United States completed the 40 multiple choice items health-related fitness knowledge test during the semester prior to their student teaching. In addition, each PETE program coordinator/department head completed the PETE Program Information Questionnaire. Results: The mean percentage correct on the test was 61.3% (M = 24.5, SD = 4.9). Analyses of variance and t-test analyses indicated that common content knowledge of health-related fitness was not a function of sex, program size, or region of the United States. Discussion/Conclusions: These data suggest that preservice physical education teachers in the United States lack common content knowledge of health-related fitness and warrant the attention of PETE programs.

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