scholarly journals Evaluation of the Relationship between AcademicPerformance and Physical Fitness Measures in California Schools

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangeeta Singh ◽  
Shari McMahan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
California Standards Test ◽  
Science Scores ◽  
Fitness Measures ◽  
California Schools ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Year

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between academic achievement and physical fitness in California schools. Data from the academic year 2004-2005 Fitnessgram were compared to reading, mathematics and science scores on the California Standards test (CST) of 253 elementary schools in the Orange County School District. Physical education teachers from the 10 lowest scoring and 10 highest scoring schools were interviewed regarding content of the physical education classes in their school. Simple correlation coefficients revealed a positive linear relationship between academic scores and physical fitness scores. The interview with the teachers revealed that most of the 10 lowest scoring schools did not have a designated physical education teacher. All of the 10 highest scoring schools had designated physical education teachers and followed the physical education guidelines recommended by the California Education Board.

scholarly journals Students’ Individual and Social Behaviors with Physical Education Teachers’ Personality

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azizollah Arbabisarjou ◽  
Mehdi Sadeghian Sourki ◽  
Seyedeh Elaham Hashemi Bonjar
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Social Behaviors ◽  
Sample Volume ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Year

<p class="apa">The main objective for this survey is to assess the relationship between physical education teachers’ personality and students’ individual with social behaviors. The statistical population of the study was all the teachers of physical education working at high schools in the academic year 2012-2013. The sample consisted of sixty teachers that were selected by stratified sampling method proportionate to the sample volume. The research method was descriptive-correlative type. The collection data instruments were the five-factor questionnaire of McCrae and Costa (2013) and a questionnaire about beliefs, individual and social behaviors tailored by the researcher. The reliability of two questionnaires in a pilot study was 0.89 and 0.83 respectively. Both questionnaires had conceptual and construct validity. The findings of the study indicated that there was a relationship between personality aspects of physical education teachers and students’ beliefs, individual and social behaviors. Since paying attention to the personality of physical education teachers could help improve the students’ beliefs and individual behaviors.</p>

Does fitness make the grade? The relationship between elementary students’ physical fitness and academic grades

2016 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent A Lorenz ◽  
Michalis Stylianou ◽  
Shannon Moore ◽  
Pamela Hodges Kulinna
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Aerobic Fitness ◽  
Ethnic Background ◽  
Percentile Rank ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Fitness Measures ◽  
The Relationship

Background and Objective: Increased emphasis on academic outcomes has reduced the amount of time spent in physical education and other school physical activity opportunities in many schools in the USA. However, physical fitness is a positive predictor of academic performance on standardised tests, and students who perform better on fitness measures may earn higher grades. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between physical fitness and teacher-assigned grades in fourth-grade students and examine whether the relationship is moderated by body composition, gender or ethnic background. Design: Cross-sectional design. Students’ fitness levels were assessed mid-way through the spring semester, and their third-quarter grades were obtained from the schools. Participants and setting: Fourth-grade students ( N = 80; 38 female students; 65 non-Hispanic or Latino) from two elementary schools in the south-western USA. Method: Students completed physical fitness measures using standard procedures from the FITNESSGRAM protocol, and standardised teacher-assigned grades in reading, writing, mathematics, social studies and science were compiled. Linear regression and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were performed to examine the relationship between physical fitness measures and average grades, and examine whether differences in fitness and grades existed between gender, ethnic background and body mass index (BMI) percentile rank. Results: Aerobic fitness, as measured by the number of 20-m Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) laps completed, had a significant influence on reading, writing, mathematics and science grades. There were no significant interactions between aerobic fitness and ethnic background, gender or BMI percentile rank, meaning that aerobic fitness was the largest specific influence on average teacher-assigned grades. Conclusion: Positive associations exist between physical fitness and academic performance, suggesting activities that help children improve their physical fitness ought to be a central component of physical education and broader school physical activity programmes.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Principals’ Transformational Leadership and Creative Teaching Behavior at Junior and Senior High Schools: A Cross-Level Moderating Effect on Innovative School Climates

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8184
Author(s):  
Chia-Ming Chang ◽  
Huey-Hong Hsieh ◽  
Yu-Hui Chou ◽  
Hsiu-Chin Huang
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
High Schools ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
School Level ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Teaching Behaviors ◽  
Creative Teaching ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between a principal’s transformational leadership and creative teaching behavior of physical education teachers at junior and senior high schools in Taiwan (at the individual level) and the cross-level effect on creative teaching behaviors of physical education teachers in an innovative school climate (at the school level) and the moderator effect of an innovative school climate on the relationship between a principal’s transformational leadership and creative teaching behaviors of physical education teachers. A total of 800 questionnaires were distributed to physical education teachers at 59 junior and senior high schools and 477 valid surveys were collected for data analysis. Using hierarchical linear modeling, we found that at the individual level, a principal’s transformational leadership has a positive impact on creative teaching behaviors of physical education teachers, and at the school level, an innovative school climate has a positive impact on creative teaching behaviors (at the person level) of physical education teachers. An innovative school climate at the school level has no moderating effects on the relationship between a principal’s transformational leadership and creative teaching behaviors of physical education teachers. This study provides implications and applications for cross-level studies, and builds the foundation for future multilevel research.

scholarly journals The citizenship and its relationship with the social responsibility among physical education teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
M. Kenioua
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Middle Schools ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Secondary Stage ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: The study aimed to know the level of citizenship and the level of social responsibility among the teachers of physical education and examine the relationship between the citizenship and the social responsibility. Material: The participants were 49 physical educations teachers’ (male) from middle schools. The citizenship and the social responsibility scales were used as search tools. Results: the level of citizenship and social responsibility is high among teachers of physical education, and there is a positive correlation between citizenship and social responsibility. Conclusion: To enrich the results of this study it is better to do other studies in the future, such as a comparative study on citizenship among teachers of physical education in the middle and secondary stage, a study on citizenship and its relationship to cultural and social background.

scholarly journals Survey of adaptive physical education learning implementation in the SLB A in Surakarta in the academic year of 2019/2020

PHEDHERAL ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Afinda Devibrillianita Sandhy ◽  
Djoko Nugroho ◽  
Tri Winarti Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Special School ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Adaptive Physical Education ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Academic Year

<p><em>The learning and teaching process of adaptive physical education subject in SLB A or special school A in Surakarta (SLB Negeri Surakarta and SLB A YKAB Surakarta) have faced several obstacles such as the education background of the physical education teachers which are special education background not the physical education background, teachers are still unable to pay attention to the students entirely and to the aspects included in learning implementation, the lack of learning facilities and infrastructure, adaptive physical education learning that generalizes various types of disabilities, and the inactivity of students in participating in the learning process. Therefore, this study aims to discover the implementation of adaptive physical education learning process in SLB A in Surakarta. This study used quantitative method. The approach used in this study was descriptive approach and the research method used was survey method with data collecting technique of observation, questionnaire, and document study. The collecting technique used by the author was by including all of the study’s subjects as the respondents. The collected data was analyzed and tested its validity using triangulation data and triangulation method. The result of this study shows that the Implementation of Adaptive Physical Education Learning in SLB A in Surakarta in the Academic Year of 2019/2020 is lacking based on its influenced factors. Therefore, it is necessary to review and improve the policies in the adaptive physical education learning for visual impaired students.</em></p>

Job disengagement among physical education teachers: insights from a cross-sectional web survey with path modeling analysis (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasr Chalghaf ◽  
Wen Chen ◽  
Noomen Guelmami ◽  
Noureddine Ben Said ◽  
Maher Ben Khalifa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Conflict Scale

BACKGROUND Physical education teachers often experience stress and job disengagement. OBJECTIVE This study aims to develop a measurement scale of job disengagement among physical education teachers and to present an explanatory model by presenting the mediating role of perceived stress as a major factor in disengagement and job satisfaction, also the relationship between family and work as an indirect effect for this phenomenon. METHODS A total of 268 primary and secondary school physical education teachers, made up of 165 men (54.46%) and 138 women (45.54%) participated voluntarily in our study. The measuring instruments are the work disengagement scale, the Perceived stress scale, the Work-family conflict scale (WFC), the family-work conflict scale (FWC), and the scale of dissatisfaction at work. RESULTS the Arabic language versions of the WFC and the FWC had reasonably adequate psychometric properties which were justified by confirmatory analyzes and by the measurement of reliability, convergent and discriminant validity through the measurement model in SmartPls. Likewise, the structural model established with the SmartPLS software confirmed strong links of the concepts FWC, WFCS, the questionnaire of job satisfaction, the perceived stress with the disengagement of work among teachers of physical education. CONCLUSIONS There is a growing interest in helping teachers cope with the daily pressures of work and family. A positive organizational context is a context with clear values regarding work priorities that constitutes the basis of a feeling of shared responsibility and professional support.Good conditions can act as protective factors reducing work stress and positively influencing personal well-being, work attitudes, work commitment, and professional efficiency. Additional teacher research is needed to examine the relationship between perceived work stress and the role of families, also the extent to which this association can have a significant impact on teachers' commitment to work.

Exploring the Relationship Between Self-Determination Theory and Physical Education Teachers Meeting Recommended Weekly Physical Education Minutes

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 1306-1318
Author(s):  
James W. Ball ◽  
Kimberly A. Maljak ◽  
Matthew R. Bice ◽  
Julia Valley ◽  
Thomas Parry
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
The Relationship
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