New Developments in Physical Education and Sport

Sport and Physical Education as a Means of Aesthetic Education

Aesthetics, the study of the philosophy of beauty, is not commonly thought of as a factor in the sporting education. It can be surprising therefore to find that sport and physical education provide innumerable opportunities for increasing aesthetic awareness. An aesthetic education can be attempted through the medium of the senses visual, musical, verbal and physical. It is the "physical" aspec...

Health Physical Education and Recreation Exercise and Sport Sciences

Microform Publications is a component of the International Institute for Sport and Human Performance at the University of Oregon. Since its inception in 1949, Microform Publications has been providing a service to the professional academic community worldwide. Its focus is on the dissemination of graduate research of national and international significance. In addition, Microform Publications p...

Skills, strategies, sport, and social responsibility: reconnecting physical education

Perceptions of a disability sport unit in general physical education.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess the effectiveness of a disability sport unit in shaping perceptions of disability. Data from interviews, observations, and documents were collected on 87 elementary-aged students, one physical education teacher, and one teaching intern. Comparisons were drawn between fifth graders engaged in a five-week disability sport unit to fourth graders ...

Social values of sport participation and their significance for youth attitudes towards physical education and sport

Introduction. The purpose of the educational process at school is to promote a pro-fitness lifestyle, which means that after completing education school graduates should be able to engage in different forms of physical activity on a regular basis for the aim of health enhancement. Adolescents with positive attitudes to physical education are more active and tend to opt for more PE lessons at sc...