BACKGROUND Comprehensive school-based physical activity programs consist of physical education and other physical activity opportunities including recess and other physical activity breaks, intramurals, interscholastic sports, and walk and bike to school initiatives. This article describes the characteristics of school physical education and physical activity policies and programs in the United...

We studied the relationship between smoking and exercise among physical education teachers in Turkey. An online questionnaire was used to collect data. The responses of 1,995 teachers who completed the questionnaire were evaluated. The mean age of the participants was 31.0 +/- 4.7 years; 67.4% of the participants were male. The smoking rate was 65.2%. The mean age of onset of smoking was 16.6 +...

The article deals with the electronic interactive technology of teaching students physical education as a holistic and integrative system, which provides, in accordance objectives training rational use selected principles communication, feasibility implementation mutual complementarity methods, techniques, tools forms learning to achieve planned (desired) outcomes. role content resources on Int...

Abstract The purpose of this paper was to extend understanding the studied phenomenon: primary school Physical Education (PE) specialist teachers’ experiences teaching Health and within Learning Area (HPE) in their schools. Figurational sociology guided research, which employed an explanatory sequential mixed methodology consisting online survey with 94 participants, followed by semi-structured...

(2008). The effectiveness of a mentoring-based professional development on physical education teachers' pedometer and computer efficacy and anxiety.

(2008). Teachers' perspectives on the use of pedometers as instructional technology in physical education: A cautionary tale.