Miscellaneous Articles

Check out these student-uploaded videos (found on Youtube) on why they hate physical education. What can we learn from these students? How can we address their issues?

This thread has a lot of negative physical education experience anecdotes. What can we learn from this and how can we improve? Click here to see the entire thread of this tweet.

I don’t think people who enjoyed PE at school realised how much people who hated PE at school REALLY hated PE at school. I detested it, and it left me with confidence issues that I still have.
— Davey (@davey) January 29, 2018

Physical Educators as Role Models

4 Reasons Why We Must be Good Role Models: Teaching Virtues by Walking the Walk! Himberg, C.
A Philosophical Position on Physical Activity & Fitness For Physical Activity Professionals. NASPE Position Statement (2009).
Are Overweight Physical Educators at a Disadvantage in the Labor Market? Melville, D., & Cardinal, B. (1997).
Are Physical Education Majors Models for Fitness? Kamla, J., Snyder, B., Tanner, L., & Wash, P. (2012).
Butches, Bullies and Buffoons: Images of Physical Education Teachers in the Movies. McCullick, B., Belcher, D., Hardin, B., & Hardin, M. (2003).
Code of Conduct for P-12 Physical Education Teachers. NASPE Position Statement (2011).
Fit to Teach Physical Education. Simpson, K., Tucker, P., & van Zandvoort, M. (2011).
How Fit Do Physical Educators Need To Be? Melville, D. (1999).
Physical Description and Job Attainment in Physical Education. Jenkins, A., Caputo, J., & Farley, R. (2005).
Rationale for and Practical Ways to Model Health and Fitness as Physical Educators and Coaches. Baghurst, T. (2015).
Role Modeling in HPERD: Do Attitudes Match Behavior? Cardinal, B. & Cardinal, M. (2001).
The Effect of a Female Physical Educator's Physical Appearance on Physical Fitness Knowledge and Attitudes of Junior High Students. Dean, M., Adams II, T., & Comeau, M. (2005).
What Constitutes a Highly Qualified Physical Education Teacher. NASPE Position Statement (2007).

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"Before" is a documentary short that explores that penultimate 'tween year though the lens of one 5th grade class on the last day of elementary school.

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