11 articles in this issue
Ellen Singleton
-
Julie A. Bertrand,Audrey R. Giles
Comprehensive School Health, an emerging trend in school health promotion, is being implemented in countries all around the globe. In the province of New Brunswick, in Canada, another approach, the Community School, has been introduced to over 50 schools ... see more
Megan A. Kirk,Ryan E. Rhodes
Regular physical activity (PA) has been demonstrated to reduce the risk of several chronic diseases and improve physiological and psychological health. Despite these known benefits the majority of Canadian young adults (ages 25-44) remain inactive, and th... see more
Ken R. Lodewyk,Philip J. Sullivan
Relations between achievement and beliefs about ability, the need for cognition, and knowledge – specifically beliefs about the simplicity, stability, and speed of knowledge acquisition – were explored in approximately 450 university physical education ma... see more
Lauren D. Sulz,M. Louise Humbert,Nancy C. Gyurcsik,Karen E. Chad,Sandra L. Gibbons
School-based physical education (PE) is a critical setting for the promotion of physical activity and health among adolescents. However, enrollment in PE significantly decreases when PE becomes an optional subject. The purpose of this study was to identif... see more
Viviene A. Temple,Patti-Jean Naylor
Emerging evidence suggests that young children are very inactive during child care. Our aim was to increase our understanding of the family child care environment as it relates to the promotion of physical activity and motor skill development for young ch... see more
Scott Wilkes,Jean Cote
The purpose of the present study was to determine whether adolescent females had unique developmental experiences in different types of basketball programs. The Youth Experiences Survey 2.0 [YES] (Hansen & Larson, 2005) was used to measure the learning ex... see more
Sean Horton,Bradley Young
In this article we explore how research on a master coach, deliberate practice, and teaching effectiveness intersect in an effort to suggest key strategies for instructional self-improvement for developing physical educators and sport instructors. Wooden’... see more
Jessica Fraser-Thomas,Jean Côté,Dany J. MacDonald
Despite the popularity of youth sport programs, little research has examined the psychosocial benefits assumed to stem from involvement. Some studies suggest birthplace influences the development of elite athletes, but little work has examined other influ... see more
Benoît Lenzen,Bernard Poussin,Fabienne Renggli,Hervé Dénervaud
The purpose of this study was to compare what student teachers (STs) and cooperating teachers (CTs) in physical education observe when they watch a ST teach in an early field experience. Results show, on the one hand, that CTs choose more aspects related ... see more
Joannie M. Halas