Critical Considerations for Physical Literacy Policy in Public Health,Recreation, Sport,and Education Agencies

The International Charter for Physical Education, Physical Activity, and Sport clearly states that vested agencies must participate in creating a strategic vision and identify policy options and priorities that enable the fundamental right for all people to participate in meaningful physical activity across their life course. Physical literacy is a rapidly evolving concept being used in policy making, but it has been limited by pre-existing and sometimes biased interpretations of the construct. The aim of this article is to present a new model of physical literacy policy considerations for key decision makers in the fields of public health, recreation, sport, and education. Internationally debated definitions of physical literacy and the wider construct of literacy were reviewed in order to establish common pillars of physical literacy in an applicable policy model. This model strives to be consistent with international understandings of what “physical literacy” is, and how it can be used to achieve established and developing public health, recreation, sport, and educative goals.     

对普通高校公共体育课课程学习评价的思考

普通高校公共体育课课程学习评价是新一轮课程改革的重点内容,《全国普通高等学校体育课程教学指导纲要》中明确指出:要"建立促进学生全面发展的评价体系",因此,通过对体育学习评价的重要性、影响因素和发展趋势三个角度的分析,希望体育教师对体育学习评价有一个更深刻的认识,在体育教学实践中能够建立科学、合理的评价体系,有利于提高普通高校的公共体育教学质量。     

Dewey,Interest, and Well-Being: Prospects for Improving the Educational Value of Physical Education

Despite the current policy prominence of physical education, there is still unease about the subject's educational contribution. In this respect, we are surprised by how seldom John Dewey's writings inform contemporary reviews of aims and values. We outline how his writings on connecting the child and the curriculum and schools with society are relevant to deliberations on how students could derive enhanced meaning from physical education. We address criticisms by Richard Peters of Dewey and discuss related issues on: interest and engagement, problem solving and criteria for personal growth. We discuss how the thinking of Dewey and Valerie Tiberius might inform the development of physical education curricular that are more deeply connected with the lives of students and which promote well-being. In particular, we argue there is a need for future curriculum to be designed in ways that invite students to cultivate informed and stable physical activity habits and values.     

Integrative Public Health-Aligned Physical Education and Implications for the Professional Preparation of Future Teachers and Teacher Educators/Researchers in the Field

ABSTRACT

This article has two purposes: (a) to consider existing platforms and future possibilities in the United States for what the authors refer to as Integrative Public Health-Aligned Physical Education (IPHPE), which integrates standards-based K–12 physical education with a public health agenda focusing on promoting increased physical activity and fitness, and (b) to consider the implications of IPHPE for the preparation of future physical education teachers and teacher educators/researchers. First, the historical context that has nurtured the development of ideologies that inform IPHPE is summarized. Second, examples of these ideologies in terms of their current and prospective contributions to IPHPE perspectives are discussed. Third, building from existing public health-aligned recommendations for pre-service physical education teacher education (PETE) programs, IPHPE-based professional preparation requirements for future physical education teachers are considered. Finally, the focus shifts to doctoral PETE (D-PETE) programming and professional preparation requirements for future physical education teacher educators/researchers from an IPHPE perspective. The overall intention of this article is to propose a way forward for physical education which bridges educational priorities of the profession to contemporary and relevant public health needs.     

The growing (but still limited) importance of evidence in education policy and practice

The last decade of education change has been characterized by the rise of evidence-based policy and practice agendas. Internationally, we are witnessing efforts to increase and incorporate research use in public services. This article examines efforts in education to address the research–practice gap through an emerging field we term knowledge mobilization (KM). We explore some of the controversy surrounding the use of ‘evidence’, outline national and international KM initiatives and consider some of the issues and challenges that arise from the increased interest in evidence and research use in education. We also assess the current state and desirable future directions of efforts to strengthen the role of research and evidence in education.     

Too much freedom and autonomy in the enactment of assessment? Assessment in physical education in Ireland

This paper sets out to outline current discussions in Ireland around teachers being responsible for assessing their own students’ work, and the subsequent impact such a perspective is having (or not) on the delivery and assessment of physical education in Ireland. Our intention is to contribute to assessment considerations, while acknowledging the nuances of the Irish education context, and the positioning of physical education within such nuances. This discussion is particularly timely given the very recent endorsement for the introduction of the new Leaving Certificate Physical Education as a full optional subject. We begin by discussing more specifically assessment in Irish primary and post-primary schools, drawing attention to the limited Irish assessment-related research being conducted in both contexts. We then explore assessment developments related to Irish primary physical education and post-primary physical education and compare the extent to which such developments are limited in comparison to international assessment interests and practices in physical education. We conclude with suggestions related to studying (pre-service) teachers’ and students’ exposure to assessment in order to understand how we could alter the balance of assessment purposes and uses in Irish schools.     

如何增强高校学生"健康第一"的意识

通过分析终身教育思想,学生对健康的认识及全民健身计划纲要,强调对21世纪的大学体育教育改革应以"健康第一"的终身体育为指导思想,加强学生的健康教育,提高教师素质、改革评价体系,充分发挥体育的健身功能,促进学生健康成长.     

大学生课余锻炼参与意识的调查

课余体育锻炼是实现高等学校体育目标的一个重要组织形式 .随着社会的发展和高校体育教学改革的不断深入 ,体育锻炼越来越受到人们的重视 .为此 ,调查大学生课余锻炼情况及相关因素 ,了解大学生参加课余锻炼的现状并分析存在的问题 .为加强和改进课余锻炼的管理和指导 ,加速全民健身纲要在高校的实施 ,促进高校体育教育的全面改革提供依据 .     

The Preparation of Physical Educators: A Public Health Perspective

Sedentary living is a serious global public health problem that is associated with numerous preventable diseases. Schools are in a position to be the most costeffective public resource to combat inactivity. In schools physical educators are positioned to be the strongest advocates of a healthy, active lifestyle. To effectively promote physical activity on school campuses and to encourage it in communities beyond the school day, physical educators will need to develop skills that are not typically stressed in undergraduate physical education teacher education (PETE) programs. As a result, both undergraduate PETE and in-service staff-development programs will need to be revised if schools are to play a major role in physical activity promotion.     

Producing Little Decision Makers and Goal Setters in the Age of the Obesity Crisis

It is obviously possible to argue that education is always an arm of social policy. However, there are just as surely degrees of directness between the agendas of noneducational authorities and what happens in school and university classrooms. This article considers what appears to be a direct example of a particular public policy agenda, the so-called “war on obesity,” translated into curriculum. My intention is to rouse the field from its slumber and to ask whether we are content for others to decide what and how we will teach health and physical education in schools and universities. I do this by examining a specific example of health and physical education curriculum. However, this is not a call for resistance to the intrusion of outsiders; we always need to listen to others. My question is whether the voice of physical educators matters at all when it comes to the practice of physical education.     

论大学公共体育中的心理教育

面对大学生日益增长的心理健康问题,除了加强传统的心理咨询和心理教育手段外,还应该积极拓展大学公共体育课的新功能。在发挥公共体育强身健体作用的同时,通过完善教学目标、调整课程设置、改革教学内容和方法,特别是通过实施运动处方教学来发挥公共体育的心理教育功能,积极探索公共体育教学中心理教育策略。     

绵阳师范学院公共体育教学改革构想

为了使绵阳师范学院公共体育教育(以下简称公体教育)适应高校教育改革深入发展的需要,以适应不断发展的社会需求,该研究初步探索了适应新形势的体育教学模式,提出了运用体育教学俱乐部的模式组织公共体育教学的改革构想。     

南京市普通高校体育教学现状调查分析

本文针对南京市普通高校体育教学现状进行调查,发现目前仍存在很多问题,只有全面领会《纲要》精神,不断努力,才能使体育课成为学生最喜爱的课程.     

The Role of Values in Promoting Physical Activity

Despite the proliferation of theory-based behavior-change programs to promote physical activity, obesity and diabetes rates continue to rise. Given the notable ineffective interventions, it is important to examine why these efforts have been largely unsuccessful and to consider potential alternatives. The purpose of this article is to consider the role of values in understanding decisions about physical activity and to outline a more appropriate framework for investigating them. Aristotle originally proposed that human behavior may be better understood in terms of phronesis (practical reasoning), aimed at realizing valued goals rather than as the product of antecedent causal determinants. Instead of relying exclusively on scientific methodologies, a more comprehensive approach to study physical activity participation would also incorporate analytical processes used in the humanities, especially with respect to conceptualizing the role of values in guiding human behavior. Therefore, revising and expanding the research, teaching, and practice conducted in physical activity education are recommended.     

高师女生体育态度、体育行为与体育需求的研究

随着经济、文化、教育、体育的飞速发展 ,高师女生的生活方式、娱乐生活、体育消费、体育态度、体育行为、体育需求及价值观念 ,已经发生了新的变化 .因此 ,探讨新时期高师女生的体育态度、体育行为及体育需求的现状 ,对改进高师女生的体育教学、运动训练和课外体育活动 ,对提高女生体育素质 ,推动高师体育事业的发展都具有一定的现实意义 .     

Academic promotion in Malaysian public universities: a critical look at issues and challenges

The expansion and transformation of Malaysian universities have generated major changes in the nature of academic employment and the structure of academic promotion in higher education institutions. These changes have considerable implications, in particular for the policy and practice of academic promotion in the public universities. We argue that despite sharing one common grade and salary system, distinct and significant differences exist in the academic promotion systems of the public universities. Drawing on one recent study on the academic promotion process in Malaysian public universities to contextualise our discussion, this paper highlights the complexity in the promotion process in these institutions. It also discusses and articulates the attendant issues and challenging aspects of the academic promotion process. We argue that the interrelated issues and challenges, and certain academic practices and habits stemming from the pressure to gain a promotion are pervasive, and that they affect the academic value system and work culture. We conclude by asserting the importance of applying a consistent standard for promotion within a single salary system and that the academic promotion system in the public universities should ultimately affirm and communicate core academic values, and also aim at obtaining evidence of excellent accomplishments.     

影响西部地区农村学校体育发展的主要因素及应对措施

西部大开发给西部农村学校体育发展带来了前所未有的机遇，西部农村学校体育随着农村教育的综合改革，已取得了长足的进步，但与发达地区相比，还存在着较大的差距；体育观念，体育投入，教育队伍建设仍是制约西部地区农村学校体育发展的主要因素，笔者对此提出建议，旨在对发菜西部地区农村学校体育提供有益的参考。     

Inclusive physical education? A study of the management of national curriculum physical education and unplanned outcomes in England

One key aspect of the growing policy emphasis on educational inclusion in England has been the tendency for physical education (PE) to be used as an important vehicle of social policy targeted at promoting the inclusion of young disabled people and those with special educational needs in mainstream schools. Drawing on aspects of figurational sociology, the central objective of this study is to examine the extent to which PE teachers have been able to achieve the government’s inclusion policy goals articulated in the 2000 National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) for England. The findings indicate that using the NCPE as a means to pursue the government’s educational inclusion policy goals has had unplanned outcomes that have the effect of undermining the extent to which the government is able to use inclusion to make a greater contribution to the promotion of young people’s experiences of PE. It is also argued that these outcomes that no‐one had planned or intended may, for some of the groups involved, be seen as undesirable consequences that emanate from teachers’ attempts to manage the contradictory pressures brought about by pursuing the priorities of government.     

对大学生体育质量评估体系的初探

怎样才能使人体发展得更理想完美,这是科学体育所要解决的中心问题。然而现行的体育制度,体育课程大纲,体育成绩的评定则主要是以运动成绩为中心来进行评定的。本文主要根据有关文献的数据,对我国大学生体质状况进行了分忻,阐述了大学生体育质量评估体系的初步设想。