Graduate Studies in the UK: Some Impressions and Suggestions

Many western countries are paying increasing attention to the organization and administration of graduate studies. Such attention has developed from primary concerns about completion times, completion percentages, programme quality, and student quality, as well as secondary concerns about supervisors, funding, coursework, inter-organizational co-operation, and policies and practices of both universities and research councils. Using information about British graduate programmes as a basis, the article presents policy issues related to research councils, funding councils, and control, followed by discussion of the themes of the nature of programmes, supervision and evaluation, completion time, quality, and innovation. The final sections address several concerns and offer some suggestions.     

Physical activity levels of 5-11-year-old children in England as determined by continuous observation.

Continuous observation of the physical activity of 56 preadolescent children was conducted in four regions of England from October 1988 to July 1989. Observations were undertaken during school break times, lunch times, and physical education lessons, as well as during the children's free time. Of total time observed, the children spent 32.4% of it engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Children were shown to be most active during school breaks and least active during free time at home. However, it is thought that cardiorespiratory benefits are best achieved by participation in sustained periods of MVPA. Only 8 (14%) of the 56 children were observed to participate in MVPA for sustained periods of 20 min or longer. A random sample of 55 physical education lessons was observed. Only 6 children engaged in MVPA for sustained periods of 5 min or more, and no children participated in MVPA for 10 min or longer. The implications of these results are that, although the children engaged in a reasonable amount of MVPA, it may not have been sustained for periods of sufficient length to produce a cardiovascular training response. Consideration is given to ways of promoting lifelong involvement in physical activity.     

中小学体育教学的创新与新课程的实施

从教学观念、教学内容、教学方法、教学组织、对学生的评价、教学设施的创建几个方面，提出了中小学体育教学中贯彻和落实新课程指导思想的途径，旨在为中小学体育教师能够尽快地理解新课程，推动学校体育的发展提供参考。     

对中国武术散打与美国拳击对抗的研究

通过对1998年和1999年两次中国武术散打与美国拳击对抗赛双方比赛结果和我国散打运动员的技术运用统计，分析和探讨中国武术散打如何在今后走向世界的过程中继续保持与发扬自己的优势。     

篮球专修课适应素质教育发展的对策

从素质教育的要求出发，对高师、体育院校篮球专修课教学的现状进行了分析，提出了篮球专修课必须改变以竞技体育为指导思想、以技术教学为中心的模式，向以适应素质教育的教学指导思想转变，改革教学方式和方法、拓宽知识面，重视学生创造性、自学性能力的培养，加强师资队伍建设，健全评价体系的一系列观点和思考。     

湖南省推广普及定向运动的可行性分析

定向运动作为新兴体育运动项目越来越受到人们的关注，尤其是近两年来，教育主管部门加大了对定向运动的推广普及力度。探讨了定向运动在湖南省学校体育和社会体育中推广和普及的可行性。通过广大定向人的努力，定向运动将在湖南省得到蓬勃的发展。