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JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance
The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD) is a monthly journal owned and published since 1896 by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (AAHPERD) headquartered in Reston, Va. JOPERD is AAHPERD's largest, most frequently published, and most wide-ranging periodical. It is AAHPERD's cornerstone journal, reaching 12,000+ members and subscribers, providing information on a variety of health, physical education, recreation and dance issues. Subscribers are professionals supporting those involved in physical education, leisure, fitness, dance, health promotion, sport and education—all specialties related to achieving a healthy lifestyle. The region covered by this journal is the US.Recent issues of JOPERD have included articles on teaching strategies, fitness, legal issues, assessment, dancing, teacher education, adapted physical education, leisure for older adults, the use of technology, and ethics and gender equity in sports and physical education. In January 2002, JOPERD featured an article on the benefits of physical exercise in reducing breast cancer risk. In April 2007, JOPERD ran a series of articles on obesity, including the mental aspects of obesity, early childhood obesity intervention and online sources of information on the epidemic. In October 2009, JOPERD included an article on the gender gap in youth sports, particularly in urban communities. This was based on the results of Go Out and Play: Youth Sports in America, a comprehensive study based on two nationwide surveys of youth sports participation. Michael T. Shoemaker is the Editor, and Laura Stecker is the Associate Editor. Contributing editors are Derrick Mears, Ferman Konukman, Thomas H. Sawyer and Susan F. Ayers.
Articles from Vol. 64, No. 8, October
Affective Teaching: Psycho-Social Aspects of Physical Education
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When implemented carefully, cooperative activities in physical can convey ideals such as honesty, respect for others' rights and feelings, concern for others, and self-discipline. To maximize the effectiveness of physical education, it is time for...
Applying Case-Method Instruction in a Pedagogy Class
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The case-method experience lets students examine the decision-making process from a teacher's perspective and later apply this knowledge in practicum and field experiences. In a recent JOPERD issue, Boyce (1992) outlined the case method as a promising...
Is Your Inequity Showing? Ideas and Strategies for Creating a More Equitable Learing Environment
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This article ways that preservice and inservice teachers can promote a more equitable learning environment for all students. There is a true yearning to respond to The singing River and the wise Rock. So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew, The...
Keys to Quality Leisure Programming
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Participation in meaningful leisure activity is part of a balanced and satisfying life experience. Educators and leisure programmers are well aware of the benefits enjoyed through leisure participation. Unfortunately, leisure providers have been unsuccessful...
Leisure Program Design and Evaluation: Using Leisure Experience Models as Diagnostic Tools
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As we move into the twenty-first century, justification for providing leisure opportunities based on attendance and generated revenue will no longer be sufficient for support by those using and/or needing leisure services. justification will depend...
On the Spot: Spontaneous Learning
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Professional preparation teachers in colleges and universities are constantly seeking and employing new methods to enable their graduates to move successfully from the classroom to the real world. Many practical experiences in teaching and more internships...
Organizing and Developing Your Ideas
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Many writers move from an idea to final paper by working through the stages of planning, drafting, and revising. Not all writers use the same sequence of stages, however, and not all writers use the same sequence for everything they write. Planning....
Program Design through Imagery
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Recent literature on programming suggests that program design should include a plan to animate a program (Rossman, 1989) or manage program flow (Edginton, Hanson, & Edginton, 1992). The task is to plan, step by step, the action scenarios and configurations...
Programming for Older Adults: An Innovative Technique
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An Innovative Technique As people age, events throughout their lives influence their values, norms, attitudes, and leisure behaviors. Leisure behaviors are developed through formal opportunities such as those that occur in the elementary classroom...
Programming with Style
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In a world where recreation programs compete for participants, administrators and programmers constantly strive for new and creative programming ideas, as well as new ways of offering traditional programs. Leisure programming demands that recreation...
The Evaluation of Leisure Programs: Applying Qualitative Methods
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As the challenges of society become increasingly costly and complex for leisure professionals, the importance of responsible decision making in the use of resources is paramount. Conscientious leisure programmers faced with diverse recreational demands...
The Intergenerational Entrepreneurship Demonstration Project: An Innovative Approach to Intergenerational Mentoring
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Leisure encompasses the three dimensions of perceived freedom, intrinsic motivation, and non-instrumentality (Neulinger, 1974). In other words, a leisure activity is chosen freely and done for its own sake. Examining the question of whether one leisure...
The Virginia Tech Fit Family Program
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The fit Family Program was designed to promote long-term behavior change through educational, prescriptive, supportive, and maintenance components. The professional literature is filled with articles lamenting the poor state of health-related fitness...
Total Quality Program Planning
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Total Quality Program Planning (TQP) promotes continuous measurement as a way to improve quality and add value to each service and method and/or process used to create and deliver leisure programs. The TQP system requires a commitment to quality from...
Working to Learn - the Apprenticeship Experience
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A working-to-learn experience allows students to apply classroom knowledge to the real world. With the guidance of faculty mentors, student apprentices assume various responsibilities, develop strategies for teaching and learning, and work under supervision....
