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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. 83, No. 8, October
App Up Your Physical Education Program
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The trend toward ownership of smart devices (i.e., smart phones and WiFi-enabled tablet computers) among young people continues to rise (Online Marketing Trends, 2011), and the implications of this are increasingly evident in U.S. schools. While some...
Celebrating 40 Years of Title IX: How Far Have We Really Come?
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As this year marks the 40th anniversary of Title IX, it provides an opportunity to look at the past, present, and future of women and sport. Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 states, "No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex, be...
Choreography for Aerial Dance
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Aerial dance allows the choreographer to defy limitations and push the imagination beyond boundaries. Most notably, aerial dance defies the boundaries of gravity. About five years ago, I had an image of three people hanging from a majestic tree wrapped...
Enhancing Youth Leadership through Sport and Physical Education: Leadership Does Not Result from Simple Participation in Sport. It Must Be Intentionally Taught
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If you ask physical educators, coaches, and parents what psychosocial benefits are derived from youth sports participation, the development of important life skills is often cited. Leadership is one such life skill that may be more important to develop...
How Can We Help College and University Students Stay Active and Healthy for Life?
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What Was the Question? Some colleges and universities in the United States require their students to take and pass a course focusing on healthy, active living as part of their general education experience. Hager, George, Le-Cheminant, Bailey, and...
Introduction: Increasing Students' Situational Interest Will Motivate Them to Learn
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One of the biggest challenges for instructors of subdiscipline courses or of practitioners (e.g., coaches, physical education teachers, personal trainers) is how to get their students, athletes, or clients to understand and accurately use scientific...
Recreational Statutes and Assumption of Risk
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Hubner and Hubner v. Spring Valley Equestrian Center Supreme Court of New Jersey 1 A. 3d 618, 2010 N.J. LEXIS 702 Decided July 28, 2010 On September 3, 2005, the plaintiffs, Gloria Hubner and her husband, went to Spring Valley Equestrian...
Should Physical Educators Be Teaching Health Education in the Public Schools?
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If physical educators are adequately trained, the answer is yes. There is a natural symbiosis between health and physical education. For example, educators may discuss fitness and then in physical education apply the concepts. However, teachers should...
Sport Participation Trends
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The "2011 Sports Participation" survey by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) shows that participation in the United States last year increased in only 17 sports and activities, while declining in 29. Participation grew the most in kayaking...
Strategies for Using Pop Culture in Sport Psychology and Coaching Education: Teachers and Coaches Can Use Pop Culture to Achieve Better Results
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Effectiveness in teaching comes from a number of sources. Self-reflection of the instructor, experience of the students, external evaluations, and objective student-evaluations are all valuable ways of evaluating the success of an instructor. Another...
Teaching Motor Skills to Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Understanding Students' Limitations and Designing Programs to Address Them Will Increase Student Success
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Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are neurological conditions that affect approximately 1 in 110 children (Kogan et al., 2009). They are characterized by marked delays in social reciprocity and expressive and receptive language, as well as repetitive...
Teaching the Sociological Imagination: Learning from the Biggest Loser: Social Solutions to the Obesity Epidemic May Prove More Effective Than Individual-Oriented Solutions
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The sociology of sport is not an empirical science, for obvious reasons. We cannot manipulate individual or collective life experiences in the ways demanded by the rigorous methods of the life sciences. Nor can we replicate the myriad and complex circumstances...
The Benefits of Pursuing National Board Certification for Physical Education Teachers: Achieving Certification Can Increase Your Confidence, Credibility, and Professional Opportunities
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"National Boards has made me a better teacher. It has made me a better collaborator and mentor" (Sandy). "I feel acknowledged, and I feel good about what I did and the kind of teacher I am. Getting National Boards gave me a kind of confidence that...
The Influence of Technology in Pop Culture on Curriculum and Instruction: The iGeneration of Children Has a Unique Set of Learning Characteristics That Must Be Taken into Account When Teaching
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Today's "pop-culture" trends are primarily marketed to children and adolescents through the digital media. It is estimated that the average teenager uses some form of digital media between 15 and 20 hours per day through "multitasking," or using several...
Using Pop Culture to Teach Biomechanics: Better Learning May Lie in the Intersection of Pop Culture and a Constructive Approach to Instruction
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Many teachers struggle to engage this new generation of digitally fluent and instantly informed students. One practical method to reach these students is to infuse pop culture in lessons to spur motivation and improve learning. This goal is reflected...
Using Sport Education to Implement a CrossFit Unit: Boost Student Interest by Turning a Fitness Program into a Competitive Sport
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The sport education (SE) model has been used extensively to teach sports at the middle and high school levels (Wallhead & O'Sullivan, 2005), and the flexibility of the model has been demonstrated in its application to fitness units as well (Beaudet,...
