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A highly effective physical education program aims to develop physical literacy through the acquisition of skills, knowledge, physical fitness, and confidence. [7] Physical education curricula promote healthy development of children, encourage interest in physical activity and sport, improve learning of health and physical education concepts, and accommodate for differences in student ...
The name was changed in 1903, to the American Physical Education Association (APEA). And in 1917, it created one of its most influential groups, the Committee on Women's Athletics. [2] [3] The APEA joined forces, becoming part of the NEA's Department of School Health and Physical Education in 1937, [4] and then forming the Division of ...
William Gilbert Anderson (September 9, 1860 – July 7, 1947) [1] was an American pioneer of physical education, physician and writer. Anderson was born in St. Joseph, Michigan. He was educated at Amherst College and the University of Wisconsin. He studied at Cleveland Medical College and received his M.D. in 1883. [1]
Sport, Health and the Body in the History of Physical Education (Routledge, 2015). Gardinier, E. Norman. Athletics of the Ancient World (1930). Green, Harvey. Fit for America : Health, Fitness, Sport, and American Society, 1830-1940 (1988) Hargreaves, Jennifer. Sporting Females: Critical issues in the history and sociology of women’s sports ...
The Society of Health and Physical Educators, known as SHAPE America, is an American organization that provides support to professionals in health, physical education, recreation and dance.
Early testing generally focused on anthropometric measurement (such as lung capacity or strength assessment) and was facilitated by organizations that emerged at the time, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education (AAAPE), and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation (AAHPER). [2]
During the 1940s, the American Medical Association and the National Committee on Physical Fitness had a joint committee encouraging physical fitness. [15]The President's Council on Youth Fitness was founded on July 16, 1956, to encourage American children.
In the United States, German immigrants after 1848 introduced a physical culture system based on gymnastics that became popular especially in colleges. Many local Turner clubs introduced physical education (PE) in the form of 'German gymnastics' into American colleges and public schools. The perception of Turner as 'non-American' prevented the ...