Lack of adequate physical activity amongst youth, more specifically in school, threatens their health status in the current day and in the future. A child’s lifestyle, in regard to physical inactivity, is one of the root causes of health differences as determined by the disparities experienced in terms of health status from one individual to the next. Additionally, a poor choice of diet coupled with physical inactivity can potentially lead to the development of long-term chronic diseases such as stroke, diabetes, and heart diseases when the individual becomes an adult. Moreover, such physical inactivity has the potential to lead to the development of diseases such as diabetes and obesity at a young age. Besides individual repercussions, these …show more content…
Mission: Through learning, excellence, leadership, and devotion; our mission for the K-12 physical education is to introduce, educate, and prepare students to become devoted, innovative, and knowledgeable individuals who will successfully integrate physical education into their lives and subsequently improve their lives both on health and physical terms.
Event Learning Goals: With the goal of educating and introducing students to the importance of physical education, our main strategies will be:
• To substantially increase the frequency of the number of times students partake in physical activities for students within k-12 to achieve the recommended standards. The activities should be specifically tailored and targeted towards serving the student population efficiently and effectively.
• Each and every student partakes a minimum of thirty minutes once a week for seven weeks through which the event will be conducted.
• The trainers to assess the progression of each student both in knowledge and depth in which the physical activities are
Obesity is a preventable medical condition, as a matter of fact, adults who are trying to avoid obesity can participate in a physical activity that involves movement for about 15-30 minutes a day that is all it takes. Physical activities is not only good for adults but for children as well. This essay is to inform adults about their health, the cause of obesity and how it can be prevented. According to, The Burden of Obesity in North Carolina", "no physical activity and unhealthy eating combined are the second leading preventable cause of death",(p.6). In order to avoid stroke, cancer, diabetes and obesity,none has to be physically active and change their eating habits, if they are eating unhealthy.
Changes to Program Over the past years, Dallas ISD physical education
Young & Stewart (2006) also note that this population is among the least physically active subgroups in the United States. King, Castro,Wilcox, Eyler, Sallis & Brownson (2000) stated “prevalence of regular physical activity in this country is low among women, particularly those who are older and from ethnic minority groups.” If physical activity is not prevalent among this population than risks to chronic conditions can
Extraneous variables such as, children’s motivation levels and environmental conditions may have influenced the physical fitness test. Furthermore, the type of available physical education program may have impacted students’ scores. This research did not investigate the physical education (P.E.) program at the LAPUSD, nor did it investigate how often students for each school year received P.E., or if they received at least 50 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
Physical education, exercise science, and sports professionals all play a significant role in getting students, clients, and players to meet the goals and objectives of Healthy People 2020 and The Surgeon General’s Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation. Having a healthy lifestyle starts at an early phase in life. According to the text, “Adolescence is an important age for developing health habits that will persist into adulthood (79).” With that said, in order for them to have that healthy lifestyle they must become educated about the risks of inactivity as early as possible. Physical education is an “ongoing process of learning” that is incorporated in schools so that students learn to use that knowledge throughout their lives and also learn to enjoy doing it.
Many kids in the USA are overweight or obese due to lack of exercise or sports which must change for the health of the kids. The website “well.blogs.nytimes.com” states “Teenagers can significantly lower their likelihood of being overweight or obese by walking or biking to school and playing on at least one high school sports team, but preferably two or more, a new study suggests.” This shows that having the exercise from school sports could keep you more active and have you be less or not obese. Also, the source stated that you should do at least 1-2 school sports to avoid being overweight or obese especially if your busy outside of school and can’t exercise, from Healthland.time, they found that being obese could put at more risk at heart attacks, “Of course, in the U.S. too, there are signs of early heart-disease development among overweight young people. A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that, just as in the Netherlands, roughly two-thirds of obese U.S. teens have at least one cardiovascular risk factor.
Nowadays, most children are sedentary and do not spend a lot of time outside. It was found that 75% of children spend their time in front of television or being inactive, whereas they only spend about 12 minutes each day doing dynamic physical activities (Ebbeling et al., 2002). The researchers pointed out in the study that the fact that the physical education (PE) has been eliminated from some school districts due to people thinking it is less significant compared to other academic subjects contributed to childhood obesity since children do not get to move their bodies as much as before (Ebbeling et al., 2002). For those schools that still have PE class, one of the barriers is to have lack of equipment for every student (Ebbeling et al., 2002). As a staff at children weight management center, I highly recommend all the schools to add PE back to their curriculums for students to exercise.
Throughout the semester, I have gained a better understanding of adapted physical education and sport programs. These programs provide children and adults with an opportunity to participate in sports they may not have thought were possible. The modifications to sport and exercise allows individuals with a range of disabilities to engage in activity. The disabilities can range from a mild learning disability to a permanent condition caused from a serious accident. While observing numerous individuals with disabilities, I was able to obtain a better understanding of the challenges that came with physical activity.
One of the key to the successful teaching of physical education is the use of a broad range of approaches and methodologies. As it is acknowledged that schools, classes and teachers will vary, some methods will suit particular circumstances better than others, and the nature of the strands themselves necessitates the use of a variety of teaching methods. There is a need to examine the teaching methods which will best enhance the achievement of the objectives, taking factors such as the content and context of the lesson into account, as well as the needs of the learner. Teaching means sharing, guiding, changing behavior, impressing, disciplining, counseling, directing and inspiring. Good teaching is a process of producing end products of
In life, people will experience different things that will have an influence on who they are as well as who they will become. These experiences are in direct correlation to future success. Some believe that most of these experiences are outside of one 's own control, such as where he was born, where he goes to school or even a financial situation. While this makes sense, there is one thing that is within one 's control that will greatly increase the likelihood of one 's achievements. Playing sports in high school has a positive impact on future success.
INTRODUCTION: Attention Step: According to the article “Exercise Makes You Younger,” “Research shows that physical inactivity can cause premature death as well as chronic disease and disability" (54). Establish Need/Relevance: Nowadays technology and busy work schedules have prevented many people from including exercise into their daily activities. Many people think that it is too time consuming and rather not work
Even though some students are against P.E, physical education classes show to help students develop fine motor skills, cooperation, teamwork, and reduces stress and improves self confidence and self esteem. Regular physical activity can also help prevent future medical issues. Without regular exercise, it may be more difficult to practice self-discipline and develop healthy exercise habits as adults. P.E should be mandatory, because it helps develop better skills such as motor skills and cooperation, helps prevent possible help issues in the future, and helps students become more self disciplined and have healthier exercising habits
Should kids be sitting on the couch, watching movies, and eating chips all day? What kind of childhood experiences and learning opportunities for growth and development can be attained from being a couch potato? If you really think of it of course; your child is missing out on a lot of childhood experiences. Sitting on the couch, eating chips, is one of the factors to the fact that over one third of the world’s population is obese. Daniel Gould, Ph.D., director of the institute for the Youth Sports at Michigan State University, says, “A solution to obesity is competitive sport.
According to the article How Physical Fitness May Promote School Success, children who take part in physical activity absorb and retain new information more effectively than other students who are out of shape. This suggests, that to help students do better in school and in the classroom, they should make physical education mandatory. With physical activity present in a young students daily routine, they tend to have better grades. The article Physical Education Should be a Mandatory Class all Four Years of High School informs the reader that, According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, physical education doesn’t just lower the risk of diseases later in life but also improves focus in the classroom. In other words, P.E doesn’t just lower the risk of obesity and heart failure, it helps students in the classroom which is an even better reason to keep it around because it has multiple
As a HPE teacher, I am involved in a learning area that supports children and adolescents in the choices they make and can manifest in the skills, knowledge and understandings that will ensure students are equipped to make decisions that will impact on their own health and wellbeing choices, hopefully for life. Unfortunately, there is a dramatic and ever increasing epidemic of obesity and lifestyle related diseases within the population of our youth (reference). As a physical educator, I take great pride in knowing that I am imparting knowledge and influencing children in many ways. I strongly believe there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to teaching and learning, “Students think, act, and feel differently at different stages of development,