The purpose of this paper was to review extant literature on multicultural education in the context of teaching physical education. More specifically, the article was designed to review the literature on physical education teachers’ knowledge and skills related to teaching culturally diverse students. The findings revealed teachers' knowledge and skills in multicultural education to embrace cul...

BACKGROUND The expectancy-value theory postulates that motivation relies on individuals' beliefs of success, perceived Attainment, Intrinsic Interest, and Utility values and Cost. This study examined Chinese college students' expectancy-value motivation in relation to physical education and self-initiated physical activity. METHODS A random sample of 368 Chinese university students responded ...

The physical fitness quality is the basis of the students' comprehensive quality, and it is the essential condition of the development of individual growth. But today's school is more emphasis on the students' learning culture results instead of physical education. With the growth of the level of life, physical quality has declined. This paper expatiates the reason of contemporary students' phy...

JOPERD • Volume 78 No. 8 • October 2007 A large number of recent studies have shown that the lack of physical activity is one of the most evident causes of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases among children and adolescents (Toschke, von Kries, Rosenfeld, & Toschke, 2007; Zieff, Guedes, & Wiley, 2006). However, few studies have shown the connection between the lack of physical educati...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the intensity and duration of physical efforts in Physical Education classes in primary and secondary school. METHODS School-based cross-sectional study carried out by means of the observation of 218 Physical Education classes, including a total of 272 students (each one of the students was evaluated three times). The study was carried out in the city of Pelotas (Souther...