Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the relative contributions of perceived parent and physical education teacher autonomy support, involvement, and modeling to adolescent leisure-time physical activity motivation and behavior within the framework of self-determination theory. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Method: 161 Middle school students completed a paper survey which asse...

This study describes the behavior management training and instructional practices of Nationally Certified Adapted Physical Education (CAPE) teachers. Participants who were currently teaching APE and were certified during the past 10 years were selected from the Adapted Physical Education National Standards (APENS) database. Eighty-nine APE teachers (67 females; 22 males) responded to the online...

The purpose of this study was to describe the quality physical education teacher's nutritional status and its theoretical impact. research data is qualitative in nature generated from filling out open questionnaires informants. 124 informants voluntarily filled questionnaire came various regions Indonesia, for reason, informant protected. Data analysis carried a descriptive manner by collecting...

On a national ministerial announcement concerning employing specialist Physical Education (PE) teachers to teach PE in early childhood education (as opposed generalist teachers), this research sought investigate teachers’ views on issue. Taking Lawson's (1983) theory of occupational socialization as sensitizing framework, we examined whether teachers' specialization and experiences participatio...

Research has demonstrated the importance of relatedness perceptions to self-determined motivation in physical education. Therefore, studies have begun to examine the social factors contributing to feelings of relatedness. The purpose of this study was to examine teacher (perceived emotional support) and peer (acceptance, friendship quality) relationship variables to feelings of relatedness, mot...