The benefits of physical activity for children are promoted widely and well understood; however factors which impact on children’s beliefs and attitudes towards physical education need to be explored in more detail. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how primary school children value and perceive their involvement in physical education (PE) classes through the use of drawings. While this...

the safety of sport halls in physical education faculties is important from two perspectives: first, students spend a long time in these sport halls to learn a sport filed; second, they should learn sport safety standards as the future experts. the aim of this research was to study physical education students’ viewpoints on safety in sport halls of physical education faculties of universities i...

On the basis of an integrated theoretical approach to achievement motivation, the authors designed this study to investigate the potential influence of mastery goal, performance-approach and avoidance-approach goals, individual interest, and situational interest on students' learning in a physical education softball unit. The authors collected and analyzed data from 6th graders (N = 177), using...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Infants born preterm are at high risk of developmental disabilities and benefit from early developmental intervention programs. Physical therapists with neonatal expertise are ideally suited to educate parents about ways to support their infant's development in the first months of life. However, administrative policies are needed to support the therapist in providing adeq...

Student motivation plays an important role in the teaching and learning process in general educational settings as well as in physical education (PE). This review should provide a brief and concise overview of the empirical evidence that is available regarding student motivation in PE. The review will organize research findings on student motivation in PE according to its relation to physical a...

The paediatric oncology unit at this hospital provides an oncology service to the south west of England. Patients from the region come to Bristol for diagnosis and evaluation and to begin treatment. When it is appropriate care is shared between the referring unit and the unit in Bristol. When a diagnosis is made an information pack is sent to the child's general practitioner giving the diagnosi...

Anne Vernez Moudon *, Chanam Lee , Allen D. Cheadle , Cheza W. Collier , Donna Johnson , Thomas L. Schmid , Robert D. Weather g a Department of Urban Design and Planning, Gould 410, Box 355740, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA b Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, USA c Department of Health Services, University of Washington, USA d Chro...