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Each year, the Distinguished Lecture Series is one of the highlights of the extensive research program at SHAPE America’s National Convention & Expo. Each of the four lectures in the series provides the opportunity for in-depth coverage of a relevant topic, as well as formal peer recognition of outstanding scholars and leaders in the field. LEARN MORE
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Sex, chronological age, and maturity potentially impact multidimensional health-related characteristics, which adds to the challenges of reversing current youth health-related concerns. The aims of this study from a recent issue of Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (RQES) were to present the multidimensional health-related characteristics of 9–14-year-olds; examine sex differences; and account for the effect of age and maturity on such characteristics. READ MORE
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National Physical Education Standards, Fourth Edition, is the go-to book for all physical education teachers, providing the framework for creating curricula, designing lesson plans, and developing assessments. Created by SHAPE America, this text unveils the revised standards and new grade-span learning indicators, offers practical guidelines for implementation, and advances the idea that physical education means equity, access and inclusion for all.
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There is an urgent need to advocate for resources to provide teachers curricular, pedagogical and policy support for teacher empowerment. The purpose of this study from the March/April issue of American Journal of Health Education (AJHE) is to identify the subject-specific challenges faced by health education teachers and the resources they need. READ MORE
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National Health Education Standards, Third Edition, empowers preK-12 health educators to develop high-quality health education programs that improve outcomes for students, providing them with skills for lifelong health and well-being. Created by SHAPE America, this text unveils the revised standards and performance indicators, offers guidelines for implementation and assessment, and advances the idea that health education means equity, access and inclusion for all.
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The second edition of Organization and Administration of Physical Education: Theory and Practice, thoroughly updated by award-winning educators Jayne Greenberg and Judy LoBianco, incorporates the new SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards. Administrators can use the book to learn how the standards affect curriculum development and implementation of a successful PE program. LEARN MORE
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HPE teachers across the country are counting the days until #SHAPEBaltimore. Here are a few blog posts from our “National Convention Series”:
In Case You Missed It (ICYMI):
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Sports Is a Powerful Tool for Grassroots Empowerment. A Philly Basketball Coach Made It Her Focus
The Observer
To the players who called her “Coach B,” Beulah Osueke was more than just a coach. Some looked at her as a parent. Others, as an older sister. Sometimes she was their financier. Often she was their disciplinarian. Osueke, 35, was whoever the girls basketball players at West Catholic Prep, a high school in Philadelphia, needed her to be — an experience that opened her eyes to their world of hardships.
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Twin Brothers-Turned-Teachers Prove Power of Long Beach College Promise
CSULB News
Twin brothers Markel and Martel Cooper ’19 have spent their lives moving in sync — same schools, same classes, same ambitions.
But in their North Long Beach neighborhood, ambition wasn’t always enough. College felt more like a distant idea than a real destination.
Today, the Cooper twins are both physical education teachers in the Long Beach Unified School District, founders of a sports program for disadvantaged youth, and coordinators for the district’s Male Leadership Academy.
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Overbrook Elementary Third Graders Are Working to Turn Their Asphalt Schoolyard Into a Community Green Space
WHYY
At West Philly’s Overbrook Elementary School, a group of third graders recently spent part of the morning outside in their asphalt schoolyard. Split into groups and holding printed maps of the space, they wandered around and brainstormed about how the space is used — and what it could become. “Y’all, we could put a basketball court right there!” one student said excitedly.
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