Setting the Scene: The first time I ever saw him present was in September, 1983. Rather than focusing only on potential health risks or a deficit-based model of health, the curriculum has a stronger focus on supporting students to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills they require to make healthy, safe and active choices that will enhance their own and others’ health and wellbeing.

During intervention planning and development, two meetings with stakeholders, comprising a school PE teacher, a representative of the teacher union, the head of the in-service PE teacher training program, and the head of the city Education Department, will take place to maximize acceptability and adherence to the trial.

SHAPE America develops the national standards and guidelines for physical education, and offers extensive professional development opportunities , cutting-edge resources such as the newly released National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education , and respected peer-reviewed journals to help you become a leader in your classroom, institution and community.

KNPE 466 (Field Experience at Outdoor Environments), for example, transports our P.E. majors to our Lorado Taft Field Campus, one of the premier outdoor education facilities in the country, for an experience as outdoor educators for elementary school children.

The intervention will capitalize on the trans-contextual model 6 , 10 , a motivation model which specifies the processes by which teachers’ support for students’ self-determined or autonomous motivation in school translates to their autonomous motivation, beliefs, and intention toward, and actual participation in, physical activity outside of school.