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Melanie Hendrick (Melaniehendrick)
Junior Member
Username: Melaniehendrick
Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 4:20 pm: |       |
Is 30 minutes twice a week enough physical education for elementary, middle, or secondary students? Shouldn't they have more? We only get one body. Shouldn't we (they)learn to take better care of it? |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 3:14 pm: | |
I think students in all grades should have PE more than for 60 minutes each week. I think they should have a full 30 minutes each day. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 3:16 pm: | |
As a general education teacher, I believe it is not in the students's best interest to have PE so often. They need reading and math too. We don't seem to feel a push in that direction-- just for the specials. |
Sarah Phillips (Sep8720)
New member
Username: Sep8720
Post Number: 1
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - 4:10 pm: | |
Dear Melanie,
I am a current physical eduation major and I think that 30 minutes of physical education class two times a week is not enough. We need to stress to students how important physical activity is. I understand that kids need other classes too but phys. ed. is very important and should be as long and often as other classes. |
jamesholtz
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 10:51 am: | |
Also understand the brain research linked to movement. Look at the study done in California linking fitness levels to academic achievement. Activity is more than just for health, it makes people smarter. The hippocampus and basil ganglia of the brain increase cell proliferation just from running alone. The studies in this area are growing by the minute. Therefore, 30 minutes per day, 2 days per week is an injustice to everybody in your school. The classroom teachers don't realize it but, it negatively affects their work too. |
Joe Herzog (Bigfish344)
Junior Member
Username: Bigfish344
Post Number: 16
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 11:44 am: | |
The comparison of test data from California, done in 2002 and 2004 is most compelling and common sense and our teaching experience tells us that there is a powerful relationship between physical activity and brain growth and development.
However it must be noted that the collection of the aforementioned test data was not a "study." There were no parameters established and testing methodology, particularly with the Fitnessgram was never studied. School to school, district to district and even within departments, we are aware that there are variations, sometimes significant ones, in testing methodology. The comparison of the data provides for a very strong inferential conclusion, but not a causal one. We must be very careful how we present this information, because our critics will jump on the opportunity to claim that we have mis-interpreted the results.
I have used this data frequently and shared it with hundreds of teachers and school administrators. I presented the 2002 data at a press conference at the Alaska AAHPERD, in 2004. I am 110%+ convinced of the positive relationship between physical activity and cognitive growth, but if we are to have validity, we must deal with this data, as strong as it appears to be, in a scientific manner.
And just so there is no mis-understanding, it is my belief that EVERY student in this country should have a minimum of 1 hour of physical education every school day, K-12. Those who have posted here and cast doubt on the need for higher levels of activity, must take the time to read the research...Hannaford, Diamond, Jensen, Ratey, Summerford, Dennison and so many others. Any one of their books will convince you of the need for profound levels of activity.
Joe Herzog, Chair, Region 28, CAHPERD
Pres. The Fresno Alliance for Phys. Educ. and athletics
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