The Diversity Of Physical Education

The Margaret Eaton School (MES) played an important role in Canadian physical education during a period of time known as the “golden age” for women’s sport in Canada. This essay will discuss how Margaret Eaton School came to be and why it is considered one of the leading schools in the development of women’s physical education in Canada in 1901, with the help of Emma Scott Raff and Margaret Eaton. The school started out as “The School of Expression” focusing on theatre and physical culture, and later (1925) shifted its views to focus solely on physical education. I plan to argue that from 1901 to 1942, the Margaret Eaton School played an innovative role in Canada in the development of physical education by offering women a comprehensive

Humans are creatures that are vulnerable to differences in general, but in the presence of these differences, people will unknowingly gain some benefit. The following problems and opporrtunities that exist in working in a multicultural environment.

The Service Users i deliver care to are all different in many ways.This can be along the dimensions of gender, age, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, physical abilities, political beliefs, religious beliefs or other ideologies. This means that i have to be aware of a person’s individuality and respect their choices. To be understanding and not show prejudice. Valuing the benefits of someone being different from ourselves, not making assumptions.

One of the most important goals for educating the students of today is preparing them to live a successful life not only mentally but physically as well. Students ultimately have to understand and be experienced with many physical activities(e.g. running) in order to accomplish a physically healthy lifestyle. Both the National Physical Education Standards(AAHPERD) and the Mississippi Physical Education Frameworks assist educators in designing a curriculum that teaches students about the necessity and fundamentals of physical activity. There are obvious differences and similarities between both educational standards as far as their content and structure goes. However, both the purpose and function of both standards are still analogous. Both standards inform educators of what students should be able to know and do at specific grade levels like the College and Career Readiness/core standards. Similarly, like with all educational standard, both standards functions as a model and guide that includes suggestions of teaching strategies, learning objectives, and much more depending on which one educators choose to use when developing their curriculum. All in all, both standards were comprehensive in providing information on how to design a curriculum that disciplines students into healthy individuals with effective implementation.

Across the country schools have been cutting out gym or recess from their daily schedules. Teachers and school districts desire better test scores from their students. Therefore, they want to have their students study and practice more. But in fact, studies suggest that adding a physical activity program or increasing the amount of time students have physical activity may be more beneficial to students and their test scores. There have been thousands of studies on this topic. Some involve recess, others gym, and new studies are centered around taking breaks in class. All this research has shown that activity can help kids with their test scores. In most studies, more than 50% of students’ test scores were positively impacted by increasing the amount of activity during the school day (“Association” 6).

A recent study performed by Derry and Allen (2004) on females in same-sex physical education classes had dramatically higher engaged skill learning time and initiated more interaction with their teachers versus the females in coeducational physical education classes. Other research on same-sex physical education classes found that these classes had “fewer distractions, freedom to focus intellectual energy, improved working conditions, a decrease in student attention-demanding behavior, fewer discipline problems, and greater time-on-task; same-sex schools have also been found to foster greater competition among students than coeducational schools (Lirgg, 1994)”.

The mission of high quality elementary education is to help children develop and mature into successful and highly functioning learners by teaching the basics of education, healthy learning habits, and skills needed for everyday life; including social, mental, and physical knowledge. School should help students in all aspects of their lives. The mission along with being for the whole classroom, is for each individual and should adapt to their needs and learning level they are at. I used to be a math tutor, and each individual was at a different level with the material and comprehension. Each person has their own speed for learning and understanding. Also, not only do students need to be taught academic skills and knowledge, they also need to

When I look out into the world it does not take long for me to realize that we are all different in a plethora of different ways. We all grow up in many different societies and

The world is made of billions of people from all walks of life. Each individual have diversity in areas of the spoken language, food, and religious

Title IX has impacted women’s athletics in various ways. Since this law was passed, enforcing the equal treatment of women on various athletic levels; many sports took it into consideration and began to focus on the female athlete as a whole person. In a study that was conducted, researchers observed how the physical characteristics of a practitioner can effect a person’s perception of their effectiveness and of their anything that follows suit. The opening of the articles

Although diversity issues exsist amongst many schools, the focus of this paper on secondary and post-secondary schools which tend to make diversity training a choice for students and staff rather than a requirement. Elementry schools, in our local district, tend to put a greater emphasis on diversity issues. That is not to say that what they are doing in the elementry schools is enough, however, it is a step in the right direction.

As a physical therapist, I have to adapt to any number of circumstances for each individual that I evaluate while keeping a common goal in mind: providing optimal body function and wellness. Being a caregiver to my friend with muscular dystrophy, a young boy with Down syndrome, and side-walking for the children at Ride On Center for Kids and Courtney Cares, I have grown attached to the idea that I was meant to serve children with disabilities. I want to see my patients reach their full potential regardless of their disability. Providing these children a chance at increasing their human experience will transform society by giving them an equal opportunity to achieve their goals in life. Physical therapy gives them a renewed sense of importance and significance that they can build off of to live a happier and more meaningful

Eric advocates every day to create better opportunities for Kayla and other children with development disabilities. His hope is that more parents step up and help implement accessible programs in schools. He urges them to motivate their kids to get involved. “It doesn’t have to be sports, but they have to join something, so they aren’t just the “kid in the wheelchair,” Eric exclaimed, “Life is scary. But they have to learn how to be a kid.” It takes focusing on capabilities and not limitations because given the right opportunity people with disabilities are

Differences in each individual is what makes each of us unique in some way. Throughout my life I have seen and met different types of individuals from different walks of life. Their paths may have differed from mine, but that never changed my perspective of respect towards others. Diversity influences us to join as one, although we may not have the same views. Although some opinions may differ, diversity has signifies a variety of different races, cultures, religion, beliefs etc to exist. It has simply impacted my life in several ways and I’m sure the world as well. Even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. himself helped fight for the rights of diversity in his time on earth. If our country engaged in diversity knowledge and equal respect towards the difference in others, the world would be a much safer place.

Physical education is defined nowadays as a “systematic instruction in sports, exercises, and hygiene given as part of a school or college program” (Park). When most people think of the term “physical education” they think of it as “a broad, inclusive term comprising the fields of physical education, health education, safety education, athletics, recreation, dance education, kinesiology and so on” (Zeigler 1). It may sometimes be referred to as physical training or gym class and mainly is taught in grades kindergarten all to the way up to your senior year in high-school in the United States. The history of physical education dates way back to the Greek and Roman times and has slowly evolved into what it is now today. There is a