Examples of journals in this discipline include:
Health Educator
Nutrition Journal
Physical Educator
Policy Changes in Physical Education Teacher Continuing Professional Development. by
Professional development (PD) plays an important role in the quality of K-12 physical education teachers (PETs) and PD policies affect the implementation of PD at the state level in the United States. To date, no studies have examined PD policies for PETs. Therefore, this project aimed to examine changes of state PD policies for PETs from 2001 to 2016. Document analysis method was used in the analysis of data included in the Shape of the Nation Report: Physical Education Programs in the US. The five editions of the report were coded with a focus on PD requirements and state financial support for PD. McNemar's test was performed in the examination of the significant percentage change in K-12 PD policies for PETs during the time period. About 10%-20% of states did not have any PD requirements and less than one third of states required physical education--specific PD since 2001. Although the percentage of states providing support specific for PETs significantly increased in 2016, the overall percentage of state PD support for PETs was less than 30%. There were significant positive changes in making PD specific for PETs and state support for PD from 2001 to 2016. Future state PD policies need to be aligned with how PETs learn, focusing on what, when, and how PD should be implemented for PETs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Rethinking the Relationship between Technology and Health through Online Physical Education during the Pandemic by
Technology and health are interrelated, along with the development of technology accompanied by increasing health demands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study aims to rethink the use of technology in exercising to maintain health. The focus of the study in this research is the relationship between the use of technology and health through COVID-19 healthy gymnastics. The method used in this research is to use a cross-sectional survey online. This method is used because the survey can be done anytime and anywhere, which can be more practical. The data collection instrument used is an online survey using the Google form application. This application is suitable for use in a practical and effective data collection process. Then to measure and find out the results of the data collected, the researcher used the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software with a bivariate correlation coefficient test. The subjects of this study were UPI students who contracted physical education courses and sport. The results of this study indicate that there is a very high relationship between technology and health through COVID-19 healthy gymnastics. This study concluded that students who would be aware of their health by doing sports optimize the use of technology to support their sports activities.
