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Mid-Twentieth Century
Foundations of physical education, exercise science, and sport
Jennifer Walton-Fisette-Deborah Wuest - Mcgraw-Hill Education - 2018 -
The Divison of Physical Fitness
Was established during the war because there were so many men not physically fit for the war. This put an emphasis on programs in schools to get the kids on a program. -
The National Athletic Trainer's Association
As a result of sports programs expanding so did participation, and the need to treat injured athletes. Individuals in this field stepped up and established the NATA. -
The National Conference on Planning Games
This was established to show the value of organized games and sport for children younger than high school age. -
Presidents Council on youth Fitness
President Eisenhower established a test to score children if they were physically fit. This test involved mainly flexibility and abdominal strength. -
Federation of Sports Medicine
The ACSM was established by early physical educators who were physicians. They assumed this role and created the college in 1954 -
The Intramural Movement
The movement was established to provide college students a way to play organized sports, who were not official college athletes. This was supported for both boys and girls. -
The Divison for Girls and Women Sports
The DGWS played an important role in developing guidelines for girls and women participating in sports. This led to women being involved in the Olympics and professional sports. -
Special Olympics
This provided competitive sports opportunities for individuals with handicaps. This also made physical educators adapt for the special needs individuals. -
Education
The disciplines of knowledge now consist of physical education, exercise science, sport. -
PEPI
The PEPI emphasized that physical education was important to inform to the public. They emphazized the slogan "Physcial Education is Heath Insurance. -
Title IX
Prohibited any kind of discrimination in any educational program or activity. This opened up opportunites for women in many different ways -
Handicapped Children Act
Gave free education to children 3-21. This gave all children with disabilities a least restrictive enviorment -
Grove City College v. Bell
Ruled that Title IX is program specific. Only programs that receive direct federal funding need to comply with Title IV. -
AAHPERD
They the Physical Fitness Test to measure the fitness components associated with heath. -
Prevention
Physical Fitness programs gradually started to shift to disease prevention and provide education on how to stay fit healthy. This led -
Change
The American Academy of Physical Education changed its name to American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education. -
Standards
The NASPE published 'Moving into the Future: National Standards for Physical Eduction- A guide to Content and Assesment. This gave the first framework to guide the development of an educators cirriculums -
Growth
The growth of sports has went from 3.3 million in 1971 to 7.7 million in 2011 -
Growth in Womans Sports
Since Title IX was established, the woman praticipating in sports has went from 294,000 to 3.2 million
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