Elementary Physical Education: Fitness Sessions or Whole-Child Development?

Physical education is being positioned as an important vehicle for combating public health concerns such as increases in the rates of childhood obesity and physical inactivity. However, programs that emphasize physical fitness may neglect opportunities to develop students’ learning in cognitive, soc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Timothy Scott Fletcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Society for Studies in Education 2009-09-01
Series:Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education
Subjects:
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjnse/article/view/30422