Keywords

high school sports, high school students, organized sports, college aged

Abstract

National standards for physical education (PE) encompass five principles for the purpose of defining what high school students should recognize and be able to perform as a result of a quality PE program. The expectation is that youth will develop as active healthy lifestyle into adulthood from activities and skills taught in PE. Researchers from the United Kingdom and the United States have identified team sports as the primary curricular design in high school P.E. However, it has been suggested the use of team sports is not as effective way to encourage students to be physically active throughout their lives. Participants for this study were 1,034 college-aged students from a private university located in the western United States. Responses from the questionnaire (Questions 9, 12, and 14) indicated a significant difference at the p

Original Publication Citation

Barney, D., Pleban, F., Wilkinson, C., & Prusak, K. (2015). Identifying high school physical education on physical activity after high school. The Physical Educator, 72, (2), 278-293.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2015-3

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5841

Publisher

The Physical Educator

Language

English

College

David O. McKay School of Education

Department

Educational Inquiry, Measurement, and Evaluation

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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