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Historical perspective and current status of the physical education graduation requirement at American 4-year colleges and universities
Ist Teil von
Research quarterly for exercise and sport, 2012-12, Vol.83 (4), p.503-512
Ort / Verlag
United States: Taylor & Francis Group
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
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MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This study gives an overview of the history of required physical education in America's 4-year colleges and universities and provides an update on the requirement status. After randomly identifying 354 institutions, their respective websites were searched to determine whether physical education was a requirement to earn a baccalaureate degree. The major finding was that the physical education requirement declined from an all-time high of 97 percent in the 1920s and 1930s to an all-time low of 39.55 percent in 2010. Given society's ongoing health challenges and the important role of physical activity in maintaining health, this seems counterintuitive. It is also inconsistent with the National Physical Activity Plan (2010). Verf.-Referat (geändert).