718 Understanding Anti-Fat Bias in PE: Addressing Needs of Overweight Students

Saturday, April 2, 2011: 1:00 PM-2:15 PM
Convention Center: Room 24ABC
NASPE/Research/Social Sciences
Speakers: Cathy Tingstrom, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA; and Cuauhtemoc Carboni, California State University, San Bernardino, Hesperia, CA
The objective of this session is to increase awareness of physical educators to the negative impact that anti-fat bias may have on their teaching and to discuss instructional strategies to meet the needs of overweight students in their classroom.