Thursday, October 4, 2012: 2:45 PM-3:35 PM
Planet Hollywood: Celebrity Ballroom 5
NASPE/Meeting the Needs of Today’s K-12 Students and Schools
| Speakers: | Lynn Housner1; Xiaozan Wang2; Feilu Mao1; Liu Ji2; Yongjian Deng3; Zhifei Chen4; and Wei Wei5, (1)West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, (2)East China Normal University/Key Laboratory of Adolescent Health Assessment and Exercise Intervention, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China, (3)East China Normal Univerisity, Shanghai, China, (4)Shanghai Luwan Education College, Shanghai, China, (5)East China Normal University, Shanghai, China |
This three-phase presentation is intended for PETE faculty interested in the globalization of PE. In phase I, research on health-related curricula in the U.S. will be reviewed and health issues confronting China will be presented. In Phase II, a year-long project where SPARK was implemented in two elementary schools in Shanghai, China is described. Phase III will be a brainstorming session on integrating health-optimizing PE into curricula in the U.S. and other countries.