KIN 352 Study Guide - Effect Size, Health Education
Document Summary
Policy: provide schools with adequate resources so they can make these classes work (funding, qualified. Inside as well as outside: need safe and enjoyable activities, don"t use physical activity as a form of punishment. Ex: not wearing appropriate attire = having to run laps: establish people within schools to lead these programs (they need to be role models!) Physical education: needs to be enjoyable, daily activity. Health education: reinforce positive attitudes, reinforce knowledge and skills that people can use to ensure life-long physical activity and life-long health. Extracurricular activities: need to be competitive as well as non-competitive. Parental involvement: need to be at the schools, being active (as well as in community, for themselves and their children. Personnel training: people need to be trained to run these programs, *p. e. teachers used to be coaches of sports at the school. Evaluation: all community interventions need to be regularly evaluated so we can see what is working and what isn"t.
