Athletics in Schools

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This paper explains that, established in 1885, the Association for the Advancement of Physical Education (AAPE), which was comprised mainly of medical doctors, is now referred to as the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. The author points out that the profession has undergone many changes, attaining identification as a 'scientific' sub-specialty such as "exercise physiology". The paper includes topics about equal opportunities ,under the implementation of Title IX, and the benefits of physical education such as increased self-esteem, sense of accomplishment and moral reasoning.

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"During the 1960s, an era when change characterized all aspects of society, traditional curriculum requirements in all areas of were challenged, including basic physical education requirements. Graduate education was critically examined, and James Bryant Conant's 1959 report on the American high school characterized graduate programs in the physical education as an "example of the worst, among many that were less than adequate." Urged by Conant and Franklin Henry for an academic discipline of physical education, physical education began to move toward improving the study of the discipline."

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