Tag: adapted physical activity

“Inclusion” is a term and concept that has proliferated in physical education spaces since the early 1990s. Related scholarship has explored inclusion from multiple perspectives, including teachers, administrators, and more recently from disabled students themselves. The purpose of this special issue is to elevate and highlight emerging critical thought, beyond inclusion, regarding a broad range emergent topics which exist at the intersection of disability and physical activity (e.g., physical education, sport, recreation).

Stillingen er knyttet til faggruppen for fysisk aktivitet og funksjonshemming ved Institutt for lærerutdanning og friluftslivsstudier. Stipendiaten skal bidra til å utvikle forskningsprosjektet «Mennesker som Oss», som undersøker holdninger og verdier relatert til inkludering av mennesker i ulike kontekster for fysisk aktivitet (e.g., rehabilitering, paraidrett, psykisk helsevern). Dette prosjektet retter seg mot skole- og kroppsøvingskonteksten, med fokus på barn og unge med funksjonshemming.

Jennifer Gothilander’s thesis Exploring contexts for participation in daily and physical activities among adolescents with and without disabilitiesemphasizes the importance of considering contexts broadly to promote adolescents' participation in daily and physical activities. Facilitating access and participation involves more than simply focusing on the activities. Future research should employ interdisciplinary multi-method designs to further investigate the participation construct, to examine the sports and physical exercise contexts for Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity more deeply.

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Movement, Meaning and Matter: Understanding Skillful Action in Sport by Jim Denison.

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Siedentop: A Memoir of the Man from Pomerene Hall by Richard. Tinning.

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Operationalizing a Physical Education Workforce Research and Development Agenda by Emily M. Jones, Hal A. Lawson & Kevin Andrew Richards.

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: What Kinesiology Research is Most Visible to the Academic World? by Duane Knudson.

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Unifying Theory of Physical Activity by Thiago Sousa Matias & Joe Piggin.

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Navigating the Processes and Products of The Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model: A Systematic Literature Review by Yanhua Shen, Thomas Martinek & Ben P. Dyson.

Quest is the official journal of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE). It is the leading journal for interdisciplinary scholarship for professionals in kinesiology in higher education. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Developing a Conceptual Model of Service Quality for eSports by Xiuqi Zhu, Do Young Pyun & Argyro Elisavet Manoli (open access).