Is PE in danger of becoming extinct? That is one question that every PE teacher in America is afraid to hear. It is disheartening to even think about the possibility of PE being eliminated from public schools.
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Barney and Deutsch discussed why PE is endanger of becoming extinct. “Because of the lack of respect physical education has in the educational community, it is one of the first content areas to be eliminated” (p.115). Unfortunately, this is the sad truth. Physical Educators need to come together to prevent such an event from happening. Van, Kelder, Kohl, Ranjit, and Perry stated in their article, “The National Association for Sport and Physical Education found that the portion of students attending PE daily dropped from 42% to 28% between 1991 and 2003.” These statistics are mind boggling, and they are ten years old. If this trend continues, PE may very well end up in the obituaries of school curriculum. We need to put an end to this before it is too late.
What can we do to get PE off of the chopping block? Tune in next week for some strategies to help us bring the importance of PE back.
1Barney, D., & Deutsch, J. (2009). Elementary classroom teachers attitudes and perspectives of elementary physical education. Physical Educator, 66(3), 114-123. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com
2Van, D., Kelder, S. H., Kohl III, H. W., Ranjit, N., & Perry, C. L. (2011). Associations of physical fitness and academic performance among schoolchildren. Journal of School Health, 81(12), 733-740. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com
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