American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance - AAHPERD

Issue: October 2009    

Engaging Urban Youths in Physical Education and Physical Activity: Introduction
    Carla Murgia & Bryan McCullick, Feature Editors

Abstract: It  cannot be denied that urban youths are underserved in almost every way one  could imagine, especially in health care and education funding. Furthermore,  the lack of these cornerstones is likely to be perpetuated unless everyone  chips in what they can to stymie poverty’s impact. As a profession, we claim to  be able to make a difference in the physical, affective, and cognitive  development of children. Therefore it seems logical that engaging urban youths  in physical education and physical activity should be one of our goals. This  special feature includes articles from the presentations made at the 2009  All-Academy Symposium about how each of the six NASPE academies influences or  addresses “Engaging Urban Youths in Physical Education and Physical Activity.”

Article category: NASPE Symposium