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

Issue: October 2009    

    NASPE Sets the Standard: 35 Years of National Leadership  in Sport and Physical Education
    Susan G. Zieff, Angela Lumpkin, Claudia Guedes, &  Terry Eguaoje      

Abstract: With 17,000  members, NASPE is the largest of the five national associations of the American  Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) and  comprises six Academy Committees (Biomechanics; Curriculum and Instruction;  Exercise Physiology; Motor Development and Learning; Sport and Exercise  Psychology; and Sport History, Philosophy, and Sociology). Since its founding  in 1974, NASPE has been recognized as a leading advocate for federal  legislation promoting daily, school-based physical education and funding for  youth sport programs. Among the organization’s most important accomplishments  has been the establishment of national standards for sport and physical  education and its involvement with the four accreditation programs that implement  these standards. This article is an overview of the standards that NASPE has  played a leading role in developing and how they have benefited the field.

Article category: AAHPERD’s 125th Anniversary—Part 4