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Ua64/10/5 Scrapbook, 1977-1989, Wku Recreation Majors' Club Jan 1989

Ua64/10/5 Scrapbook, 1977-1989, Wku Recreation Majors' Club

Student Organizations

Scrapbook created by the WKU Recreation Majors' Club for 1977-1989. Book includes photographs of events and outings, invitations, correspondence and clippings.


A Recent History Of Subject Philosophy And Pedagogical Style In Physical Education: A Case Study In Curriculum Change, Kenneth Atkins Jun 1977

A Recent History Of Subject Philosophy And Pedagogical Style In Physical Education: A Case Study In Curriculum Change, Kenneth Atkins

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation was subjected to a content analysis for the period 1963-1973 using subject philosophy, pedagogical style, and contributors as the content indicators. The study examines how curriculum change and subject content reflect change and ideology in the wider society. Justifications for teaching physical education have shifted from a traditional emphasis on fitness and character training to education for leisure and lifetime sports and the desirability of self-actualization via movement education. The study argues that those changes parallel a move in the requirements of the social and economic structure, from mass wage labor to …


A Survey Of Physical Education; Athletics; Health And Intra-Murals In The Ohio Valley Conference With A Suggested Program For Western Kentucky State College, Frank Griffin Jan 1958

A Survey Of Physical Education; Athletics; Health And Intra-Murals In The Ohio Valley Conference With A Suggested Program For Western Kentucky State College, Frank Griffin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The writer of this thesis with the counsel of Dr. Lee F. Jones of the Education Department, and Dr. E. Kelly Thompson, President of Western, decided to make a survey of the status of physical education in the Ohio Valley Conference by means of a questionnaire and through personal interviews. With the materials obtained from the questionnaire and personal interviews with the Directors of Physical Education of the various colleges a proposed program of physical education was organized for Western Kentucky State College.