Health-Related Fitness Content Knowledge, Physical Activity, and Instructional Practices Among US Physical Educators

摘要

To promote student physical literacy, physical educators must teach and assess health-related fitness content knowledge (HRFK) and model healthy lifestyles. Individual HRFK is associated with lifetime physical activity (PA) and each may precede/predict both teaching and assessing of student HRFK. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine factors related to physical educators? teaching and assessment of student HRFK. Method: Physical educators (N =?796) representing each SHAPE America regional district completed a 33-item survey to determine their individual HRFK, weekly PA, and extent to which they teach (tHRFK) and assess (aHRFK) student HRFK. Results: Multiple regression was conducted to determine if tHRFK and aHRFK are predicted by teachers? individual HRFK, min/week of light, moderate, or vigorous PA, or any demographic variables. Overall, the tHRFK model was significant (F =?10.919, R-2?=?0.100, p < .001) with all predictors significant, except weekly minutes of moderate PA and participant HRFK (p