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are students getting enough physical activity? - correct answer ✔✔no they are not getting
enough PA in or outside of school. as they go up to higher grades the amount of physical activity
decreases and less kids get the recommended amounts of PA.
What happens to PA levels as kids age? - correct answer ✔✔PA levels continuously decline. Girls
generally get less PA than boys at all ages.
What do participation report cards look like for schools? What percent of kids are getting the
recommended amounts of physical activity? - correct answer ✔✔although schools get a B- for
having the facilities or opportunities to provide physical activities to kids. The amount of
children actually getting 150 minutes of PA weekly is not enough and for this schools get a D+.
37% of 5-11 year olds and 36% of 12-17 year olds.
How much of time during gym classes is spent actually working out? - correct answer ✔✔34%
of time spent not doing anything. 3 minutes spent doing vigorous activity.
how does training gym teachers impact physical activity classes? - correct answer ✔✔having
properly trained teachers increases the amount of time kids actually spend doing physical
activity. for example training normal teachers resulted in an increase from 17.8 to 32.7 mins.
Having specially trained gym teachers resulted in kids spending 40.2 minutes being active.
What province requires physical education in all grades? - correct answer ✔✔Quebec
What are some components of the new physical education curriculum in BC? - correct answer
✔✔the new curriculum is designed to focus on a holistic understanding of health and wellness
that targets several asects such as physical, social, and mental well being. the curriculum keeps
, in mind that there are differences between people in terms of gender, values, beliefs, sexual
identity. the focus is on developing healthy habits that students will take with them after school
and practise throughout their ife.
What are the 4 curriculum organizers for the new PHE curriculum in BC? - correct answer
✔✔physical literacy (students aquiring proper knowledge), mental wellbeing ( learn about
factors that affect out mental health), social and community health (how our surrounding
environemtn affects out health behaviours), healthy and active living (Developing a healthy
lifestyle in and outside of school).
When was mandatory PE for grades 11 and 12 eliminated and why? - correct answer ✔✔in
1986 to enable students to focus more on academic courses.
What are some school based recommendations to help impprove physical activity? - correct
answer ✔✔- include 150 mins of PA in curriculum
- hire qualified teachers
- give schools and teahers sufficient resources
- fund reserach in to best practises and impact of PE.
What is workplace health promotion? - correct answer ✔✔it is the combined effort of
employers, employees, and society to improve the health of people at work.
why is the workplace considered a priority setting for health promotion? - correct answer
✔✔according to the WHO, this is because it influences physical, economis, and social well being
and is a good target setting that can influence the health of a large audience. also workplaces
can alter tehir environment to make it easier to be active and may already have policies in place
to promote PA. Also many people in workplaces already know each other and have established
communication channels.
How do physically active adults benefit the workplace? - correct answer ✔✔they get sick less
better return to work outcome