Experiential Physical Education in a Bilingual Japanese University: Implications for Student Physical Activity and Program Development

Annear, Michael; Shimizu, Yasuo; Kidokoro, Tetsuhiro

doi:10.4236/ape.2022.121002

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“…Three areas for potential action that hold some promise for arresting activity declines include a renewed focus on school-based physical education, community interventions led by health professionals, and urban environmental remediation strategies. Across the Asia-Pacific, physical education programs that were once a staple of school and university life are being reduced or replaced with academic subjects at an alarming rate [ 35 ]. The value of education-based physical activity is that it can contribute meaningfully to increasing the weekly quantum of activity for younger adults while also building a skill repertoire that can support physical activity participation over the life course [ 35 ].…”

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“…Across the Asia-Pacific, physical education programs that were once a staple of school and university life are being reduced or replaced with academic subjects at an alarming rate [ 35 ]. The value of education-based physical activity is that it can contribute meaningfully to increasing the weekly quantum of activity for younger adults while also building a skill repertoire that can support physical activity participation over the life course [ 35 ]. Novel changes to classroom learning styles with the addition of standing desks and other modes of active learning also hold some promise to increase overall activity levels in school contexts [ 36 ].…”

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Sedentary Behavior and Physical Inactivity in the Asia-Pacific Region: Current Challenges and Emerging Concerns

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2022

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This editorial sets the scene for our Special Issue on the growing problem of sedentary behavior and physical inactivity in the Asia-Pacific region. In many societies, more than 40% of the adult population and growing numbers of children are insufficiently physically active to safeguard their health. This is contributing to high rates of cardiovascular disease, obesity, and other deleterious health outcomes across the region. The Asia-Pacific is heterogeneous and complex, with diverse social, cultural, and environmental barriers that affect intentions and opportunities for regular physical activity. Recently, the problem has been compounded by the acceleration of population aging, the worsening effects of anthropogenic climate change, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Without strong leadership, enduring funding support, and innovative interventions that cut across policy and society, we may yet be facing a century of unmitigated expansion of morbidity across the Asia-Pacific.

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Sedentary Behavior and Physical Inactivity in the Asia-Pacific Region: Current Challenges and Emerging Concerns

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2022

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Revealing the Peculiarities of Female Students’ Physiological Characteristics with Different Somatotypes in the Absence of Compulsory Physical Activity at University

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Objectives. The purpose of the study was to determine the parameters of female students’ physiological characteristics with different somatotypes, which they achieved by exercising outside the university due to COVID-19 quarantine and air raids during the hostilities in Ukraine. Material and methods. The study involved 66 female students aged 17.8 ± 0.6 years, who belonged to different somatotypes and had no reservations about engaging in different amounts of physical activity. The Shtefko-Ostrovsky method, modified by S. Darskaja, was used to diagnose the somatotype. The necessary empirical data were obtained through the performing well-known functional tests that allowed to determine blood pressure, heart rate in different situations, vital capacity, vital capacity index, maximum isometric strength index, and Robinson index. The parameters of these characteristics were determined in female students with each of the four available somatotypes during the study, and each parameter was compared with different somatotypes. The testing was conducted at the beginning (January) and at the end (May-June) of the academic semester, but during one academic year. Results. At the beginning, and even more so at the end of the academic year, the parameters of the studied characteristics in female students with each of the available somatotypes differed from each other (p-values ranging at the level from 0.05 to 0.000). The volumes and conditions of physical activity used during the academic year did not lead to significant changes in the physiological characteristics of all female students, i.e. parameters remained at the previously achieved level. At the same time, the presence of peculiarities caused by the girl’s belonging to a certain somatotype was observed. Conclusions. Identifying the peculiarities in changes of female students’ physiological characteristics’ parameters, taking into account their somatotypes, is a perspective and significant direction for modernization of physical education at university. The obtained data will contribute to the individualization of the content and normative bases of physical education for female students, using information on the manifestation and change of parameters of various characteristics, including physiological ones.

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Experiential Physical Education in a Bilingual Japanese University: Implications for Student Physical Activity and Program Development

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Sedentary Behavior and Physical Inactivity in the Asia-Pacific Region: Current Challenges and Emerging Concerns

Sedentary Behavior and Physical Inactivity in the Asia-Pacific Region: Current Challenges and Emerging Concerns

Revealing the Peculiarities of Female Students’ Physiological Characteristics with Different Somatotypes in the Absence of Compulsory Physical Activity at University

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