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Senior Physical Education 2

By | Copyright Year:2010 | ISBN-13: 9780170185493

Published:12/11/2009
Senior Physical Education 2 has been specifically written to meet the requirements of the new curriculum and alignment changes.

It is the authors’ hope that through this text Physical Education students will be inspired to continue a life-long involvement in physical activity. Senior Physical Education 1 sets the standard for physical education in New Zealand schools.

WEBSITE FEATURES
Because a similar publication is available in Australia, resources for students at the Cengage website: www.nelsonphysed.com.au

Students are provided with five to ten website links per chapter, topic reviews, a glossary terms match-up and additional coursework ideas.

The teacher’s website contains practice questions and solutions, a suggested course outline, solutions to most ‘Checkpoints’ questions and solutions to all ‘Test your
knowledge’ questions.

CONTENTS

PART 1 PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PARTICIPATORY
PERSPECTIVES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Area of study 1: Monitoring and promotion of
physical activity
1 Physical Activity Guidelines: How New Zealand
and Australia are doing it.
2 Taking Action: Strategies for promoting physical
activity
3 Promoting Physical Activity: settings-based
approaches

Area of study 2: Physiological requirements of
physical activity
4 Foods, fuels and energy systems
5 Oxygen uptake, oxygen debt and oxygen deficit
6 Muscular fatigue mechanisms

PART 2 ENHANCING PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE

Area of Study 1: Enhancing Fitness Through Training
7 Fitness definitions and components
8 Data collection and activity analysis
9 Assessment of fitness
10 Fitness training principles and methods

Area of study 2: Strategies for enhancing sports
performance
11 Training adaptations
12 Managing a training load and sports injury risk
management systems
13 Performance enhancement from a psychological
perspective
14 Performance enhancement: nutrition, diet and
other considerations.

FEATURES

Written by experienced and innovative teachers with many years of experience in the education system

Clear and attractive presentation and formatting to make the books easy to use by both students and teachers

Concise yet comprehensive coverage of the theory aspects of the course, emphasising the essential elements while providing opportunities for extension for more able students

A range of interesting and stimulating learning tasks and assessments, including case studies, review questions, and progressively structured exercises and problems

Solutions to assessment tasks and exercises provided through a restricted web site available via password to purchasers of the textbook.

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