%0 Journal Article
%T Health-related intensity profiles of Physical Education classes at different phases of the teaching/learning process
%A Micha  Bronikowski
%A Prof.
%A Ma gorzata Bronikowska
%A Adam Kantanista
%A Monika Ciekot
%A Ida Lauda¨˝ska-Krzemi¨˝ska
%A Szymon Szwed
%J Biomedical Human Kinetics
%@ 2080-2234
%D 2009
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10101-009-0022-x
%X Study aim: To assess the intensities of three types of physical education (PE) classes corresponding to the phases of the teaching/learning process: Type 1 - acquiring and developing skills, Type 2 - selecting and applying skills, tactics and compositional principles and Type 3 - evaluating and improving performance skills. Material and methods: A cohort of 350 schoolchildren, aged 13 years, from 3 selected urban schools in Pozna¨˝ participated in the study. A total of 202 PE lessons was involved using heart rate (HR) monitors, one randomly selected subject per every class. Four intensity zones were assumed (<140, 140 - 159, 160 - 179, ˇÝ180) and exercising time spent within each zone was measured. Results: Type 2 classes induced the most pronounced cardio-respiratory responses irrespectively of the kind of sport activities thus enhancing the cardio-respiratory fitness. Conclusions: Type 2 activities ought to be taken into consideration when designing PE curricula in order to avoid long runs of inadequate physiological stimuli.
%K Physical education
%K Exercising intensity
%K Teaching/learning process
%U http://versita.metapress.com/content/fxn8241m23510h17/?p=a281056470ef48038bd0b5a97e7e0654&pi=2