Dynamic Physical Education for Secondary School Students

Timothy A. Brusseau, Jr., PhD, is an assistant professor of physical education at the University of Utah in the department of exercise and sport science. His teaching focuses on secondary physical education curriculum and methodology as well as coaching and diversity. Research interests include youth physical activity and programming. Brusseau received a PhD from Arizona State University in physical education pedagogy. He is actively involved in SHAPE America nationally and regionally, regularly making teaching and research presentations. He has authored numerous articles related to teaching and physical activity.

Heather Erwin, PhD, earned her doctorate in kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006. She is currently a professor in the department of kinesiology and health promotion at the University of Kentucky at Lexington, specializing in physical education teacher education. Her research focus is school-based physical activity, with an emphasis on physical education, classroom physical activity, and recess settings. Erwin has taught elementary physical education, worked with summer recreation programs for over 10 years, taught numerous training workshops on child and adolescent physical activity, and conducted extensive research in school settings. She has authored or coauthored multiple articles--both research-based and applied--on the promotion of physical activity and youth activities.

Paul W. Darst, PhD, received a doctorate in physical education from the Ohio State University. He is a department chair at the polytechnic campus of Arizona State University and a professor in the area of physical education teacher preparation. His research and teaching focus on secondary school physical education curricula, methods of teaching in the secondary schools, and activity habits of middle and high school students. He has been active professionally at the state, district, and national levels of SHAPE America and has received numerous honors and speaking invitations. Darst is the author of Outdoor Adventure Activities for School and Recreation Programs (Waveland Press), Analyzing Physical Education and Sport Instruction (Human Kinetics), and Cycling (Scott Foresman and Company). He has written many articles and made numerous presentations to teachers on new ideas in teaching and on working with students.

Robert P. Pangrazi, PhD, is an internationally recognized expert in physical education training and instruction. He is a professor emeritus at Arizona State University and an educational consultant for HOPSports and the U.S. Tennis Association. His physical education textbooks have sold over 750,000 copies worldwide. Pangrazi has published over 50 textbooks and 100 research and professional articles. He has been a keynote speaker for 39 state and district conventions and an invited speaker at nearly 400 national and international conferences. He regularly conducts training sessions for schools and universities and works regularly as a motivational speaker. His approach to elementary school physical education has been used worldwide by the Department of Defense Dependents’ Schools, has been implemented nationally by the Edison Project, and is used in hundreds of public, private, and charter schools across the United States. Pangrazi has received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, the National Distinguished Service Award presented by the AAHPERD (now SHAPE America) Council on Physical Education for Children, and the Curriculum and Instruction Emeritus Honor Award from the NASPE (now SHAPE America) Curriculum and Instruction Academy. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (now National Academy of Kinesiology) and a SHAPE America honor fellow.