Human Kinetics Library Platform - Physical and Health Education

Human Kinetics Physical and Health Education is a powerful, instruction-focused collection of 55 ebooks and 127 videos, presented via Bloomsbury Digital Resources’ award-winning platform technology. Exclusive on an unlimited access basis, this digital product offers students, researchers and instructors unrivalled access to Human Kinetics’ physical education and health education content. Covering topics such as designing fitness education courses, the administration of physical education, and performance-based assessment, this collection supports students new to the field, as well as instructors building their courses.

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Designed to support students in this highly applied and practical discipline, Human Kinetics Physical and Health Education covers a range of topics at launch:

Cognition and motor activities	Physical fitness tests and physical education assessment
Encouraging healthy lifestyles in schools	Play and physical education
Inclusive physical education	Teaching stress management
Physical education teaching skills	Teaching health and fitness to children and adolescents
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New for 2025: The Human Kinetics Library Physical and Health Education collection has been updated with 3 new titles for 2025.

Active Games for Children on the Autism Spectrum 1st Edition: Physical Literacy for Life

This text provides both the adaptive framework teachers need and more than 80 games to help children on the spectrum take part in physical activity, learn from games, and enjoy being active.

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Educational Gymnastics for Children 1st Edition

Educational Gymnastics for Children takes a child-centered approach to offering highly applied and safe learning experiences as it provides readers with the theoretical foundation and practical application of educational gymnastics for all elementary students.

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Technology for Physical Educators, Health Educators, and Coaches

This text will help health and physical education teachers and coaches improve their abilities by learning to effectively use technology in the areas of instruction, assessment, management, communication, professional development, and advocacy.

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Teaching Children and Adolescents Physical Education

Fourth edition of this classic resource, which demonstrates the techniques and skills master teachers rely on, expanded to address teaching across elementary, middle, and high school.

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Urban Physical Education

Provides a broad background on issues facing PE teachers working in urban settings and outlines culturally responsive instructional strategies to help PE teachers become effective teachers and leaders of a diverse student body.

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Lesson Planning for Elementary Physical Education

Provides the knowledge base and practical strategies for creating high-quality elementary physical education curricula.

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Student-Designed Games

Introduces the process used in physical education where students create, organize, implement, practice, and refine their own games within certain limits presented by the teacher.

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Teaching Physical Activity

Guides you in designing activities and games through which you can meet your objectives while engaging all the participants in your class or group.

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Teaching Movement Education

This book offers a perfect balance of knowledge base, pedagogy, and curriculum content—delivered with practical learning tools and activities—so you can help your students develop movement skills that foster healthful habits.

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Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual

The all-new Brockport Physical Fitness Test is specifically designed to test the fitness of youths from ages 10 through 17 that have various disabilities. This manual and related materials provide teachers with everything they need to know to easily administer the test.

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Developmental and Adapted Physical Activity Assessment

Details the assessment process, explains how to use assessment data when making programming decisions, and reviews specific assessment tools for adapted physical educators and physical therapists.

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Survive and Thrive as a Physical Educator

Practical and reader friendly, Survive and Thrive as a Physical Educator is filled with the most current information plus examples based on the author's experiences as both a K-12 teacher and a college instructor who prepares future teachers.

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Perceptual-Motor Activities For Children

Provides a proven blueprint for improving perceptual-motor skills—the skills that require young learners to use their brains and their bodies together to accomplish tasks.

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Physical Activities for Young People with Severe Disabilities

Will help you provide high-quality physical education for students with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and other orthopedic impairments that inhibit their ability to function physically.

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