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Height Of The Equipment Shock Absorbing Surface
433 wordsOne of the major concerns in elementary physical education today that you may not even think about is playground safety. A recent survey found that almost every two-and-a-half minutes in the United States a child receives emergency medical care for a playground related injury. This alone should let us realize that something needs to be done to prevent these injuries. There are many factors that can cause injuries on the playground, one of the most important being the surfacing under and around t...
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School Age Children Spend More Time
1,679 wordsField Report on the development of children s playground behaviour, based upon the observation of nursery and primary school children. Note: To protect the identity of the children observed and mentioned in this report, their names have been changed. Background Much research has been done into children s play behaviour. Theories and models have been proposed detailing the phases and stages through which a child will develop. These phases lie along a linear plane with each child advancing through...
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Prima Facie Racial Identity
1,439 wordsAs children, most of us were given a playground definition of racism. Racism meant assuming bad things about someone just because of the color of his / her skin. Think about this definition. Its apparent simplicity actually contains three separate components. First, a racist has bad intent. Second, a racist makes prima facie assumptions. And third, a racist targets an immutable characteristic; in other words, something we cannot change and which we did not choose. Lets begin with the notion of r...
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Home From School Fifty Cents
2,711 wordsUnder-privileged, African-American boys are more prevalent in todays society than the typical person would like to recognize or admit. These boys seem to be faced with an ideal in which they need to follow or conform to as any and all cultures have. However, the problem is that for these boys, this ideal or way of living is believed to be met. Black boys growing up in Harlem are expected to act tough, not take any crap from anybody, and always seem to be strong no matter what they may be faced w...
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Risk Management Van Der
4,015 wordsRecreational Risk Management and Security Control Introduction: The need for effective risk management has become evident to leisure-service managers in various settings. As more and more people have visited large national or state parks, forests, and recreation areas, the risk of injury or death from environmental hazards has increased. Controls that will protect participants from their own unawareness of the natural environment or from behavior that invites injury or death, must be better supe...
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