ACTION RESEARCH IN

PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SPORTS, DANCE,

RECREATION, AND SPORTS SCIENCE

BY
A/PROF. LUALHATI A. DELA CRUZ
 Music

Arts
MAPEH
Physical • Dance
• game
Education • sports

HEALTH
 Sports Nutrition

Sports Psychology

SPORTS Sports Physiology

SCIENCE
Sports Medicine

• Injury prevention
• Injury rehabilitation and treatment
• Sports Skills enhancement & Ergogenic Aid
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
RELATIONSHIP TO GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTH
Regular physical activity promotes
growth and development and has
multiple benefits for physical, mental,
and psychosocial health that
undoubtedly contribute to learning
physical activity reduces the risk for
heart disease, diabetes mellitus,
osteoporosis, high blood pressure,
obesity, and metabolic syndrome;
improves various other aspects of health
and fitness, including aerobic capacity,
muscle and bone strength, flexibility,
insulin sensitivity, and lipid profiles; and
reduces stress, anxiety, and depression.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
RELATIONSHIP TO GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTH

Physical activity programming

specifically designed to do so can
Physical activity can improve mental
improve psychosocial outcomes such
health by decreasing and preventing
as self-concept, social behaviors, goal
conditions such as anxiety and
orientation, and most notably self-
depression, as well as improving mood
efficacy. These attributes in turn are
and other aspects of well-being.
important determinants of current and
future participation in physical activity
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
RELATIONSHIP TO GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTH

Health-related behaviors and

Sedentary behaviors such as
disease risk factors track from
sitting and television viewing
childhood to adulthood,
contribute to health risks both
indicating that early and
because of and independently
ongoing opportunities for
of their impact on physical
physical activity are needed for
activity
maximum health benefit
 Distinct types of physical
activity address unique
Frequent bouts of physical
To be effective, physical health concerns and
activity throughout the day
activity programming contribute in distinct ways
yield short-term benefits
must align with the to children's health,
for mental and cognitive
predictable suggesting that a varied
health while also
developmental changes in regimen including aerobic
providing opportunities to
children's exercise and resistance exercise,
practice skills and
capacity and motor skills, structured and
building confidence that
which affect the activities unstructured
promotes ongoing
in which they can opportunities, and both
engagement in physical
successfully engage. longer sessions and
activity
shorter bouts will likely
confer the greatest benefit
POSSIBLE
TOPICS
SCHOOL • SCHOOL SERVICE PHYSICAL EDUCATION “TESTING TOOLS & RUBRICS”

SERVICE • ACTION RESEARCH TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE PHYSICAL FITNESS STANDARD

TO PRE-SERVICE PHYSICAL EDUCATION
PHYSICAL • PROFILING OF HEALTH-RELATED FITNESS STATUS OF ------

EDUCATION
“TESTING TOOLS
& RUBRICS”
SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY

Sports Competitive
Relationship between
Anxiety and burnout
Anxiety level of pup personality traits and
level of students:
team sports athletes motivation for physical
basis for a proposed
activity participation
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 Assessment of service physical
education program of polytechnic
university of the Philippines: basis
for an enhanced spe program

PROGRAM Evaluation of co-curricular activities

• Intramural

OFFERING
• Inter-class
• Inter-color

Preferred program & activities

 PE AND ITS
RELATIONSHIP
TO ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE
EFFECTS OF UTILIZING BRAIN GYM
EXERCISES IN MAPEH EDUCATION
PERFORMANCE
SPORTS IMPROVEMENT
• BIOMECHANICAL PARAMETERS OF ___________
• ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED STUDENT-ATHLETES
AND ITS EFFECT ON THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
• INCREASING VERTICAL HEIGHT JUMP IN VOLLEYBALL
BLOCKING AND SPIKING USING PLYOMETRIC TRAINING
• ASSESSMENT OF WEIGHT TRAINING PRACTICES OF SELECTED
STUDENT-ATHLETES
SPORTS SCIENCE

01 02
Eating pattern Common injuries
encountered during physical
activities
 • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TEACHERS’ LEVEL OF PRESERVATION

DANCE
PRACTICES AND STUDENTS’ CULTURAL AWARENESS OF PHILIPPINE FOLK
DANCE
SPORTS SOCIOLOGY

01 02
Home away from home Lived experiences of
selected freshmen students
of pup
THANK
YOU
LUALHATI DELA CRUZ