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Children in both primary and secondary schools benefit from developing a range of personal and
social skills, such as peer relationship skills, prosocial behaviors (e.g. respect), leadership skills,
problem-solving skills, and personal and social responsibility skills, in a world that is rapidly
changing. Children will not only be more successful if they develop these personal and social
abilities.Physical education (PE) and sports engagement, according to evidence (Weiss, 2011),
can help children develop these personal and social qualities (e.g. Holt et al., 2011). Indeed, there
is a growing interest in physical education's role in preparing young people for the demands and
obstacles of daily life (Society of Health and Physical Educators, 2014).
Hardman et al. (2014) stated that personal and social development is one of the key and most
commonly cited aims of European PE programs in response to a global PE survey. Furthermore,
engagement in sports has been connected to both personal (Danish et al., 1992; Fraser-Thomas
et al., 2005; Gould and Carson, 2008; Smoll and Smith, 2002) and social development (Fraser-
Thomas et al., 2005; Gould and Carson, 2008; Smoll and Smith, 2002).
January 2010 In book: Physical Education: Deconstruction and Reconstruction - Issues and
Directions (pp.35-52)
Trigueros, Aguilar-Parra, López-Liria, & Rocamora. (2019). The Dark Side of the Self-
Determination Theory and Its Influence on the Emotional and Cognitive Processes of Students
in Physical Education. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public
Health, 16(22), 4444. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224444
Dudley Sargent
Dr. Dudley Allen Sargent was born in 1849, and died in 1924. He was a pioneer in physical
education at Harvard University. At a time when the concept that physical education is
beneficial to health and wellbeing was being introduced, Sargent added scientific research to
fitness instruction. He held four terms as president of the American Physical Education
Association. Sargent saw benefits in all programs in physical education, and taught them all at his
Normal School and at Harvard Summer School. His long association with Harvard included his
years as Director of the Hemenway Gymnasium at Harvard from 1879 to 1919. During this time,
he also established and taught at the Harvard Summer School of Physical Education.
Sargent was an early innovator in physical education. The Sargent Test bears his name,
though it is more commonly known as the vertical jump test nowadays. He also invented many
kinds of exercise equipment that are in use in gyms today.
Sargent also had a great interest in anthropometry, and is known for his anthropometric charts
for the plotting of the physical development. He went to great lengths to research the perfect
proportions of the human body, using his Harvard and other connections to research subjects and
collect anthropometric data, resulting in a huge collection of more than 10,000 assessments.
Fraser-Thomas et al., 2005; Gould and Carson, 2008; Smoll and Smith, 2002
Judith A. Spray American College Testing Program, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City , IA , 52242 , USA
ISSN: 2456-4419 Impact Factor: (RJIF): 5.18 Yoga 2017; 2(1): 01-03 © 2017 Yoga
www.theyogicjournal.com Received: 01-11-2016 Accepted: 02-12-2016
January 2010 In book: Physical Education: Deconstruction and Reconstruction - Issues and
Directions (pp.35-52)
Trigueros, Aguilar-Parra, López-Liria, & Rocamora. (2019).
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(22), 4444. MDPI AG.
Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224444