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Athletics Guidelines for Adventist Schools Grade 1-LifelongThis document provides schools which believe that their students will benefit by a positive, Christ-centered sports program with guidelines for operation. Following an Introduction and Mission or Position Statement, the Guidelines for Seventh-day Adventist... -
Adventist Education Reform Plea Tertiary-LifelongA concerned Adventist pleads for education to refocus. Table presentation at the International Philosophy of Adventist Education Conference, April 2001. -
Coach Grade 7-Grade 12A novice at sports, the author, a primary teacher, reflects on her first season coaching rugby and touch football. In addition to rules and game play, she learned about living faith openly. -
Coaching Distinctively Adventist Sports - Interschool Sports Plan Grade 5-Grade 12The presenters of this 2018 NAD convention breakout session covering the online "Coaching Distinctively Adventist Sports" course have provided a sample template of elements to include in the Interschool Sports Plan. -
Competition - Still the Number One Concern Kindergarten-LifelongWhat is the role of competition on the Adventist Christian campus? Christian college and university administrators have long grappled with this controversial topic. Ron du Preez examines this issue, and in the process, presents another worthy question: What... -
Competition or Cooperation Kindergarten-TertiaryA look at sports and the church. In 1976 the General Conference published the pamphlet Guidelines for Activities with Elements of Competition. Ellen White wrote about the dangers of sports, but never used the words competition or rivalry.... -
Competitive sport, self-efficacy & academic achievement - a multiple regression analysis involving secondary school students in Seventh-day Adventist schools Kindergarten-Grade 12Physical activity and academic achievement are important and valued aspects of society. The present study investigated the relationship between involvement in competitive sport, self-efficacy beliefs and academic achievement in Adventist secondary school students.... -
Davide Sciarabba - Dialogue with an Adventist pastor and sports chaplain from Italy Grade 11-TertiaryAn ordained minister, Sciarabba responds to questions about his ministry in the field of spots. He has even served as chaplain to athletes from around the world at the Olympics! -
Differences in academic achievement of students involved in extracurricular activities in Seventh-day Adventist schools in the United States and Bermuda Grade 6-Grade 11This study examined differences in the academic performance of students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11 in Seventh-day Adventist schools in the United Sates and Bermuda based on their level of involvement in school music organizations-- band or choir -- and school... -
Do Sports Have a Place in Adventist Schools? Grade 1-LifelongThe issue of sports in Adventist schools has received considerable attention recently. Because many of our academies and schools are engaged in interscholastic athletic competition, the General Conference has appointed a committee to investigate the role of... -
Extracurricular Activities - Not Just Frills Kindergarten-LifelongExtracurricular activities serve a necessary function for the Adventist church and educational system. Colleges need to offer co-curricular opportunities as today's students are tomorrow's future leaders of church and society. Students learn important life-skills... -
Health Ministries in Seventh-day Adventist Congregations Today TertiaryThis paper presents a research of health ministries in Seventh-day Adventist congregations today in North America. It is one of the series of reports under the general title Faith Communities Today (FACT) prepared by the Center for Creative Ministry. -
Hot Boudin, Cold Cous-Cous Kindergarten-LifelongAssessing the negative aspects of interschool sports. The beginnings of intercollegiate sport and the Adventist experience and Ellen White's counsels are discussed. A literature review suggests five basic areas of concern which yield ample evidence to support... -
Is There a Seventh-day Adventist Philosophy of Sport? Grade 9-TertiaryWhile certainly not the norm when the church’s schools were first established, sports have become commonplace today. Questions we should be asking: What should Seventh-day Adventist Christian sport be like? What should motivate our programs? How should... -
JAE Editorial: Reasons Why We Should Cease and Desist From Interschool Sports Grade 7-Grade 12George Akers discusses reasons why inter-school sports is unacceptable: it goes against the inspired counsels; it imitates the secular schools; instead of traditional work/witness/service mission of SDA education it reorganizes the schools around the play;... -
Movement Right From the Start - The ABC's and 1, 2, 3's of Physical Activity for the Young Child Preschool-Grade 8What can educators do to combat the childhood obesity epidemic? One of the most effective ways is to ensure that youth receive adequate amounts of daily physical activity while at school. While the thought of preparing lesson plans may seem overwhelming for... -
NAD Physical Education Curriculum Guide K-12 Grade 1-Grade 8The Physical Education Curriculum Guide for NAD Adventist schools grades K-12 outlines the standards/goals, learning objectives, essential performance benchmarks, assessment examples and criteria, and resource references for physical education. This document... -
Physical Education - High School Supplement SSD Grade 7-Grade 12Adventist teachers' handbooks for integrating faith and values: these are practical guides with a variety of approaches to teaching key values, illustrations and examples. Separate booklets are available for each subject, including: Art, Business, Computer,... -
Physical Education and Sport from a Christian Perspective TertiaryHamerslough addresses several questions regarding physical education and sport. "Is there a place for physical education and sport in Seventh-day Adventist higher education? Is there a difference between Christian sport and sport as engaged in by public... -
Physical Education, Sports and Christian Outreach Kindergarten-Grade 12Is there a place for fitness and sports in the Adventist concept of balanced education? Physical development should form one side of the equilateral triangle of true education. A person's play life is as important as any other part of his or her life. Five... -
Promoting Positive Spectator Behavior Grade 9-LifelongHow can Adventist schools teach and enforce appropriate spectator behavior at athletic events when bad behavior seems to be the norm for professional and amateur sports? Our educational administrators and boards must develop and maintain guidelines outlining... -
Safety First - Creating a Safe Environment at School Kindergarten-Grade 12"Every Adventist teacher and educational administrator must implement strategies that will enhance their students’ safety at school. Adventist schools must provide a safe and appropriate environment for students to grow and develop into active members... -
Seventh-day Adventist Health, Physical Education & Recreation Association - SDA HPERA Kindergarten-LifelongSDA-HPERA exists to promote health and physical education in the context of contemporary Seventh-day Adventism; the role that regular physical activity plays in the pursuit of life-long health and well-being; athletics in a Christ-centered lifestyle; the integration... -
Sports in Adventist Academies and Schools Grade 1-TertiaryThe subject of sports in Seventh-day Adventist schools frequently comes to the White Estate office from active Adventist teachers and students. We must consider the matter from the standpoint of the great principles involved. Ellen White lays a basic principle... -
Student Success: How to Help Your Child - A Primer for Parents Kindergarten-Grade 12What can parents do to help their children succeed? Ed Christian provides a practical discussion of how teachers and parents can work together to help students be successful. Special emphasis is given to the role of the parents, however. Christian suggests... -
The Power Plant Complex Kindergarten-LifelongTo evaluate sport objectively and assess its place in Adventist education, a number of factors must be considered. These include Ellen White's counsels; sport and society; the development of the discipline of physical education; the training of physical education... -
The Role of Sports Competition in the Physical Education Curriculum - An Alternative for Primary School Kindergarten-Grade 8When a Christian school fails to transform lives, the purpose of that school becomes almost absurd. It is with this knowledge and with these instruments that I try to transform the lives of my students. This work was the first written reflection I have done... -
The Seventh-day Adventist Physical Education Pyramid Kindergarten-Grade 12The “shift of focus” from physical education classes that enroll every student to programs that focus on after-school team sports for elite student athletes was a topic of concern and discussion for attendees at three recent national Seventh-day... -
The Transmission of Christian Values through Sports in the Curriculum of Physical Education in High School Grade 9-LifelongSciarabba "demonstrates that P.E. [physical education] is an effective means for the transmission of Christian values to high school students, and that the Christian way of teaching P.E. needs a philosophical and theological foundation rooted in the Bible."... -
Theoretical and Methodological Considerations Necessary to Improve the Evaluation of Learning in the Field of Physical Education and Sport Grade 1-Grade 12As argued throughout this paper, learning assessment is currently an area that requires further study and improvement by many teachers (professors, trainers, educators) at the theoretical, methodological and practical levels. The research was carried out by...