For emergency responders new to the profession, the fitness levels they achieve during their training as well as how they manage daily stress can go a long way in determining later job performance. Emergency responders, also known as tactical athletes, include firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical personnel, and military service members.
Some people think that a routine of running, jogging, power walking, or other forms of aerobic exercise is all that you need to do to achieve and maintain maximum physical fitness and health. There is no question that these activities are an excellent form of exercise. But for most adults, an exercise program offering the greatest level of health benefit is one that consists of a combination of aerobic activity and resistance training.
Every teacher wants to create an optimized learning environment that provides the students in their classroom the best opportunity for success. One way to do this is for teachers to make an investment in themselves—an investment that will equip them with the knowledge and confidence they need to excel as educators.
As knowledge on the importance of exercise and physical activity in maintaining a healthy lifestyle continues to expand, certain issues and trends in the fitness industry are at the forefront.
Enhancing the instructional skills of classroom teachers, increasing content knowledge in mathematics, building a community of peers where educators can find support—these are essential functions carried out by mathematics specialist leaders. Equally important is their role in being an advocate for change—change that will shift instructional approaches in achieving equitable math teaching and learning in schools.
Health care professionals sometimes look at their patients through a one-dimensional lens where they focus primarily on the patient’s physical symptoms. The patient is a “case.” But an effective treatment plan, especially when it comes to pain management, requires health care professionals, including athletic trainers, to understand a patient’s physical issues and their psychological and social needs.
“How it started, how it’s going.” You may have seen the popular meme on X (formerly known as Twitter) that some people use to make a “then and now” comparison. For esports, how it started can be traced back to October 1972 when the first video game tournament in history, the “Intergalactic Spacewar! Olympics,” was held in the Artificial Intelligence Lab on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
With the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France just around the corner, thousands of athletes will soon be competing in 32 different sports that will be broadcast to people around the world through television, radio, and digital platforms. The Olympic Broadcasting Services is expected to produce more than 11,000 hours of content that will be provided to over thirty media organizations worldwide under media rights agreements negotiated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing body of the Olympics.
There is nothing more exciting for a teacher than the moment when the expression of a student suddenly changes, and they know that the student “gets it.” It is that ‘eureka’ or lightbulb moment when the teacher has successfully made a connection with the student, one that ignites the spark of curiosity and motivates them to learn more about the subject matter being taught.
The rich tapestry of cultures and life experiences that multilingual students of all backgrounds bring to the classroom can serve as the foundation upon which an inclusive, welcoming, and equitable learning environment can be built.