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Professor Kim Oliver (2nd from right) |
Fighting Inactivity and Obesity in Today's Youth Professor Kim Oliver is an internationally recognized scholar in understanding physical activity patterns among adolescents and the Activist Approach to teaching in physical education (PE). She has developed and currently implements student-centered, inquiry-based approaches to PE in school settings and is recognized for the work she does in training her students to be effective physical educators. Ongoing projects include Youth on the Move, a program designed to help physical educators learn how to implement an Activist Approach to teaching in their classrooms to help engage disengaged youth in PE. |
