HEADLINES:
----2018 ICHPER.SD Forum. Held in conjunction with the SHAPE America Annual Convention and Exposition: March 20-24, 2018 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.-------The 44th Volume of the Journal of ICHPER-SD has been released and sent via e-mail to all members.-------

Interest Areas


Commission Structure

Each ICHPER·SD Commission is: (a) a task oriented world-wide structural working unit for various specializations or fields of professional emphasis and interest; (b) a body of international organization to conduct its business and scholarly efforts within its domain or special task area under the organizational umbrella of ICHPER·SD; ( c ) responsible for planning, promoting, and coordinating programs for the succeeding ICHPER·SD World Congress and Regional Congresses; and (d) to encourage, support and organize ICHPER·SD Commission’s colloquia, symposia, workshops, and seminars.

Every individual member of the Council is encouraged to be a member of a Commission according to one’s own preference.

STRUCTURE OF EACH COMMISSION

ICHPER·SD
has 52 Commissions
 
Each Commission is headed by the
Commission Director or the Co-Directors

who shall be appointed by the President of ICHPER·SD

 
Each Commission has Assistant Director or Assistant Directors
who shall be appointed by the ICHPER·SD World Congress Organizing Committee
 
Members of ICHPER·SD
Each member is entitled to be appointed to a commission by the ICHPER·SD President upon the member’s selection of a preferred commission as indicated on his/her ICHPER·SD membership application.

 

 

Steering Board of a Commission

The steering board of each commission consists of the director and assistant director and seven additional members appointed by the regional vice presidents. The director shall represent the Commission and preside at meetings of the Commission and the steering board. The steering board shall function as an executive body of the Commission for its business.

Responsibilities of the Steering Board

The steering board shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

a) Generate sustained leadership for the interest of the Commission as a body of an international organization and specialized intellectual group under the organizational umbrella of ICHPER·SD.

b) Reach out to the scholars and professionals in the Commission’s particular field in order to encourage their participation in programs of the Commission and ICHPER·SD.

c) Assist the World Congress Organizing Committee and recommend papers and presenters in the particular area of specialty of the Commission.

d) Plan and organize, if so desired, a symposium, workshop or seminar in conjunction with the World Congresses, Regional Congresses, and National Conventions.

ICHPER·SD Commissions

HEALTH DIVISION 

COMMISSIONS (6)

Aging

Counseling Psychology for Active Lifestyle

Health Education

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Fitness & Wellness

Yoga

 

PHYSICAL EDUCATION DIVISION

 

COMMISSIONS (21)

Adapted Physical Education

Aquatics

Comparative Physical Education & Sport

Computer Applications to HPERSD

Exercise Physiology

Girls and Women in Phys. Ed. & Sport

Growth & Motor Development

History of Physical Education & Sport

International Curriculum Standards of P.E. & Sport

Legal Liability in HPERSD

Martial Arts Education

Measurement & Evaluation of Physical Education

Motor Control & Learning

Philosophy of Physical Education & Sport

Physical Education at the College Level

Physical Education at the Secondary Level

Physical Education at the Primary Level

Physical Rehabilitation Therapy 

Professional Preparation & Certification in

HPERSD

Professional Standards and Ethics

Research in HPERSD

 

RECREATION & LEISURE DIVISION

 

COMMISSIONS (4)

Parks & Recreation Facilities 

Recreation & Leisure Studies

Recreation Therapy

Recreation & Sport Facilities

 

SPORT and OLYMPIC MOVEMENT DIVISION

COMMISSIONS (12)

Sport Biomechanics

Sport Governance, Organizations and Law

Sport Marketing & Economics

Sport Medicine

Sport Physiology & Biomechanics

Olympic Education

Sport for All

Sport Management & Administration

Sport and Mass Media

Sport Pedagogy

Sport Psychology

Sport Sociology & Cultural Anthropology

 

DANCE DIVISION

 

COMMISSIONS (9)

Aerobics

Dance Global

Dance and Research

Dance Education at the College Level

Dance Education at the Primary Level

Dance Education at the Secondary Level

Dance Therapy and Rehabilitation 

Folk Dance

Modern Dance