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Welcome to ICHPER·SD

ICHPERD·SD is the largest, membership-based international and umbrella organization that includes professors,teachers,researchers, coaches, educators and administrators in the fileds of HPERSD and related areas, as well as educational or research institutions and departments.

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The 6th ICHPER˖SD Asia Regional Congress & Exposition Hosted by National Taiwan Normal University - Taipai, Taiwan, January 20 - 23, 2011 - Dr. Frank Chin-Lung Fang, Vice President for Asia (E-mail: t08026@ntnu.edu.tw) Website: http://ichpersd2011.tw --------- 5th Africa Regional Congress will take place on 2nd-5th of February 2011 at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria--------------- The President of ICHPER.SD Prof. Dr. Dong Ja YANG was awarded the Order of Civil Merit- Moran Medal from the government of South Korea on the 15th of October. Congratulations!-----------

About Us

The International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance (ICHPER·SD) was an outgrowth of an idea first conceived in 1950 by the Board of Directors of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER). Under visionary leadership of Dr. Dorothy Ainsworth, Smith College, and Dr. Carl Troester, Jr., Executive Secretary of AAHPER, ICHPER was founded in Rome, Italy, in 1958, by teaching professionals and representatives from 16 countries from the fields of health, physical education, recreation, sport, and dance from 16 countries. The Council now boasts a membership representing over 145 countries, and disseminates quarterly the Journal of ICHPER·SD to all 208 countries and self-governing territories of the world.