Make Your Students Sweat: Fitness Integrated Learning in Business Education

Authors

  • Julita Haber Fordham University
  • Genevieve Elizabeth O’Connor Fordham University
  • Nina Sarkar City University of New York

Keywords:

Business, Economics, Finance, Fitness Integrated Learning

Abstract

In this exploratory study, we propose a new pedagogy for teaching business courses—Fitness Integrated Learning (FIL). Our FIL modality of course instruction embeds physical education into an existing college-level business course curriculum for the purpose of enhancing students’ cognitive performance and student experience. Drawing from research literature on fitness and education as well as our own exploratory study of applying three major FIL-modalities in four college campuses in the Northeast, we formulate a conceptual FIL model and offer a theoretical framework to test our propositions. We conclude by offering a research design to test a full FIL-structured course.

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Published

2016-06-01

How to Cite

Haber, J., O’Connor, G. E., & Sarkar, N. (2016). Make Your Students Sweat: Fitness Integrated Learning in Business Education. Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 18(2). Retrieved from https://mail.articlegateway.com/index.php/JABE/article/view/837

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