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I N T E R N A T I O N A L ASSOCIATION FOR P H Y S I C A L EDUCATION IN H I G H E R EDUCATION (AIESEP) In the last five years the activities of AIESEP have largely concentrated on Europe and North America, and major concerns have been." of pedagogical aspects of the practice of physical activities in various settings (school, sports club and active leisure groups) - Teacher training, and in particular the acquisition of pedagogical skills - Comparative analysis of training programmes for physical education teachers and sports coaches -Analysis

Major publications are the proceedings of the nearly 30 world conventions organized by members. The most recent are those of Trois-Rivières, 1987 (PhysicalEducation and Coaching: Present Stare and Outlook f o r the Future); of Lisbon, 1987 (Human Kinetics); and of Madrid, 1988 (Humanisrn and New Technology in Physical Education and Sport). Volumes 1 and 2 of The Physical Education Teacher and Coach Today also appeared in 1988. Addresses: John Cheffers - President, Boston University, School of Education, 605 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, M A 02215, USA Maurice Piéron - General Secretary, Institut Supérieur d'Education Physique, bät. B21, Université de Liège au Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgique

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L FEDERATION OF P H Y S I C A L EDUCATION (FIEP) Origins and Membership

The FIEP first came into being on July 1lth, 1923 at an international congress in the Palais Mondial in Brussels, Its original name was the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique Educative (FIGE). No doubt the tremendous influence of Ling's 'Swedish System' of gymnastics during this period was one reason why, in 1930, the FIGE changed its name to the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique Ling, and so it remained until 1953 when the Federation adopted its present title. International Review of Education - Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft Revue Internationale de Pédagogie 35(1): 103-114 (1989). © 1989by Unesco Institute for Education, Hamburg and Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht