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The Pedagogical Side of Outdoor and Leisure Activities - University of West Timisoara - 7 th -9 th November

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2014 - TIMISOARA (Romania) - Specialist Seminar

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2014 - TIMISOARA (Romania) - Specialist Seminar

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2007 – LOUGHBOROUGH (United Kingdom) - Specialist seminar

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2007 – LOUGHBOROUGH (United Kingdom) - Specialist seminar

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Prof Kathy Armour organizes the first AIESEP Specialist Seminar on 'Teachers' Career-long Professional Development'. This will lead to the publication of the first AIESEP Position Statement on Continuous Professional Development.

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2010 - LA CORUNA (Spain) - World Congress

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2010 - LA CORUNA (Spain) - World Congress

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Prof Wolf-Dietrich Brettschneider (Germany) and Richard Tinning (Australia) receive the last IOC President Award.

Prof. Pilvikki Heikinaro-Johansson (Univ. of Jyväskylä - Finland) re-elected as President.
Prof. Marc Cloes (UNiv. of Liege - Belgium) re-elected as Secretary General.

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2015 - Madrid (Spain) - Creation of the Early Years SIG

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2015 - Madrid (Spain) - Creation of the Early Years SIG

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The AIESEP Board accepts the proposal from Prof Arja Sääkslahti and Len Almond to create a new special interest group focused on Early Childhood Physical Activity.

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2002 - LA CORUNA (Spain) - Creation of the TGfU-SIG

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2002 - LA CORUNA (Spain) - Creation of the TGfU-SIG

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Joy Butler and Len Almond convince the AIESEP Board to create a special interest group focused on the dissemination of the research on the Teaching Games for Understanding.

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2017 – GOSIER (Guadeloupe) - International Conference

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2017 – GOSIER (Guadeloupe) - International Conference

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Contextualizing Diversity in Physical Activities and Physical Education

ARIS organizes a pre-conference contributing to reinforce the relationships with the Francophone researchers

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2019 – GARDEN CITY (USA) - International Conference

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2019 – GARDEN CITY (USA) - International Conference

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Building Bridges for Physical Activity and Sport

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1996 - LISBON (Portugal) - International Conference

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1996 - LISBON (Portugal) - International Conference

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Research on Teaching and Research on Teacher Education

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2013 – WARSAW (Poland) - International Conference

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2013 – WARSAW (Poland) - International Conference

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Physical Education and Sport: Challenging the Future

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2015 – MADRID (Spain) - International Conference

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2015 – MADRID (Spain) - International Conference

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Moving Up Physical Education and Sports participation on the Public Health Agenda; … it is not too late to Act

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2016 – LARAMIE (USA) - International Conference

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2016 – LARAMIE (USA) - International Conference

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Blazing new trails: Future directions for sport pedagogy and physical activity

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2011 - LIMERICK (Ireland) - International Conference

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2011 - LIMERICK (Ireland) - International Conference

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Moving People, Moving Forward

Beyond a fabulous scientific programme, the participants experience a crazy dancing evening with a local band who create a fantastic atmosphere at Thomond Park.

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2008 – SAPPORO (Japan) - International Conference

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2008 – SAPPORO (Japan) - International Conference

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North meets South, East meets West !!!

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2021 – BANFF (Canada) - International Conference (virtual)

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2021 – BANFF (Canada) - International Conference (virtual)

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Due to COVID lockdown, the AIESEP Conference turned virtual with the same success, thanks to the organizers University of Alberta, McGill University, in collaboration with Ever Active Schools, Physical and Health Education Canada and the PHE Canada Research Council.

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2018 – EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - World Congress

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2018 – EDINBURGH (United Kingdom) - World Congress

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Marc Cloes (Université de Liège) relected President.

Fiona Chambers (University College Cork) elected Secretary General

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2014 - AUCKLAND (New-Zealand) - World Congress

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2014 - AUCKLAND (New-Zealand) - World Congress

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Marc Cloes (Université de Liege) elected President.

Marie O’Sullivan elected Secretary General

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2006 - JYVASKYLA (Finland) - World Congress

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2006 - JYVASKYLA (Finland) - World Congress

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Pilvikki Heikinaro-Johansson (University of Jyvaskyla) elected President.

Marc Cloes (University of Liege) elected Secretary General.

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Ron Feingold (Adelphi University) elected President.

F. Carreiro da Costa and then Claude Paré elected Secretary General.

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1994 - BERLIN (Germany) - World Congress

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1994 - BERLIN (Germany) - World Congress

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Election of the first women as Directors:

* Ann DeLacy (delegate of the Liverpool Institute, UK)
* Marielle Tousignant (individual member, Laval University, CA)

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1984 - EUGENE (USA) - Pre-Olympic Scientific Congress

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1984 - EUGENE (USA) - Pre-Olympic Scientific Congress

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John Cheffers (Boston University) elected acting President by the Board.

Maurice Pieron (University of Liège) reelected Secretary General.

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1983 - ROME (Italy) - Death of the AIESEP President, José-Maria Cagigal

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1983 - ROME (Italy) - Death of the AIESEP President, José-Maria Cagigal

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While en route to preside at the International Congress of AIESEP in Rome (Dec. 8-11, 1983), he perished in the tragic two plane crash at Madrid international airport. Two of his colleagues, Felipe Gayoso and Juan Fernandez, travelling on the same flight were killed also. His Iberia plane was at the point of take-off just as the other plane was training after landing on an adjacent runway in heavy fog. The terrible force of the collision accounted for at least 93 deaths. His passing shocked and saddened the large audience assembled in the National Italian Olympic Committees’ Rome site. José Maria Cagigal assumed the AIESEP presidency during the Madrid Conference in 1968. Founder of the Instituto Nacional de Educacion Fisica (INEF-Madrid) in 1966, he headed that institute for at least a decade. He was internationally renowned as a sport philosopher and sport psychologist, in addition to his excellent work in emphasizing the importance of physical activity. His cultural interest, art and music, were also pursued with characteristic excellence. A gentle, humble man, President Cagigal made friends easily, travelled extensively, and promoted the Physical education cause with sensitivity and strength. He presented extensive reports and papers at the following AIESEP international conferences: Tunis, 1969; Warsaw, 1970; Prague, 1974; Rio de Janeiro, 1981. The AIESEP Board decided to create a special lecture to honour his memory. The prize was first awarded in 1990 and, since 2002, is proposed every four years, during the AIESEP world congresses.

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1978 - Macolin (Switzerland) - Creation of the IOC President Award

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1978 - Macolin (Switzerland) - Creation of the IOC President Award

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In 1978, Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, initiated the IOC President’s Award. The award, which was valued at US$10,000, was intended for individuals or groups who have made a significant scholarly contribution to the field of physical education and sport pedagogy. Award recipients were selected by the AIESEP Board of Directors.

During the 1978 AIESEP congress, in Macolin/Magglingen (Switzerland). Recipients were Claude Bouchard, Jean Brunelle & Paul Godbout (Laval University, Quebec, Canada) «La préparation d’un champion». The IOC President’s Award was awarded only once after J.A. Samaranch’s era.

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1968 - MADRID (Spain) organized by the Instituto Nacional Educación Física

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1968 - MADRID (Spain) organized by the Instituto Nacional Educación Física

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Theme: The prerequisites to prepare specialists in physical education.

Publication: J.M. Cagigal, Escuelas Superiores de Educación Física.Change in

General Assembly:
* José Maria Cagigal (INEF Madrid) elected President.
* Maurice Pieron (University of Liège) reelected Secretary General.

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1963 - LISBON (Portugal) organized by the INEF Lisbon

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1963 - LISBON (Portugal) organized by the INEF Lisbon

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Theme: Physical education teacher training with sub-topics dealing with three sub-themes: (1) The organization of physical education schools; (2) The place of biological studies in the physical education teacher training; (3) Psychology, pedagogy and history of physical education.

Publication: Special issue of the Bulletin of the «Fédération Internationale d'Education Physique» (FIEP): «Symposium sur la formation des professeurs d'éducation physique». Lisbon, 1963 (English & French).

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1966 - PARIS - General Assembly  organized by the Higher Normal School of Physical Education for Women (France)

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1966 - PARIS - General Assembly  organized by the Higher Normal School of Physical Education for Women (France)

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Yvonne Surrel with colleagues

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The constituting general assembly of the association was held in Lisbon, August 2 1962. Mrs Yvonne Surrel, Director of the ENSEP Women in Chatenay-Malabry (Paris, France) was elected as President of the AIESEP. The Secretary General was Dr Andresen Leitao from the National Institute of Physical Education (Lisbon, Portugal).

The founders were institutions from Europe and South America:

* Institut für Leibesübungen of Bonn (Federal Republic of Germany)

* Instituto Pedagogico of Caracas (Venezuela)

* Institut für Leibesübungen, Universität Graz (Austria)

* Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln (Federal Republic of Germany)

* Institut Supérieur d’Education Physique, Université de Liège (Belgium)

* Instituto Nacional Educaçao Fisica of Lisbon (Portugal),

* Ecole Fédérale de Gymnastique et de Sport of Macolin/Magglingen (Switzerland)

* Instituto Nacional Educacion Fisica of Madrid (Spain)

* Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Education Physique - Jeunes Filles in Chatenay-Malabry, Paris (France)

* Escola Nacional de Educaçao Fisica e Deportos of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

* Instituto Superiore Educazione Fisica of Rome (Italy)