This is a state of the art survey of selected aspects of globalization and education. Education policies have long existed and have played an important role in development policy in general. Appropriate and good quality human resource development is an essential ingredient of any competitiveness strategy. (Basic) Education is also an important driver of growth and poverty reduction and is central, directly and indirectly, to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. An important policy question for donors and those involved in human resource policies addressed in this survey is how to design appropriate human resources policies that adequately respond to the changing conditions of globalization in relation to physical education and sports. Insights into appropriate policies will be based on an analysis of the links between globalization and education.

The purpose of this study was to see the effect of outdoor education on the leadership qualities of physical educationist and to compare the leadership qualities of females and males, after attending the outdoor education programme. The subjects selected for the study were 25 female and 75 male students of Bachelor of Physical Education from Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education, Gwalior, and aged 20.2 ± 2.4 years. For the collection of data, a Questionnaire was used to assess the leadership qualities of females and males. The questionnaire consists of 35 items which covers ten important factors of leadership i.e. Identity exploration; Time management, Emotional regulation; Self perception and team work; Responsibility; Effort; Divers peer relationships; Opportunities for leadership; Confidence & Future implication etc. The data were recorded after the outdoor education programme. In order to analyze the data, descriptive statistics and Paired t-test was employed. The level of significance was set at 0.05. It was evident from the conclusion that there was a significant effect of outdoor education on leadership qualities of physical educationists. It was also evident from the conclusion that the value of calculated t- ratio 1.86 was found insignificant at 98 df with the tabulated 't' value 1.99, thus indicating that there was no significant difference between the leadership of males and females.

The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of educational set-up on fat percentage among school going student. To attain this aim, a total of 100 students (50 from CBSE and STATE respectively) with 12 to 16 years of age and were randomly selected from Gwalior city. The data received from the participants was analyzed by employing t-test. The results of the study showed that students studying in CBSE School have high level fat percentage in comparison to students studying in state school. By revealing the importance of the educational settings, this study clarifies the impact of educational set-up to gain a fat % among school students. However, the error associated with level of body fat is not negligible and requires further investigation.

The purpose of the study was to identify the various problems of physical education teachers working in Navodaya Vidyalaya, Bhopal Region. The study was conducted by administering a questionnaire to 40 physical education teachers working in Navodaya Vidyalaya, Bhopal Region. Before administering the questionnaire, the willingness of the physical educators to participate in the study was ascertained by the research scholar. The most common problems faced by physical education teachers in Navodaya Vidyalaya, Bhopal Region were classified under 12 major problems areas. The data furnished in the questionnaire by respondents were analyzed in terms of percentages. Such analysis of each problem was done to find out the degree of occurrence of specific problems and the extent to which it was felt. Majority of physical education teachers stated that the student and physical education teacher ratio in school has been indicated as inappropriate.

The purpose of this study was to compare tennis service in volleyball between male interuniversity and intercollegiate players. Twelve (6 Intervarsity and 6 Intercollegiate level) volleyball players were selected as the subjects for the study. The mean age, height and body mass of intervarsity players were 23 years (± 2.28 years), 177.77 cm (± 5.43 cm) and 64.67 kg (± 5.95 kg), respectively, whereas intercollegiate players were 21.33 years (± 1.71 years), 166.5 cm (± 3.30 cm) and 63.17 kg (± 4.93 kg), respectively. All subjects were right-handed volleyball players. The players were allowed to have warm-up and trials. Each subject was asked to do the tennis service. Three services were recorded from one side of the body with a high speed camcorder (Canon Legria HF S10) operating at 1/2000 Hz with a frame rate of 60 frames per second. Data were collected from the movement onset until the ball crosses the net. The camcorder was placed on a tripod at the height of 5 feet on the right angle of the subjects at a distance of 10 meters away to the side-line. Recorded data were digitized with the help of Silicon Coach Pro-7 motion analysis software. The selected biomechanical variables were: the ball height, shoulder joint angle, elbow joint angle, wrist joint angle and ball velocity. The t test was used for statistical analysis of the data by using SPSS-18 version software. The results revealed insignificant differences between intervarsity and intercollegiate level male volleyball players in their shoulder, elbow and wrist angle, ball height, ball velocity and hand velocity.