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Ingunn Fjørtoft

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Movement and physical activity in early childhood education and care policies of five nordic countries

2021

The purpose of this study was to examine the values of movement and physical activity (MoPA) using government policy documents (e.g., laws and curricula) on early childhood education and care (ECEC) from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. This descriptive, comparative study was designed based on curriculum theory and used word count and content analyses to identify similarities and differences in the occurrence of MoPA in the ECEC policies of Nordic countries. Seven terms were identified as MoPA-related in Nordic policy documents. These terms occurred in various content contexts: development, environment, expression, health and well-being, learning and play, albeit sparsely. MoP…

varhaiskasvatusHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisMovementIcelandcurriculumphysical activitylapset (ikäryhmät)Scandinavian and Nordic CountriesArticlepreschoolEducationearly childhood education and carechildrenHumansChildPreschoolExerciseChildrenFinlandeducationPohjoismaatPhysical activityPedagogycurriculum; education; movement; physical activity; preschool; early childhood education and care; children; NordicRPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthPedagogikesikouluPolicyNordicChild PreschoolEarly childhood education and careMedicineliikkuminenCurriculummovementfyysinen aktiivisuusopetussuunnitelmat
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Movement and physical activity in early childhood education and care in the Nordic countries

2022

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledges the importance of preschool children taking part in comprehensive physical activities supporting, among other things, their motor development, and competencies. A growing number of children attend early childhood education and care (ECEC), and expectations that this will support the development and learning of the youngest children are high. ECEC are governed by different policies embodied in both laws and curricula, and the framework of a curriculum plays a key role in ensuring the quality of ECEC services. The documents represent the content society wants the ECEC institutions to disseminate, and set out the values, objectives, a…

early childhood education and carevarhaiskasvatuschildrencurriculumphysical activitylapset (ikäryhmät)movementliikuntafyysinen aktiivisuus
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