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A school-based physical activity promotion intervention in children: rationale and study protocol for the PREVIENE Project
2017
The lack of physical activity and increasing time spent in sedentary behaviours during childhood place importance on developing low cost, easy-toimplement school-based interventions to increase physical activity among children. The PREVIENE Project will evaluate the effectiveness of five innovative, simple, and feasible interventions (active commuting to/from school, active Physical Education lessons, active school recess, sleep health promotion, and an integrated program incorporating all 4 interventions) to improve physical activity, fitness, anthropometry, sleep health, academic achievement, and health-related quality of life in primary school children. The PREVIENE Project will provide …
Implementation of early childhood physical curriculum (SPARK) in the Central Valley of California (USA)
2017
Abstract The aim of this paper is to describe the methodology applied to develop and launch the implementation of physical activity curriculum (SPARK) at several schools in the Central Valley of California. The SPARK Early Childhood Program is one of eight within the SPARK Coordinated School Health (CSH) model. This research try to create environments that promote healthful behaviors at school and in the community for both children and adults. Overweight and obese children are likely to develop serious health problems. Among children in the U.S., Latino children are affected disproportionally by the obesity epidemic. Ninos Sanos, Familia Sana (Healthy Children, Healthy Family) is a five-yea…
Osteogénesis imperfecta y educación física: Un caso inédito de inclusión educativa
2018
The main objective of this work is to investigate the inclusive treatment experienced by a student with Osteogenesis Imperfecta and their peers in an undergraduate course with contents related to physical education. Data collection was performed over a semester through informal conversations with the lecturer, in depth and semi-structured interviews, and an open-response questionnaire. The study reveals the stigma suffered by the student, both personal and academic (especially in physical education classes), and the ignorance and insecurity demonstrated by future teachers about this disease and how to perform an inclusive treatment in their classes. The adjustments made by the lecturer of t…
Impact on physical fitness of exercise promotion service utilizing social media
2014
Summary Study aim: the purpose of the present study was to survey the impact of a social media platform on physical fitness, physical activity levels and daily sitting time. Material and methods: a total of 2039 users (1445 women and 594 men) of the social media service (HeiaHeia, Helsinki, Finland) voluntarily participated in the study by answering an online questionnaire provided by a survey. Results: about 63.8% of the participants reported that the service has advanced their perceived level of physical fitness, while 36.2% reported no impact on their fitness. Most participants (71.3%) with BMI over 25 reported that the service had helped them to improve their physical fitness. Participa…
Children’s segment specific moderate to vigorous physical activity through a school-initiated physical activity program
2015
Background: Since less than one-third of 13-year-olds in many Western countries meet the physical activity guidelines, there is a major need to promote physical activity. The aim of this study was to examine children’s segment specific moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) through the school-initiated program. Material/Methods: The sample comprised 76 Finnish elementary school children. Accelerometers were used to investigate the patterns of segmented MVPA through 2012-2014. Repeated Measures Analysis was implemented to summarize variability between time and segments of MVPA. Results: The examination of children’s MVPA revealed that their total, weekend, and before-school activity w…
Is this Physical Education?: the motor commitment in Elementary Education
2019
[Resumen] La Educación Física ha de promover el desarrollo de hábitos de vida saludables y la prevención de enfermedades como la obesidad infantil. Para ello es necesario conocer el tiempo que el alumnado está en movimiento realizando actividad física en nuestras clases. Por lo tanto, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar el tiempo de compromiso motor (TCM) en las sesiones de Educación Física (EF) en la etapa de Educación Primaria (EP). La muestra estuvo formada por 38 participantes de 1º y 5º curso. En total, se registraron nueve sesiones de EF impartidas por un único maestro especialista mediante una hoja de registro elaborada ad hoc. Los resultados muestran bajos valores de TC…
Self-regulated Learning in Physical Education: An Analysis of Perceived Teacher Learning Support and Perceived Motivational Climate as Context Depend…
2019
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship between teacher learning support, motivational climate and self-regulated learning in upper-secondary school physical education. A sample consisting of 554 upper secondary school students from Norway (Mage = 17.05, SD = 0.91) answered a survey pertaining to their everyday experiences in physical education. A multiple regression based structural equation model indicated that teacher learning support, ego-involving motivational climate and task-involving motivational climate were all significant positive predictors of self-regulated learning, with teacher learning support emerging as the most prominent predictor. These …
Influence of the motivational climate in physical education on the intention to practice physical activity or sport
2001
This study is based on the achievement goal theory and intended to verify the effects of the motivational climate of the physical education (PE) on students' motivation, interest, and intention to practice physical activity or sport. In order to meet these objectives, 975 participants, from 13 to 18 years of age, completed the following instruments: PECCS, TEOSQ, IMI, Satisfaction Scale, and the Intention to Practice Physical Activity or Sport. The data were analyzed by means of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results confirmed that the mastery dimension of motivational climate has an influence, directly or indirectly, on task orientation, the three dimensions of intrinsic motivatio…
Effectiveness of a Physical Education Program on the Motor and Pre-literacy Skills of Preschoolers From the Training-To-Health Project: A Focus on We…
2020
Many studies reported a positive relationship between motor skills, cognitive functions, and school performance in school-age children; however, little is known in preschool children. The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of a physical education program (PEP) on locomotor, object control skills, and pre-literacy cognitive functions in a wide population of preschoolers and verify whether weight status could influence these abilities. In the context of the Training-to-Health Project, a sample of 1,029 preschoolers was recruited in kindergartens from the urban area of Palermo (Italy). Their gross motor and pre-literacy skills were tested before (PRE) and after (POST…
‘Brittle Bone Disease’ and Physical Education. An experience of simulation and imagination toward inclusion
2016
La inclusion educativa reporta cada vez mas situaciones en las que se evidencia la necesidad de concretar propuestas especificas, como la inclusion de alumnado con Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) en Educacion Fisica. Asi, presentamos una iniciativa basada en una experiencia inclusiva previa (Martos-Garcia & Valencia-Peris, 2016), en la que se decidio simular e imaginar a una persona con OI en una sesion de formacion del profesorado en Educacion Especial. Los objetivos pasan por cambiar las actitudes de las personas participantes, proporcionarles informacion relativa a la OI y evaluar la idoneidad educativa de esta propuesta, ubicada en un paradigma post-critico. Mediante la utilizacion de obse…