Physical Activity Practices in Elementary Schools and Associations With Physical Education Staffing and Training

2014 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey Turner ◽  
Tyler G. Johnson ◽  
Sandy J. Slater ◽  
Frank J. Chaloupka
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Staffing And Training ◽  
And Training

Effectiveness of a Two-Year Health-Related Physical Education Intervention in Elementary Schools

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie J.M. Verstraete ◽  
Greet M. Cardon ◽  
Dirk L.R. De Clercq ◽  
Ilse M.M. De Bourdeaudhuij
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Accelerometer Data ◽  
Activity Engagement ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Intervention Condition

The study aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a 2-year health-related physical education intervention in a pretest-posttest design. Sixteen elementary schools (764 pupils, mean age: 11.2 ± 0.7) participated in the study. Schools were randomly assigned to the intervention condition (n = 8) and the control condition (n = 8). Making use of direct observation data gathered according to SOFIT (System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time), the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity engagement during physical education classes was significantly higher in the intervention condition than in the control condition. Children’s moderate-to-vigorous physical activity engagement during physical education lessons increased with 14% in the intervention condition (from 42 to 56%). No significant effects were found on the accelerometer data. The health-related physical education intervention was found to be promising in promoting physical activity during physical education classes.

scholarly journals Kdo nejvíce přivádí mládež ke sportu?

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-95
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Valjent ◽  
Libor Flemr
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Genetic Predisposition ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Regular Physical Activity ◽  
Sport Teams ◽  
Sports Activities

The implementation of regular physical activity and sport of youth depends on genetic predisposition infl uenced by many factors. Th e study examines on sample of 1221 students of ČVUT, including 947 boys and 274 girls in age 20-28 years. Th e results confi rm that the selected indicators are involved in education of youth within the meaning of positive infl uence to sports activities by diff erent degrees. Friends and schoolmates do one’s best (average of 7-point Likert scale 5,37) about it at boys, closely watched by family (5,15) and teachers of physical education at university (4,79). Th e family of girls have the largest positive infl uence (5,34), friends and schoolmates (5,26) and also their boyfriends (5,16). Teachers of physical education from high schools have the least infl uence (4,31 at boys, respectively 4,04 at girls), our national representative sport teams (4,30, respectively 4,21) and teachers of physical education at elementary schools (4,10, respectively even 3,90 at girls – the only negative value of all indicators).

Partnerships for active elementary schools: Physical education outcomes after 4 months of a 2-year pilot study

2017 ◽  
Vol 76 (7) ◽  
pp. 763-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Glenn Weaver ◽  
Collin Webster ◽  
Catherine Egan ◽  
Carolina Campos ◽  
Robert D Michael ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Physical Activity Promotion ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Promotion Strategies ◽  
The Impact

Objective: This study assessed the impact of Partnerships for Active Children in Elementary Schools (PACES) on children’s moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during physical education (PE) and teachers’ incorporation of physical activity promotion strategies after one academic semester (i.e. 4 months) of the intervention. Design: Single group pre–post pilot study. Setting: Three elementary schools in one southeastern metropolitan city in the USA. Methods: Using principles of community-based participatory-research, researchers worked with teachers to identify contextually appropriate physical activity promotion strategies aligned with prevailing recommendations, principles and theories. Outcome measures included accelerometer-derived percent of time children ( N = 150) engaged in MVPA. The System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time+ assessed changes in teachers’ incorporation of physical activity promotion strategies. Multi-level mixed-effects linear regression estimated differences over time. Results: MVPA increased for girls (22.7%–26.6%) and boys (33.2%–39.0%). Small-sided games (1.0%–9.0%) and teachers’ verbal promotion of physical activity (6.4%–13.5%) increased while student’s off-task behaviour (6.0%–2.0%) decreased. Lines (20.2%–8.4%) and elimination games (21.6%–13.3%) decreased, but these changes were not statistically significant. Conclusion: PACES shows promise for increasing the percent of time children spend in MVPA during PE but requires further evaluation.

scholarly journals Physical Activity of Young Persons and Importance of Involvement of Parents to Increase Their Performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Rovena Elmazi ◽  
Migena Plasa
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Work Flow ◽  
Small Children ◽  
Natural Sense ◽  
Programme Planning ◽  
And Training ◽  
Sports Activities

Game and physical activity are the main tools for children to learn because they learn quickly through personal experience and multi-sensor teaching methods which encourage their natural sense of curiosity. Game, in all its forms, presents numerous possibilities for interaction of children with persons and objects in real and imaginary situations. Small children must have a committed specialist to interact even with the parents. In this way children will try hard to improve what they know better by helping and inspiring them as a way promoting interest and will to continue learning. Scholars consider quite positive the involvement of parents in the learning process because parents are constantly informed of the situation and progress of their children. This applies even to the classes of physical education and training sessions in all sports disciplines where teacher- parent cooperation would strongly affect the improvement of their children performance. By knowing better the specifics of sports activities and its role in their psycho-motor development, there have to be used all the possibilities to encourage children to be involved in sports activities and there have to be found all the possibilities to increase their performance. From ower experience as teacher of physical education, trainer of young ages and professional basketballer I have learned that involvement of parents and cooperation with them is extremely useful and this is the reason why I have elaborated further on this topic. An ideal environment for the children is a teaching environment of work flow, high quality and careful programme planning.

scholarly journals IoT-assisted physical education training network virtualization and resource management using a deep reinforcement learning system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Li ◽  
PriyanMalarvizhi Kumar ◽  
Mamoun Alazab
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Activity Monitoring ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Performance Ratio ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Physical Activity Monitoring ◽  
And Training

AbstractThe Internet of Things (IoT) development made it possible for technology to communicate physical education by connecting cost-effective heterogeneous devices and digital applications to uncontrolled and accessible environments. The traditional physical education monitoring environment creates crucial manual efforts on athletes' activity observations and tracking consistently. Similarly, remote monitoring and assessment of athletes in sports training seem to be barriers to physical education monitoring and training. It creates various chances to improve training and education through technology advancements like IoT and deep learning. Students can efficiently monitor their physical behavior to increase their physical and psychological benefits. The IoT-assisted physical activity monitoring device is proposed to track students' physical activity and enhance outcomes. The management ability allows students to organize and increase speed their physical activity in a wellness manner. In addition, this study examines the connections between monitoring ability which is an essential component for sports activities and physical activity. This system collects essential information from IoT-based wearable devices that interact with the data in real time by virtualizing the device. The IoT network includes several device activities and monitors the heartbeat and physical body temperature of a person. The analysis of specific studies and student feedback shows that the designed virtual system of physical educations is effective in its application and implementation and provides a reliable guide for developing student physical educational systems. The experimental analysis is evaluated; the solution offered is developing and supporting physical education and training approaches in reality and creates healthy environment systems to solve the health monitoring challenges posed by IoT devices. The proposed method has achieved extraordinary physical activity monitoring compared to the conventional systems, as shown by experimental findings. The simulation analysis of physical education can help students and improve the associated aspects of physical abilities with high accuracy ratio (98.3), prediction ratio (96.5%), interaction ratio (94.4%), performance ratio (95.1%), the efficiency ratio (93.2), F-score (92.2%), and reduce error rate (17.5%) and physical activity patterns.

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