The Role of Knowledge and Understanding in Fostering Physical Literacy

This article explores the role of knowledge and understanding in fostering physical literacy, which is considered fundamental to successful participation in physical activity, and to valuing and taking responsibility for engaging in physical activities for life. First, it highlights the place and importance of knowledge and understanding within the broad concept, cognitive domain, and attributes of physical literacy. The type, scope, and progression of knowledge and understanding deemed necessary to foster physical literacy are then explored, with attention paid to knowledge of health within the school context in particular. To conclude, the article outlines selected pedagogical approaches and practical strategies for developing and monitoring such knowledge and understanding.

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The Role of Urban Morphology Design on Enhancing Physical Activity and Public Health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17072359 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (7) ◽

pp. 2359 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sadegh Fathi ◽

Hassan Sajadzadeh ◽

Faezeh Mohammadi Sheshkal ◽

Farshid Aram ◽

Gergo Pinter ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Physical Activity ◽

Space Syntax ◽

Urban Morphology ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Urban Spaces ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

The City

Along with environmental pollution, urban planning has been connected to public health. The research indicates that the quality of built environments plays an important role in reducing mental disorders and overall health. The structure and shape of the city are considered as one of the factors influencing happiness and health in urban communities and the type of the daily activities of citizens. The aim of this study was to promote physical activity in the main structure of the city via urban design in a way that the main form and morphology of the city can encourage citizens to move around and have physical activity within the city. Functional, physical, cultural-social, and perceptual-visual features are regarded as the most important and effective criteria in increasing physical activities in urban spaces, based on literature review. The environmental quality of urban spaces and their role in the physical activities of citizens in urban spaces were assessed by using the questionnaire tool and analytical network process (ANP) of structural equation modeling. Further, the space syntax method was utilized to evaluate the role of the spatial integration of urban spaces on improving physical activities. Based on the results, consideration of functional diversity, spatial flexibility and integration, security, and the aesthetic and visual quality of urban spaces plays an important role in improving the physical health of citizens in urban spaces. Further, more physical activities, including motivation for walking and the sense of public health and happiness, were observed in the streets having higher linkage and space syntax indexes with their surrounding texture.

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PRZEPŁYWY MIESZKAŃCÓW POZNANIA ZWIĄZANE Z AKTYWNOŚCIĄ FIZYCZNĄ

STUDIA MIEJSKIE ◽

10.25167/sm.1468 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 36 ◽

pp. 71-82

Author(s):

Emilia Bogacka ◽

Magdalena Fuhrmann

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Place Of Residence ◽

Perceived Availability ◽

City Space ◽

Green Areas ◽

The City

The aim of this paper is to present the significance of the recreational space in Poznań for the physical activity of the city’s residents. The factors considered in the study were the following: the range of possibilities for engagement in paid-for and free-of-charge physical activities, the perceived availability of green areas, the favourite places for physical activity and the role of the neighbourhood and flows in this aspect. The paper presents the results of a survey conducted among 1,244 inhabitants of Poznań in 2017. The respondents positively assessed the possibilities of undertaking physical activity in the context of the city/ space offer. The access to various sports was rated positive, among it the paid activities offered were rated higher than free-of-charge ones. The availability of green areas near the place of residence was assessed as good. Two locations, Cytadela Park and Lake Malta with the surrounding green areas, were the most popular for pursuing physical activity.

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NEIGHBOURHOOD SAFETY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN SERBIA: MODERATING ROLE OF A CHILD'S GENDER AND PARENTS' AGE

TEME ◽

10.22190/teme180131021n ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 309

Author(s):

Stefan Ninković ◽

Stanislava Marić Jurišin ◽

Borka Malčić

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Preschool Children ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Future Research ◽

Neighborhood Safety ◽

Female Children ◽

Moderating Role ◽

Practical Implications ◽

Perceived Neighborhood Safety

The aim of study was to investigate the effects of parents' perceptions of neighborhood safety on outdoor physical activities of preschool children. This was investigated based on a moderating role of a child's gender and parents' age. The results showed that the association of parents’ perceptions of neighborhood safety on outdoor physical activities of children depended of the child’s sex and the parents’ age. Boys whose parents were younger and who positively assessed the neighborhood safety were more inclined to outdoor physical activities. Female children whose parents were below the average age the perceived neighborhood safety hindered frequent outdoor playing. The paper discusses practical implications of the obtained results and recommendations for future research.

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Physical Activity and Bone Vascularization: A Way to Explore in Bone Repair Context?

10.20944/preprints202103.0502.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rkia Wazzani ◽

Stéphane Pallu ◽

Céline Bourzac ◽

Saïd Ahmaïdi ◽

Hugues Portier ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Physical Exercise ◽

Bone Repair ◽

Repair Process ◽

Bone Diseases ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Bone Blood Flow ◽

Key Factor ◽

Bone Vascularization

Physical activity is widely recognized as a biotherapy by WHO in the fight and prevention of bone diseases such as osteoporosis. It reduces the risk of disabling fractures associated with many comorbidities, and whose repair is a major public health and economic issue. Bone tissue is a dynamic supportive tissue that reshapes itself according to the mechanical stresses to which it is exposed. Physical exercise is recognized as a key factor for bone health. However, the effects of exercise on bone quality depend on exercise protocols, duration, intensity and frequency. Today, the effects of different exercise modalities on capillary bone vascularization, bone blood flow and bone angiogenesis remain poorly understood and unclear. As vascularization is an integral part of bone repair process, the analysis of the preventive and/or curative effects of physical exercise is currently very undeveloped. Angiogenesis-osteogenesis coupling may constitute a new way for understanding the role of physical activity, especially in fracturing or in the integration of bone biomaterials. Thus, this review aims to clarify the link between physical activities, vascularization and bone repair.

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The Role of Exercise in Integrative Preventive Medicine

10.1093/med/9780190241254.003.0011 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Michael F. Roizen ◽

Jeffrey D. Roizen

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Association Studies ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Health Benefit ◽

Well Being ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Morbidity And Mortality ◽

Controlled Trials ◽

Mortality Benefit

Eighty observational association studies and several controlled trials provide strong evidence that exercise, done in appropriate amounts and with appropriate techniques, can dramatically enhance well-being and decrease morbidity and mortality. This chapter summarizes the available evidence so that healthcare providers can write rational prescriptions for physical activity for patients that allow minimal activity for maximum health benefit. In brief, doing four physical activities weekly—(1) any kind, (2) strength building, (3) bone strengthening (jumping), and (4) stamina building—and avoiding prolonged (> 1 hr) inactivity by walking for two minutes every hour—provides maximal morbidity and mortality benefit.

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Understanding Blue Spaces: Sport, Bodies, Wellbeing, and the Sea

Journal of Sport and Social Issues ◽

10.1177/0193723520950549 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 019372352095054 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rebecca Olive ◽

Belinda Wheaton

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Physical Activity ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Special Issue ◽

Cultural Economic ◽

Political Factors

This article introduces the special issue on ‘Understanding Blue Spaces’ which examines relationships between blue spaces, sport, physical activity, and wellbeing. The articles progress conversations across humanities, social sciences and inter-disciplinary areas of research on diverse sporting practices, that span local to trans-national contexts. This collection offers new insights into politics, possibilities, and problems of the role of blue spaces in our wellbeing—individually, socially, and ecologically. In addition to outlining the 10 articles in the SI, which include ocean swimming, surfing, sailing/yachting, and waka ama paddling, we contextualize this work, discussing key thematic areas both across these papers, and in the wider interdisciplinary body of work on blue spaces, wellbeing, and sport. Specifically, we outline the role of physical activities and leisure practices in how we access, understand, experience, and develop relationships to seas and oceans, as well as to self, places and communities of human and non-human others. We also discuss the ways in which particular bodies, individuals, and communities (human and more-than-human) are marginalized or excluded, and the need for understanding concepts such as wellbeing, place, and self beyond dominant European traditions. This SI highlights how localised experiences of blue spaces can be, while emphasising the need to recognize diverse cultural, economic, geographic, sociodemographic, and political factors that contribute to a disconnect with, or exclusion from blue spaces, impacting who can use blue spaces, how they can be used, how they can be researched, and how power is reproduced and contested.

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The role of tennis in developing physical literacy

ITF Coaching & Sport Science Review ◽

10.52383/itfcoaching.v24i69.184 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 24 (69) ◽

pp. 3-5

Author(s):

E Paul Roetert ◽

Mark Kovacs ◽

Miguel Crespo ◽

Dave Miley

Keyword(s):

Health Benefits ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Physical Literacy ◽

Social And Emotional ◽

Emotional Aspects ◽

Multiple Environments ◽

Multiple Health

Tennis may just be the perfect sport along the journey of physically literacy. Few sports can claim all the lifelong benefits that tennis provides. These benefits include physical, psychological, social and emotional aspects that lead us to achieving the competence, confidence and desire to enjoy physical activities for a lifetime. That is exactly what physical literacy is all about. Tennis can be played at almost any age in multiple environments, requires only one partner to play with, has multiple health benefits and certainly provides players with significant enjoyment while competing.

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ROLE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN THE ALL ROUND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD - A STUDY

10.36106/paripex/9509242 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-3

Author(s):

P.V. Sandhya Latha

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Physical Education ◽

Physical Fitness ◽

Team Sports ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Body Of Knowledge ◽

Wide Range ◽

History Of ◽

Physical Skills

Physical education is a course taught in school that focuses on developing physical fitness and the ability to perform and enjoy day to day physical activities with ease. Kids also develop skills necessary to participate in a wide range of activities such as cricket,basketball or swimming.Regular physical education classes prepare kids to be physically and mentally active, fit and healthy. Physical education helps students develop physical skills and confidence. They would be expected to journal about how they feel during the process and reflect on how these changes affect performance and mood.Physical education also helps students develop social skills.For example,team sports help them learn to respect others, contribute to a team goal, and socialize as a productive member of a team.This Study is to prove that there is a direct correlation between physical activity and the overall development of the child. It is to prove that there is a systematic, scientific improvement in the cognitive, emotional, social skills and also improvement in Health when physical education is implemented in the Childs day to day programme.The curriculum of physical education possesses a body of knowledge which is basic to health and fitness that leads to a fine living. It has a core of activity skill and technique in its content.We are living in a world layered in technology and convince.Physical Education is so important for our future because it is one of the best natural and pure means we have to promote and foster play and purpose for our children. Children need it more than we know and technology is slowly eating away at something we might never get back. Physical Education's purpose is to preserve the foundational history of health, fitness, and to allow our youth to develop into people with strong intrapersonal skills,core values,and respect and understanding of a healthy mind/body connection.With physical education being a crucial need especially for children, it should be implemented in all the educational organization.To make sure that it is implemented,it has to be a part of the curriculum.Certain norms have to be implemented to make sure PE is a part of the academic curriculum.Regular assessments will be helpful to work on the improvement of the Childs physical as well as overall development

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Physical Activity Model to Develop Basic Movement Skills in Kindergarten Students Based on Physical Literacy

Teorìâ ta Metodika Fìzičnogo Vihovannâ ◽

10.17309/tmfv.2021.4.06 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 323-329

Author(s):

Aris Fajar Pambudi ◽

Sugiyanto Sugiyanto ◽

Furqon Hidayatullah ◽

Sapta Kunta Purnama

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Kindergarten Students ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Physical Literacy ◽

Average Value ◽

Movement Skills ◽

Analysis Technique ◽

Scale Range ◽

Basic Movement

The lack of physical activity that is applied in Kindergarten (PAUD) has a bad impact on the future of children. It was revealed that the designed curriculum was more dominant in the development of academic achievement. The study purpose was to develop basic movement skills in kindergarten students based on physical literacy. Materials and methods. The method used in this study was research and development methods using quantitative and qualitative settings. With a population of all kindergarten teachers in Cilacap Regency which amounted to 1,387 teachers from 350 kindergartens, the sample used was 52 teachers who were taken by proportional sampling. The data analysis technique used in his study was descriptive quantitative data analysis techniques with percentages. Results. The research findings show that each item of the statement of physical activity variables in developing students' basic movements can be seen from the average value of 4.205 which is in the very good category scale range. The statement that has the smallest average value in statement number 2 is “Do students have enough physical activity at school?” and has a value of 3.827 with a good category. While the highest average in statement number 1 is “Are Kindergarten students' physical activities held at school?” with an average value of 4.423 very good category. Conclusions. Therefore, it can be concluded that "kindergarten students' physical activities held in schools" give a very good impression and are beneficial for kindergarten (PAUD) children for their growth and development.

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Physical activity of tourism and recreation students in terms of accressibility to open areas

Turyzm ◽

10.1515/tour-2017-0016 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 83-88

Author(s):

Marcin Pasek ◽

Jacek Olszewski

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Natural Environment ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Physical Activities ◽

Open Area ◽

Physically Active ◽

Study Results ◽

Physical Recreation ◽

The Relationship

The aim of the article is to present the factors which affect the choice of place of recreation, as well as indicate the preferred forms of physical activity taken up there. The authors also discussed the relationship between distance from open areas and frequency of visits. Moreover, they evaluated current knowledge about the role of the natural environment as a physical recreation space. The research was conducted among a group of 305 physically active individuals (students of the Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk), using questionnaires. The respondents defined the role of location in comparison to other motivational factors for a range of physical activities (recreation). They also spoke about their preferred forms of physical activity in the natural environment, compared to the roles of natural and human environments with regard to physical activity. They also provided an answer to the question whether an open area which does not provide respondents with an opportunity to undertake their favoured recreation would remain of interest. The study results demonstrate the unquestionable importance of having access to attractive natural surroundings with respect to physical activity. This allows a relation to be made between leisure in the natural environment and an improvement in the health of the physically active.

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