Effectiveness of health tourism application as the basis of health related recreational technology in primary school pupils’ physical education

Abstract The combination of Creative Dance and BrainDance within the context of physical education could be a promising innovation. This combined program can be implemented in primary school to help students achieve a better and more holistic assessment of their Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), covering aspects of physical, emotional, social, and mental functioning and well-being. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact that a combined Creative Dance and BrainDance program based on the Laban Theory of Movement Analysis has on HRQoL perceptions of primary school students when this program is implemented within the context of the physical education curriculum in primary school. For this purpose, an eight-week educational intervention was designed combining Creative Dance and BrainDance into one single program. The survey sample consisted of 32 fifth- and sixth-grade primary school students. The Kidscreen-52 questionnaire was used to collect data. Data analysis was performed with the use of descriptive statistical indices and mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA). Although the results showed no differences between the beginning and end of the educational intervention, a fact that might be due to the small sample and the time of the implementation of the program (limited to 8 weeks), its implementation produced very good results with regard to improvisation, body control, balance, and coordination, as well as kinaesthetic awareness and musical rhythmic skills. Creative Dance and BrainDance promote imagination, creativity, improvisation, and self-esteem in general, particularly in primary school students..

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PREVENTION AND CORRECTION OF POSTURE IMPAIRMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS’ AT THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES

The Pedagogical Process Theory and Practice ◽

10.28925/2078-1687.2018.1-2.5765 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Tamila Tkachenko

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Primary School ◽

Physical Development ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Experimental Methodology ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Physical Conditions ◽

Muscle Groups ◽

Primary School Pupils ◽

Further Development

The aim of this work is to devise, base and give a proof of efficiency of using special quick games methodology for prevention and correction of the primary school children impairment posture, this methodology optimal and moderate organism effect. The principles, organizational and methodological peculiarities as for effective methodology introduction at physical education classes are shown in this article. Moreover, the interdependence between the pupils’ motivation increase during the class and its health-improvingly and preventive direction is determined. The results of complex testing and analyzed peculiarities of the methodology influence on boys and girls displayed positive influence on undeveloped muscle groups, amplitude and coordination of the movements, progress in motor qualities, their interconnection stabilizing, improvement of pupils’ emotional conditions and health. 211 pupils of 1-4th forms in Kyiv School № 309 took part in researches of posture conditions and experimental methodology probation. The methods of pupils’ organisms’ physical conditions researches include: medical cards analysis; questioning; researches of physical development and functional state; the tests for coordination. Some methods of pupils’ physical development were used. These are: somatoscopy; anthropometrical data determining; determining and valuation of physical state. The perspectives of further development and the results of present direction researches usage consist in increasing of physical education classes efficiency and their health-improving and prevention direction due to the usage of quick games methodologies for pupils of 1-4 forms posture impairment correction and their further improvement.

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Measuring achievement emotions questionnaire for physical education (AEQ-PE): a confirmatory study in Malay language

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11869-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mohamad Fadil Ibrahim ◽

Garry Kuan ◽

Hairul Anuar Hashim ◽

Nurul Azuar Hamzah ◽

Yee Cheng Kueh

Keyword(s):

Physical Education ◽

Primary School ◽

High Reliability ◽

Measurement Model ◽

Fit Indices ◽

Achievement Emotions ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Translation Techniques ◽

Measuring Achievement ◽

Primary School Pupils

Abstract Background This study aimed to verify a translated Malay version of the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire for Physical Education (AEQ-PE) by assessing the level of achievement emotions in six constructs among the Malaysian primary school pupils using the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Methods A total of 607 Malay pupils, comprising 240 (39.5%) boys and 367 (60.5%) girls aged between 10 and 11, were recruited from 10 schools to answer the questionnaire, which measured their views on 24 items through a five-point Likert scale. The AEQ-PE was translated into Malay language (AEQ-PE-M) using forwarding to backward translation techniques. Certain phrases were adopted in accordance with the local culture and vocabulary appropriate for primary school pupils. CFA was performed using the Mplus 8.0 software, and the final model demonstrated high reliability in terms of the composite reliability and Cronbach’s alpha. Results Analysis of the CFA showed an acceptable fit indices in CFI (0.936), TLI (0.926), RMSEA = 0.039 (90% CI, 0.034, 0.045) and SRMR (0.049) of the AEQ-PE measurement model. All of the items in the original AEQ-PE version were retained and deemed suitable for Malay primary school pupils. Conclusion The AEQ-PE-M with 24 items was a suitable tool for measuring the level of school children’s involvement in determining achievement emotions and their motivation towards physical education.

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Relations between physical self-concept and physical exercise of primary school pupils

Zbornik Instituta za pedagoska istrazivanja ◽

10.2298/zipi0802306l ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 306-326 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dusanka Lazarevic ◽

Snezana Radisavljevic ◽

Ivana Milanovic

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Physical Education ◽

Physical Exercise ◽

Primary School ◽

Self Concept ◽

Multidimensional Model ◽

Starting Point ◽

8Th Grade ◽

Gender Groups ◽

Primary School Pupils

This paper is a presentation of the results of the research of the relation between the physical self-concept and physical exercise of primary school pupils. The starting point is a multidimensional model of physical self-concept by Marsh and his associates. The aim of the research was to study the characteristics of physical self-concept of primary school pupils with regard to the degree of involvement in physical exercise and sports. It was also examined whether there are gender differences in the characteristics of the physical self-concept of pupils, as well as relations between physical self-concept and physical exercise within gender groups, with regard to the degree of involvement in physical exercise and sports. The research was conducted on the sample of 469 primary school pupils (225 boys and 244 girls), from the 6th to 8th grade, of average age of 13,6. The Physical Self- Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) of Marsh and associates was applied. The results indicate the existence of statistically significant differences in the characteristics of the physical self-concept in favour of the group of pupils who, besides physical education classes, are additionally involved in physical exercise and sports. Some differences were expressed in certain characteristics of physical self-concept between boys and girls, and the results also indicate larger differences in the characteristics of the physical self-concept in the sample of girls than boys, when the degree of their involvement in physical exercise and sports is observed.

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