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Direct linkMike Jess; Melissa Parker; Nicola Carse; Andrew Douglass; Jeanne Keay; Lucio Martinez Alvarez; Alison Murray; Julie Pearson; Vicky Randall; Tony Sweeney – European Physical Education Review, 2024
This paper reports on the first phase of a longitudinal project investigating the perceived purposes that different stakeholders have for primary physical education (PE). In the study, the views of 19 teacher educators from seven countries across Europe were sought. While teacher educators may have some influence across the layers of an education…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Longitudinal Studies
Duncan, Michael; Cunningham, Anna; Eyre, Emma – European Physical Education Review, 2019
This study examined the effect of a six week combined movement and story-telling intervention on motor competence and naming vocabulary in British pre-schoolers. Using a cluster randomised design, three pre-school classes were allocated to one of a combined movement and story-telling intervention (n = 22), or a movement only (n = 25) or…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Intervention, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills
Chalke, Joy – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
This case study argues for the consideration of an adult-directed physical skills session as an approach to supporting boys learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage in England. It exemplifies a model of professional development that utilises the individual knowledge and expertise of practitioners to support and extend others' practice. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Physical Activities, Skill Development
Hope, Gill; Austin, Rebecca; Dismore, Harriet; Hammond, Sue; Whyte, Terry – Education 3-13, 2007
The rationale and focus for this paper is a discussion from five perspectives on the issues surrounding childhood freedoms and levels of physical activity. From our different perspectives we argue that beneath these very real and proper concerns that parents have for their children's safety are societal concerns and perceptions concerning the…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Children, Creative Development
Buckley, Sue; Sacks, Ben – 1987
The book presents the results of a survey of the daily life and attitudes of 90 English families with an adolescent with Down Syndrome (DS). The first chapter reviews the typical development of DS children. Chapter 2 provides demographic data including schooling (94% attended schools for children with severe learning difficulties), residence (83%…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedGoldman, Ronald J.; Goldman, Juliette D. G. – Journal of Psychology, 1981
Interviews regarding physical and sexual development were conducted with 838 children ages five through 15 in Australia, England, North America, and Sweden. Children identified the people whom they asked sex-related questions and indicated their major sources of information. Mothers, school, and the media were the most frequently cited sources.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Cross Cultural Studies
Courrier, 1980
This special issue of the "Courrier," a journal for professionals concerned with issues related to the physical and psychological development of children, provides (1) an overview of 25 years of internationally coordinated research, (2) a selection of papers published by the research teams, and (3) a description of the teams and their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Development, Children
