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Direct linkPeggy Lockyer; Deidre Le Fevre; Mark Vickers – Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2024
Purpose: This study sets out to investigate the elements of the collaborative culture required for the successful implementation and sustainability of programs in schools. It draws on a case study of a student peer-led physical activity (PA) program implemented within the complex and dynamic environment of school communities in New Zealand. The…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Sustainability, Physical Activities, Peer Teaching
Download full textErwin, Heather E.; Rose, Stephanie A.; Small, Sarah R.; Perman, Jay – Afterschool Matters, 2016
Many afterschool physical activity programs and curricula are available, but evaluation of their effectiveness is needed. Well-marketed programs such as the Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) Kids Club have shown limited effectiveness in increasing physical activity for participants in comparison to control groups.…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Physical Activities, Physical Education, Program Effectiveness
Usher, Wayne; Anderton, Amy – Cogent Education, 2014
The specific focus of this study is to explore Queensland (Australia) state school generalist teachers' perceptions regarding the barriers and enablers associated with the implementation of the Smart Moves (compulsory physical activity) policy in the primary classroom setting. This study sought to primarily add to the literature on, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Public Schools, Barriers
Taylor, Tanya; Jones, Wehmah – US Department of Education, 2012
In 2010, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) issued regulations for the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) to reflect best practices and research for improving children's and adolescents' health and fitness. The goal was to encourage physical activity and healthy eating and help students meet their state standards for…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Health, Physical Fitness, Child Health
Keating, Xiaofen Deng; Silverman, Stephen – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2009
Background: Millions of American children are participating in fitness testing in school-based physical education (PE) programs. However, practitioners and researchers in the field of PE have questioned the need for regular or mandatory youth fitness testing. This was partly because a significant improvement in youth fitness and physical activity…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Test Use, Testing, Discriminant Analysis
Fuller, Janet – 1981
There are many advantages and disadvantages of ability tests for sex-fairness. Several types of assessment criteria for sex-fair ability grouping could be used in fitness-related activities in the curriculum. Health-related physical fitness tests, designed to measure an individual's health fitness and provide for individual improvement, are not…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Athletics, Coeducation
Cale, Lorraine; Harris, Jo – Health Education Journal, 2006
There has been increased interest in the development and implementation of physical activity interventions designed to increase young people's physical activity participation in recent years. This is perhaps founded on concerns over youngsters' physical activity levels and the possible health consequences. School-based interventions are the most…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Health Personnel, Young Adults
