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The Effect of Teachers Trained in a Fundamental Movement Skills Programme on Children's Self-Perceptions and Motor Competence
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Breslin, Gavin; Murphy, Marie; McKee, David; Delaney, Brian; Dempster, Martin – European Physical Education Review, 2012
Perceived and actual motor competence are hypothesized to have potential links to children and young people's physical activity (PA) levels with a potential consequential link to long-term health. In this cross-sectional study, Harter's (1985, "Manual for the Self-perception Profile for Children." Denver, CO: University of Denver)…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Self Concept, Profiles, Physical Activity Level
A Healthy Lifestyle Intervention Delivered by Aspiring Physical Education Teachers to Children from Social Disadvantage: Study Protocol and Preliminary Findings
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Breslin, Gavin; Brennan, Deirdre – Child Care in Practice, 2012
We describe the design of a school-based healthy lifestyle intervention for eight-year-old to nine-year-old school children from lower socio-economic backgrounds, intended to increase physical activity, decrease sedentary behaviours, reduce screen-time behaviours, encourage healthy attitudes and behaviours to nutrition, and reduce body mass index.…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Intervention, Physical Activity Level, Health Promotion