activity levels and decrease sedentary behavior among Australian children and young people. The 2018 report captures a snapshot of the latest data of children’s physical activity participation in schools, active play, physical fitness level, and movement skills proficiency. The report calls on all
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Empowering Primary School Students, Potential Benefits of Resistance Training Movement Activities in Physical Education: Narrative Review
Andrew Sortwell, Daniel A. Marinho, Jorge Knijnik, and Ricardo Ferraz
U.S. High School Coaches’ Knowledge, Perception, and Current Practices Regarding Exertional Heat Illness
Bailey Thompson, Angela R. Hillman, and Ellen K. Payne
Annually, there are 9,000 high school athletes treated for exertional heat illness (EHI) in the United States ( Kerr et al., 2013 ; Kerr, Register-Mihalik, et al., 2019 ). EHI has been studied among several different athletic populations, including, but not limited to, running ( Hosokawa et
Reliability and Validity of the System for Observing Children’s Activity and Relationships During Play (SOCARP)
Nicola D. Ridgers, Gareth Stratton, and Thomas L. McKenzie
Background:
Children frequently engage in diverse activities that are broadly defined as play, but little research has documented children’s activity levels during play and how they are influenced by social contexts. Assessing potentially modifiable conditions that influence play behavior is needed to design optimal physical activity interventions.
Methods:
System for Observing Children’s Activity and Relationships during Play (SOCARP) was developed to simultaneously assess children’s physical activity, social group sizes, activity type, and social behavior during play. One hundred and fourteen children (48 boys, 66 girls; 42% overweight) from 8 elementary schools were observed during recess over 24 days, with 12 days videotaped for reliability purposes. Ninety-nine children wore a uni-axial accelerometer during their observation period.
Results:
Estimated energy expenditure rates from SOCARP observations and mean accelerometer counts were significantly correlated (r = .67; P < .01), and interobserver reliabilities (ie, percentage agreement) for activity level (89%), group size (88%), activity type (90%) and interactions (88%) met acceptable criteria. Both physical activity and social interactions were influenced by group size, activity type, and child gender and body weight status.
Conclusions:
SOCARP is a valid and reliable observation system for assessing physical activity and play behavior in a recess context.
Physical Activity Levels During School Recess in a Nationally Representative Sample of 10- to 11-Year-Olds
Lan Sum Wong, John J. Reilly, Paul McCrorie, and Deirdre M. Harrington
children is one of the most important public health issues in the 21st century ( 23 ). The World Health Organization has recommended that school-age children engage in moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) for an average of at least 60 minutes per day ( 51 ). However, many children globally do not meet the
Integrating Resistance Training Into Secondary School Physical Education Lessons: Effects of a 6-Week Intervention on Athletic Motor Skill Competencies
James A. Murray, Joseph I. Esformes, Paul J. Byrne, and Jeremy A. Moody
, <50% of school-aged children in Europe and North America attain these recommendations, with reduced participation with age and throughout adolescence ( 44 , 55 ). Aligned with the youth PA guidelines, resistance training (RT) is a method that may be utilized to improve health, fitness, and
Behavioral Determinants of Physical Activity Among Secondary School Students Aged 14–15 Years in Cambodia
Kurusart Konharn, Suvannetra Po, Jirachai Karawa, Paramaporn Sangpara, and Lee David Johnson
adulthood. 4 Therefore, high schools are better placed to establish strategies to promote and encourage PA during school hours than in lower aged education settings like primary schools. 5 World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on PA and sedentary behavior (SED) give recommendations; children and
Moving Well-Being Well: Evaluating the Efficacy, Impact on Gender, and Role of Teacher Fidelity of a Fundamental Movement Skill-Based Intervention in Irish Primary School Children
Nathan Gavigan, Johann Issartel, Cameron Peers, and Sarahjane Belton
, 2008 ; O’Brien et al., 2016 ; Van Beurden et al., 2002 ). An Irish study by Behan et al. ( 2019 ) highlighted a lack of proficiency across all FMS components in primary school children, with only 52.8% achieving mastery/near-mastery in locomotor, 54.8% achieving mastery/near-mastery in ball skills
Moving Well-Being Well: Evaluating the Efficacy, Impact on Gender, and Role of Teacher Fidelity of a Fundamental Movement Skill-Based Intervention in Irish Primary School Children
Nathan Gavigan, Johann Issartel, Cameron Peers, and Sarahjane Belton
, 2008 ; O’Brien et al., 2016 ; Van Beurden et al., 2002 ). An Irish study by Behan et al. ( 2019 ) highlighted a lack of proficiency across all FMS components in primary school children, with only 52.8% achieving mastery/near-mastery in locomotor, 54.8% achieving mastery/near-mastery in ball skills
Adapted Physical Education Teachers’ Job Satisfaction
Minhyun Kim, José A. Santiago, Chan Woong Park, and Emily A. Roper
, 2018 ). Ingersoll et al. ( 2018 ) reported that 44% of new teachers in public and private schools in the United States leave the field of teaching within 5 years of entry, and dissatisfaction (e.g., salaries, classroom resources, student misbehavior, stress, and burnout) was the most cited reason for
Sport Participation, Extracurricular Activity Involvement, and Psychological Distress: A Latent Class Analysis of Canadian High School Student-Athletes
Camille Sabourin, Stéphanie Turgeon, Laura Martin, Scott Rathwell, Mark Bruner, John Cairney, and Martin Camiré
in organized activities has been found to forestall psychological distress and promote positive development and mental health (e.g., Brière et al., 2018 ; Oberle et al., 2020 ). Organized activities, operationalized in the present study as high school sports, community sports, and nonsport
