Operationalizing physical literacy for learners: Embodying the motivation to move
Physical literacy is a concept that is expected to encompass the mind and body in an integrated way to explain, promote, and help sustain human beings' fundamental function: movement. According to Whitehead (2010), physical literacy is defined by motivation, especially by competence-based and i...
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| description | Physical literacy is a concept that is expected to encompass the mind and body in an integrated way to explain, promote, and help sustain human beings' fundamental function: movement. According to Whitehead (2010), physical literacy is defined by motivation, especially by competence-based and interest-based motivation. This point of view is consistent with vast amount of research evidence on children and adolescents' physical activity behavior. In the article I attempt to interpret and operationalize physical literacy from a perspective that children's motivation in physical education is both an innate mental disposition and an acquired/learned attribute. Particularly I rely on the conceptual learning theory and motivation regulation mechanisms of the self-determination theory to argue that in physical education, children should experience tasks that inspire them to embody competence and interest along with self-regulation strategies necessary for developing and sustaining the motivation to move. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4d6bc9e1b8f34500b1d28bb9f0749ae72022-12-21T18:22:05ZengElsevierJournal of Sport and Health Science2095-25462015-06-014212513110.1016/j.jshs.2015.03.005Operationalizing physical literacy for learners: Embodying the motivation to moveAng ChenPhysical literacy is a concept that is expected to encompass the mind and body in an integrated way to explain, promote, and help sustain human beings' fundamental function: movement. According to Whitehead (2010), physical literacy is defined by motivation, especially by competence-based and interest-based motivation. This point of view is consistent with vast amount of research evidence on children and adolescents' physical activity behavior. In the article I attempt to interpret and operationalize physical literacy from a perspective that children's motivation in physical education is both an innate mental disposition and an acquired/learned attribute. Particularly I rely on the conceptual learning theory and motivation regulation mechanisms of the self-determination theory to argue that in physical education, children should experience tasks that inspire them to embody competence and interest along with self-regulation strategies necessary for developing and sustaining the motivation to move.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254615000320Extrinsic motivationIntrinsic motivationMotivation embodimentPhysical literacy |
| spellingShingle | Ang Chen Operationalizing physical literacy for learners: Embodying the motivation to move Journal of Sport and Health Science Extrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation Motivation embodiment Physical literacy |
| title | Operationalizing physical literacy for learners: Embodying the motivation to move |
| title_full | Operationalizing physical literacy for learners: Embodying the motivation to move |
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| title_short | Operationalizing physical literacy for learners: Embodying the motivation to move |
| title_sort | operationalizing physical literacy for learners embodying the motivation to move |
| topic | Extrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation Motivation embodiment Physical literacy |
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