Parents, Teachers, and Community: A Team Approach to Developing Physical Competence in Children
Increasing children’s physical activity engagement has short- and long-term health benefits. Developing physical competence is a key component of children’s engagement in physical activity. The purpose of our study was to assess if a 12-week home, school, and community-based physical literacy interv...
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| author | Matthew S. Chapelski Marta C. Erlandson Alexandra L. Stoddart Amanda Froehlich Chow Adam D. G. Baxter-Jones M. Louise Humbert |
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| description | Increasing children’s physical activity engagement has short- and long-term health benefits. Developing physical competence is a key component of children’s engagement in physical activity. The purpose of our study was to assess if a 12-week home, school, and community-based physical literacy intervention improved the physical competence of children in kindergarten and grade one. Four schools were either assigned to receive the intervention (n = 2 schools) or continue with their usual practice (control sites) (n = 2 schools). Physical competence was evaluated pre- and post-intervention in 103 intervention (41 female) and 83 usual practice (36 female) children using PLAY Fun. PLAY Parent and PLAY Coach tools measured parent and teacher perspectives of children’s physical competence, respectively. The intervention effect was assessed with repeated measures MANOVA to evaluate change in physical competence, with alpha set at <i>p</i> < 0.05. Children in both groups improved their locomotor, object control, and overall physical competence (<i>p</i> < 0.05) over the 12-week intervention. There was a significant intervention effect for locomotor and overall physical competence (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Interestingly, parents did not perceive these changes in physical competence (<i>p</i> > 0.05). However, teachers perceived improved physical competence for children in the intervention. Our physical literacy intervention improved the physical competence of children in kindergarten and grade one. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e62622ed5c04248a539e56ca3b086902023-11-19T00:40:26ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672023-08-01108136410.3390/children10081364Parents, Teachers, and Community: A Team Approach to Developing Physical Competence in ChildrenMatthew S. Chapelski0Marta C. Erlandson1Alexandra L. Stoddart2Amanda Froehlich Chow3Adam D. G. Baxter-Jones4M. Louise Humbert5College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B2, CanadaCollege of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B2, CanadaHealth, Outdoor, and Physical Education, Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, CanadaSchool of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, CanadaCollege of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B2, CanadaCollege of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B2, CanadaIncreasing children’s physical activity engagement has short- and long-term health benefits. Developing physical competence is a key component of children’s engagement in physical activity. The purpose of our study was to assess if a 12-week home, school, and community-based physical literacy intervention improved the physical competence of children in kindergarten and grade one. Four schools were either assigned to receive the intervention (n = 2 schools) or continue with their usual practice (control sites) (n = 2 schools). Physical competence was evaluated pre- and post-intervention in 103 intervention (41 female) and 83 usual practice (36 female) children using PLAY Fun. PLAY Parent and PLAY Coach tools measured parent and teacher perspectives of children’s physical competence, respectively. The intervention effect was assessed with repeated measures MANOVA to evaluate change in physical competence, with alpha set at <i>p</i> < 0.05. Children in both groups improved their locomotor, object control, and overall physical competence (<i>p</i> < 0.05) over the 12-week intervention. There was a significant intervention effect for locomotor and overall physical competence (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Interestingly, parents did not perceive these changes in physical competence (<i>p</i> > 0.05). However, teachers perceived improved physical competence for children in the intervention. Our physical literacy intervention improved the physical competence of children in kindergarten and grade one.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/8/1364physical competenceyoung childrenphysical literacy interventionphysical activity |
| spellingShingle | Matthew S. Chapelski Marta C. Erlandson Alexandra L. Stoddart Amanda Froehlich Chow Adam D. G. Baxter-Jones M. Louise Humbert Parents, Teachers, and Community: A Team Approach to Developing Physical Competence in Children Children physical competence young children physical literacy intervention physical activity |
| title | Parents, Teachers, and Community: A Team Approach to Developing Physical Competence in Children |
| title_full | Parents, Teachers, and Community: A Team Approach to Developing Physical Competence in Children |
| title_fullStr | Parents, Teachers, and Community: A Team Approach to Developing Physical Competence in Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parents, Teachers, and Community: A Team Approach to Developing Physical Competence in Children |
| title_short | Parents, Teachers, and Community: A Team Approach to Developing Physical Competence in Children |
| title_sort | parents teachers and community a team approach to developing physical competence in children |
| topic | physical competence young children physical literacy intervention physical activity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/8/1364 |
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