The Concept of Moving School and Its Practical Implementation in Bavarian Higher Secondary Schools
The roles of physical activity and the reduction in sedentary activities in the healthy physical, psychosocial and mental development of children and adolescents are undisputed. This is where the concept of Moving School comes in, which has been expanded to a holistic approach that takes into accoun...
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| description | The roles of physical activity and the reduction in sedentary activities in the healthy physical, psychosocial and mental development of children and adolescents are undisputed. This is where the concept of Moving School comes in, which has been expanded to a holistic approach that takes into account all areas of the school, including lessons, after-school care and breaks, and aims to provide students with a sufficient level of physical activity. There are no current studies that show to what extent this concept has arrived in the theoretical specifications for higher secondary schools and to what extent it is implemented in practice. In this study, by conducting a narrative review, we determine the core elements of the concept of Moving School. Furthermore, we analyse the extent to which these elements of Moving School are taken into account in the school curriculum, in published school programmes and on school homepages. In this study, we revealed that the concept of Moving School has hardly been implemented in practice in Bavarian higher secondary schools as mostly only single elements of it are referred to in the school curriculum, programmes and school homepages. It can therefore be assumed that the concept has not yet been able to achieve its intended effect, namely, to fill the daily lives of schoolchildren with movement, play and sport. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-862ef4d5a60d4e3093a09e6f959440142023-11-19T00:40:57ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672023-08-01108139510.3390/children10081395The Concept of Moving School and Its Practical Implementation in Bavarian Higher Secondary SchoolsPaul Englert0Christian Andrä1Yolanda Demetriou2Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, GermanyDepartment of Movement and Sport Pedagogy, University of Applied Sciences for Sport and Management, 14471 Potsdam, GermanyDepartment of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaThe roles of physical activity and the reduction in sedentary activities in the healthy physical, psychosocial and mental development of children and adolescents are undisputed. This is where the concept of Moving School comes in, which has been expanded to a holistic approach that takes into account all areas of the school, including lessons, after-school care and breaks, and aims to provide students with a sufficient level of physical activity. There are no current studies that show to what extent this concept has arrived in the theoretical specifications for higher secondary schools and to what extent it is implemented in practice. In this study, by conducting a narrative review, we determine the core elements of the concept of Moving School. Furthermore, we analyse the extent to which these elements of Moving School are taken into account in the school curriculum, in published school programmes and on school homepages. In this study, we revealed that the concept of Moving School has hardly been implemented in practice in Bavarian higher secondary schools as mostly only single elements of it are referred to in the school curriculum, programmes and school homepages. It can therefore be assumed that the concept has not yet been able to achieve its intended effect, namely, to fill the daily lives of schoolchildren with movement, play and sport.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/8/1395Moving Schoolphysical activitycurriculum analysisschool programmesschool homepagesBavarian higher secondary schools |
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