ERIC Number: EJ1056755
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4279
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"Play to Learn": A Case-Study of Parent/Carer and Child Engagement with a Physical Activity Website Resource
Hughes, Helen; Fleming, Scott
Education 3-13, v43 n3 p279-291 2015
In 2007, Sport Wales produced guidance for practitioners delivering the new Foundation Phase curriculum for children aged three to seven years. A focus was on physical development and in 2009 a resource entitled "Play to Learn" was developed supported by a website launched in 2011. The present study addresses (non-)engagement with the website. Based on a qualitative study (interviews and focus groups) with a small cohort of parents from a primary school in South Wales, the findings revealed some of the reasons for only low levels of engagement from parents/carers. "Hard copy" resource materials were considered more useful than electronic media.
Descriptors: Case Studies, Physical Activities, Web Sites, Educational Resources, Parent Caregiver Relationship, Play, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Focus Groups, Cohort Analysis, Parent Surveys, Parent Attitudes, Child Development, User Satisfaction (Information), Use Studies, Behavior Change, Parent Participation, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preferences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Wales)
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