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Changes in Healthy Behaviour Knowledge of Rural Pupils
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Lorenz, Kent A; Stylianou, Michalis; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges – European Physical Education Review, 2020
This study was informed by the body of literature on pupil knowledge and its potential contributions to developing healthy and active lifestyles, along with the focus of various current national physical education standards on cognitive outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the impact of conceptual-based intervention programmes in two rural…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Rural Schools, Health Promotion, Program Effectiveness
Classroom Teachers' and Administrators' Views of Teaching Health and Physical Education
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Banville, Dominique; Dyson, Ben; Kulinna, Pamela H; Stylianou, Michalis – European Physical Education Review, 2020
Teacher efficacy influences what and how they teach. This may be particularly important to consider in Aotearoa New Zealand contexts where primary classroom teachers teach health and physical education and use physical activity breaks with little training. It remains unclear how classroom teachers perceive this role and how to better support them.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Health Education, Physical Education
Diversity in Teachers' Approaches to Movement Integration: A Qualitative Study of Lower Secondary School Teachers' Perceptions of a State School Reform Involving Daily Physical Activity
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Jørgensen, Henrik Taarsted; Agergaard, Sine; Stylianou, Michalis; Troelsen, Jens – European Physical Education Review, 2020
In the context of implementing a physical activity policy as part of a national school reform in Denmark, the purpose of this study was to explore lower secondary teachers' interpretations and perceptions of the physical activity policy with a focus on movement integration. In total, 14 teachers from four different schools were selected to take…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Change, Physical Activities
School-Based Physical Education: Physical Activity and Implementation Barriers in Vietnamese Elementary Schools
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To, Quyen G.; Wharton, Lee; Gallegos, Danielle; Stylianou, Michalis; Do, Dung V.; To, Kien G.; Tran, Hanh T. M.; Trost, Stewart G. – European Physical Education Review, 2020
Information about the Vietnamese physical education (PE) programme is limited due to a lack of relevant studies. Using the Health Optimising Physical Education as a conceptual framework, this study examined students' physical activity (PA) levels in the fifth-grade PE programme in Vietnam and barriers to programme implementation. Eight schools (28…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Barriers, Grade 5
Feeling Refreshed: Aotearoa/New Zealand Students' Perspectives on the Role of Healthy Behaviours in Schools
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Banville, Dominique; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Dyson, Ben; Stylianou, Michalis; Colby, Rachel; Dryden, Craig – European Physical Education Review, 2017
The purpose of this study was to identify students' perspectives of the role of healthy behaviours in their well-being and school success. Since a number of studies focused on establishing the link between healthy behaviours and learning have relied on quantitative measures, it was deemed important to provide a different perspective on the topic…
Descriptors: Role, Health Behavior, Foreign Countries, Well Being
"…Because There's Nobody Who Can Just Sit That Long": Teacher Perceptions of Classroom-Based Physical Activity and Related Management Issues
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Stylianou, Michalis; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Naiman, Tyler – European Physical Education Review, 2016
Classroom teachers are increasingly called upon to help increase pupils' physical activity (PA). Grounded in Guskey's model of teacher change, this study was part of an intervention that provided classroom teachers with training for implementing classroom-based PA (CBPA). The study examined teachers' attempts to implement CBPA and focused on their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Physical Activity Level, Classroom Techniques, Semi Structured Interviews