Effectiveness of physical education to promote motor competence in primary school children

Background: Motor skill (MS) competence is an important contributing factor for healthy development.

Purpose: The goal was to test the effectiveness of primary school physical education (PE) on MS and physical fitness (PF) development.

Methods: Three classes (n?=?60, aged 9.0?±?0.9) were randomly assigned to three diverse conditions during a school year: two PE lessons/week (PE-2), three PE lessons/week (PE-3), and no PE lessons control group (CG). BMI, skinfolds, PF (9-min run/walk, sit-up, modified pull-ups), gymnastics, soccer, handball, basketball and track-and-field skills were evaluated. Effect sizes (d) were reported as magnitude of change.

Results: Skinfolds significantly increased only in CG (d?=?1.21). PF composite z-scores improved in PE-3 (d?=?0.61), but decreased in PE-2 (d?=?0.57), and had no changes in CG. Statistically significant improvement was verified in gymnastics and handball skills in both experimental groups (gymnastic: d?=?2.95 and d?=?2.61 for PE-3 and PE-2, respectively; handball: d?=?1.87 and d?=?0.57 for PE-3 and PE-2, respectively), and no changes were seen in CG. In soccer, there were improvements only in the PE-3 (d?=?0.55), and in basketball only in PE-2 (d?=?0.46). There were no changes in any group for track-and-field skills.

Conclusions: PE programs can effectively promote PF and MS development.     

Evaluating quality of implementation in physical activity interventions based on theories of motivation: current challenges and future directions

The evidence base pointing towards the maladaptive health consequences of an inactive lifestyle highlights the need for interventions that are effective in changing and maintaining physical activity behaviours. Theories of motivation are frequently applied to inform the content and delivery of such interventions. Systematic monitoring and evaluation of the quality of intervention implementation is therefore an important step in understanding if and how theories of motivation can be adopted and effectively applied to promote and/or sustain physical activity behaviours. However, intervention implementation quality in studies that aim to apply motivation theory to promote physical activity is often under-reported. The purpose of this article is, first, to review contemporary approaches used to monitor and evaluate intervention implementation; we outline the degree to which these methods have been used effectively in research concerned with applying theories of motivation to impact physical activity behaviours. Second, we identify and discuss specific challenges in effectively measuring quality of implementation faced by researchers who adopt a motivation theory basis to their work. Finally, recommendations for methods to monitor and evaluate intervention implementation in future trials aiming to promote physical activity based on theories of motivation are also proposed.     

基于SEM模型的中学生体育健康行为调查研究

运用文献资料法、数理统计法、调查法,根据我国健康行为教育开展情况,构建中学生体育健康行为干预模型,通过分析模型得出对中学生体育健康行为干预首要考虑的是情绪调控,其次分别是健康知识、锻炼意识及环境适应,并给出在体育教学中实际中学生健康行为发展干预的相关建议,明确体育健康行为教育的目的性、有效性,为当前学校体育教育落实提升学生核心素养提供力所能及的帮助。     

太极拳对下背痛干预效果的元分析

背景:近年来有关太极拳治疗腰痛患者的实验研究不断增多,受限于实验条件的差异,不同的实验的总效果量难以衡量,不同类型的实验也难以横向比较.目的:本研究使用元分析从下背痛患者疼痛程度、腰椎功能两个方面,评价太极拳及其联合治疗对下背痛患者的干预效果.方法:检索了Web ofScience、PubMed、中国知网、万方4个电子...     

Tilting at Windmills

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What is a dysfunctional school?

Abstract

Whether or not a school is dysfunctional depends largely on how dysfunctionality in schools is defined and measured. Dysfunctionality, as any construct, is subject to definition and interpretation, and it is thus always marked by perspectivism. But regardless of the definition games occasionally played by academics, some form of reality takes place beyond the constructivist horizon. Moreover, perspectivism and definition games may justify and even create adverse consequences within a school's lived reality. A definition focussing on Grade 12 pass rates, for example, tends to implicate teachers, while a definition focussing on infrastructure tends to exculpate teachers and incriminate government and administration. Accordingly, this article will not end but begin with the adage that a dysfunctional school is what one defines a dysfunctional school to be, and it will explore the conditions and consequences of conceptual variations.     

体育锻炼和认知干预对贫困大学生心理健康的研究

通过各种量表、问卷、试验干预和数理统计等方法对贫困大学生进行调查、试验研究发现:认知行为疗法较体育锻炼能更有效地提高贫困生的心理健康;体育锻炼和认知行为疗法手段的综合运用,比单一采用一种干预方式也更加有效。     

小学生耐挫力品质干预研究综述

通过文献法和逻辑分析法,以干预场所为视角,梳理和对比国内外有关小学生耐挫力干预理念、干预手段、干预方法、干预成效的研究成果,为进一步提高和改善小学生耐挫力提供理论依据和实践参考。     

运动干预对增强青少年体质与健康促进效果的研究

运用文献资料、体质测量、数理统计等研究方法,对高职院校学生的身体形态、机能和身体素质三个指标进行测试。结果表明,实验组通过12周的运动干预,其健身效果显著,验证了运动干预内容、方法和手段能有效地达到增强青少年体质的目的。     

浅谈高校心理辅导中的价值干预

高校心理辅导旨在健全学生的心理素质和人格水平,实现学生的健康成长和全面发展。高校心理辅导对象的特点、辅导问题的类型和辅导目标的需要,决定心理辅导中价值干预的必要性和重要性。试从高校心理辅导中价值干预的特征入手,阐明高校心理辅导中价值干预科学的运行机制,探讨高校心理辅导中价值干预的实现渠道,使价值干预更具科学性、互动性、趣味性和针对性。