Potentials of physical activity promotion in preschools – an overview of results of an ethnographic observation
| Autor: | Elena Sterdt, Karima Azouagh, Michael Urban, Ulla Walter, Silke Kramer, Natalie Pape, Rolf Werning |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Self-efficacy
media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) 030229 sport sciences Independence Education Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Promotion (rank) Health promotion Social skills 030225 pediatrics Pedagogy Conflict resolution Developmental and Educational Psychology Psychology media_common Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 24:581-591 |
| ISSN: | 1752-1807 1350-293X |
| Popis: | This article addresses exemplary differences between preschools with systematic physical activity (PA) programmes and preschools without PA programmes in Germany. Two preschools from each group were visited in the context of a focused ethnographic observation to examine the educational practice, PA and social behaviour of preschool children. The observation showed that children engage in PA in preschool under certain conditions (e.g. a structure providing a wide range of PA offerings that can be selected according to interest). Potentials of PA promotion can also be seen in the areas of rule-teaching and the promotion of self-confidence in children. A structure-providing policy in conjunction with the provision of exercise rooms and the promotion of children’s independence seem to have special influence on the social behaviour of children. Promoting children’s independence serves to strengthen the children’s sense of self-efficacy and may contribute to improving their social skills and reducing the burden... |
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