Integrating physical activity into the primary school curriculum: rationale and study protocol for the 'Thinking while Moving in English' cluster randomized controlled trial
| العنوان: | Integrating physical activity into the primary school curriculum: rationale and study protocol for the 'Thinking while Moving in English' cluster randomized controlled trial |
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| المؤلفون: | Myrto F Mavilidi, David R. Lubans, Michael Noetel, Frini Karayanidis, Andrew Miller, Kylie Shaw, Chris Lonsdale, Phillip J. Morgan, Nicholas Riley, Narelle Eather |
| المصدر: | BMC Public Health BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2019) |
| بيانات النشر: | BioMed Central, 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, medicine.medical_specialty, media_common.quotation_subject, education, Fidelity, Child Behavior, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Academic achievement, Health Promotion, Literacy, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, Study Protocol, 0302 clinical medicine, Primary schools, Randomized controlled trial, law, English, Professional learning community, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Healthy Lifestyle, Child, Students, Curriculum, Exercise, media_common, On-task behavior, School Health Services, Medical education, Academic Success, Schools, business.industry, Physical activity, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, Public health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, Research Design, Female, Cognitive function, Biostatistics, New South Wales, business |
| الوصف: | Background The current and declining physical activity levels of children is a global concern. Integrating physical activity into the school curriculum may be an effective way not only to improve children’s physical activity levels but also enhance educational outcomes. Given the recent national focus in Australia on improving the literacy levels of children in primary school, and an increasing proportion of time spent on explicitly teaching these skills, integrating physical activity into English could be a viable strategy to improve literacy levels and physical activity at the same time. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the ‘Thinking While Moving in English’ (TWM-E) program on children’s physical activity, on-task behavior in the classroom, academic achievement, and executive function. Methods Grade 3–4 children from 10 public schools in New South Wales, Australia will be randomly allocated to intervention (n = 5) or control (n = 5) groups. All teachers will receive 1-day workshop of registered professional learning and a TWM-E equipment pack (e.g., chalk, lettered bean bags). Intervention schools will be asked to adapt their English lessons to embed movement-based learning in their daily program for three 40-min lessons per week, over a six-week period. The primary outcome is children’s physical activity levels across the school day (measured using accelerometry). Secondary outcomes are children’s on-task behavior during English lessons, academic achievement in English, and executive function. A detailed process evaluation will be undertaken including questionnaires, fidelity checks, and teacher and student interviews. Discussion The TWM-E program has the potential to improve primary school children’s physical activity levels, along with academic outcomes (on-task behavior, cognition, and academic achievement), and provide stakeholders with exemplar lessons and guidelines which illustrate how to teach English to children whilst they are moving. Trial registration Australian and New Zealand Clinical trial Register ACTRN12618001009202 Date registered: 15/06/2018 retrospectively registered. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12889-019-6635-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1471-2458 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::2b36adf0b8c6c5f67f8a8c11ed03485c http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6449912 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....2b36adf0b8c6c5f67f8a8c11ed03485c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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