ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS IN CHILDREN´S MOVEMENT SESSIONS IN AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CLASSROOM
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2016 |
| Descripción: | The aim of this study was to analyse the physical activity levels (PA), group composition and role of the teacher during a traditional movement session and an alternative movement session in five years children in an early childhood education school in the province of Valencia, Spain. It was a descriptive-exploratory study using two data collection instruments: an observational system and a pedometry system. Eight girls and eight boys were monitored during both sessions. The results indicate that the traditional session which was based on free play show a greater presence of sedentary behaviours, conducted mainly in adult group, group 1-1 and alone, while the behaviour of teachers was as observer. By contrast, in the alternative session presented by a motor story, the children were much more active participating in mixed groups, and the teacher behaviour was the promotion and demonstration of the AF. In addition, there was find a difference in the step count between the two sessions. In conclusion, even less time session but structured through a motor story, it was able to promote higher PA levels. Given the exploratory nature of this study, this work hopes to contribute to the discussion in the Iberoamerican context of how movement classes are developed and what are the determinants of PA in the early childhood education context. Futures studies on these issues are required |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/25863 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pem/article/view/25863 |
| Palabra clave: | Physical activity early childhood movement sessions free play observational system Actividad física motricidad infantil juego libre sistema observacional |