Quality in Primary Physical Education (EQuiPPE): a European project to increase primary teachers’ skills and confidence

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Quality in Primary Physical Education (EQuiPPE): a European project to increase primary teachers’ skills and confidence

Original language description

Physical education (P.E.) is an important means of providing children with the skills, attitudes, values, knowledge and understanding essential to participation in society. In Europe, P.E. at the primary level is often taught by generalist without specific training or knowledge of P.E. which has potentially negative implications for professional practice and young children’s health and physical activity habits in the short and long term. Incorporating the concept of physical literacy in teacher education programmes might provide a means of supporting teachers to help pupils to develop motivation, confidence and physical competence. The Enhancing Quality in Primary Physical Education (EQuiPPE) project is a European project to increase primary teachers’ skills and confidence to teach high quality P.E. Began in 2015, the 30 month project aims to devise a set of practical learning resources that primary teachers without specialist P.E. training can routinely use to enhance the quality of P.E. sessions delivered to their pupils. Data from an early needs analysis indicate that although teachers perceive P.E. to be important to pupil development, many lack the experience, confidence and competence to feel able to deliver high quality P.E. Teachers who responded to the survey (n = 401) were receptive to the idea of a set of practical materials based on the principle of physical literacy that could be used to enhance their P.E. sessions. The survey data was used by EQuiPPE consortium to inform a framework in which to develop the materials. Aspects of the survey and the framework are discussed, and a detailed overview of the project is presented as an example of a collaborative project to support P.E. and best practices in primary schools.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Physical education in primary school

ISBN

978-88-6760-474-6

Number of pages of the result

15

Pages from-to

199-213

Number of pages of the book

502

Publisher name

Pensa MultiMedia Editore s.r.l.

Place of publication

Lecce

UT code for WoS chapter

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