A5030649354- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Education and Validation
- Sports and Physical Education Research
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Child Development and Digital Technology
Mount Royal University
2019-2024
Joel Blancharda , Nadine Van Wykb, Emily Ertela, Anastasia Alpousa & Patricia E. Longmuir*aca Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Institute, Ottawa, Canadab Department Health Physical Education, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canadac Faculty Medicine, University Canada
The early years of childhood development are a significant time for the acquisition and application skills that foster motor development, cognitive understanding, social well-being. However, there gaps in knowledge practical developing physical literacy within educator preparation programs. This article explains why training educators is crucial how to do so.
Background Nurturing physical literacy in young children offers a unique opportunity to address global inactivity trend. Early childhood education and care (ECEC) environments, with their extensive reach into this age group, early educators, through daily interactions children, are strategically positioned influence children’s development. However, enhancing educators’ ability foster requires valid reliable assessment tools measure holistic constructs (i.e., cognitive, affective, behavioral)...
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) environments influence children's early development habits that track across a lifespan. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact COVID-19 government-mandated guidelines on physical activity (PA) eating in ECEC settings. This cross-sectional involved recruitment 19 centers pre-COVID (2019) 15 during COVID (2020) Alberta, Canada (n = 34 centers; n 83 educators; 361 preschoolers). Educators completed CHEERS (Creating Healthy Eating...
Funds for covering the costs to publish in open access were provided by Mount Royal University Library.
Sport and education organizations have established models to ensure that coaches teachers understand the physical, social, emotional mental development of children. Such pathways intentionally designed fail exist in recreation sector where many physical activity (PA) programs are mainly developed based on convenience instructor availability rather than credentials current pedagogy practices. Addressing this gap, paper explores creation an model programming for children’s structured...
PURPOSE: The Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL) is the first validated protocol to accurately and reliably assess physical literacy level children between 8 12 years age. However, a ceiling effect was found when using CAPL in older children, within knowledge/understanding domain Agility Movement Skill Assessment, one component competence domain. purpose this study evaluate validity modified version for children. METHODS: (CAPL 789) used among youth grades 7-9 (aged 12-16 years)....