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- Encouraging Long-Term Physical Activity through Psych-based Changes in Physical Education
- Vazou, S.,Mischo, A., Ladwig, M. A., Ekkekakis, P., & Welk, G. (2019). Psychologically informed physical fitness practice in schools: A field experiment. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 40,143-151.
- Comic by Tanja Vujnovic
- Research has been consistently finding that youth no longer meet min. recommendations for daily physical activity, and is progressively worse with age.
- But a recent study suggests that if we make changes to the way we teach P.E. in schools using psychology theory, it may encourage youth to continue with physical activity as they grow.
- Perhaps if students are positively activated, they will inversely have a positive association with physical activity that can carry into the long-term!
- While schools are a source of scheduled physical activity for youth, traditional P.E. lessons may leave students who do not have a natural affinity for athletics feeling embarrassed or incompetent. Thus, creating an aversion to physical activity that can continue throughout life.
- Prioritizing physical activity over performance. 'Cooperation > Competition'
- Using prior theories on motivation and personality, such as Self-Determination Theory and Achievement Goal Theory, alongside other previous research, these researchers outlined a few key aspects for engaging students in physical activity:
- Creating intrinsic motivation through a sense of autonomy, competency and relatedness
- Using music and visual stimuli to create interest
- Using variety to keep activities novel and interesting
- Researchers then collected data from 5 P.E. classes who were subjected to both a novel lesson (given choices, audiovisual stimuli, etc.) and a traditional lesson (beep test, push-ups, etc.)
- Results indicated:
- There was no difference in the level of physical activity performed between the two lessons.Students enjoyed the novel lesson significantly more than the traditional lesson.The novel lesson maintained its rank in terms of affective valence ('How do you feel right now?'), which usually drops post-traditional lessons.Though, competence and autonomy rankings only differed slightly.
- At the very least, we can conclude that students are getting the same level of activity, just having more fun!
- These results open the door for longitudinal studies & more findings on how adopting a psychology-based P.E. curriculum can impact long-term physical activity.
- Its application within schools requires no additional funding, simply a change in approach.
- IN CONCLUSION...
- THE END...
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