ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Nature Play and Fundamental Movement Skills Training Programs Improve Childcare Educator Supportive Physical Activity Behavior.
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- Pooled it
- Does Learning Through Movement Improve Academic Performance in Primary Schoolchildren? A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Measuring Early Childhood Educators' Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior-Related Self-Efficacy: A Systematic Review of Tools.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2021Pooled it
- Trial
- Play Active physical activity policy intervention and implementation support in early childhood education and care: results from a pragmatic cluster randomised trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Trial
- Profile of the PLAY spaces & environments for children's physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep (PLAYCE) cohort study, Western Australia.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2025Article
- Direct Parent Engagement to Improve Fundamental Movement Skills in Children: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Maternal socioeconomic and lifestyle factors and life dissatisfaction associated with a small for gestational age infant. The Survey of Neonates in Pomerania (SNiP).Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2023Article
- Training Pre-Service Early Childhood Educators in Physical Activity (TEACH): Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the Play Active policy intervention and implementation support in early childhood education and care: a pragmatic cluster randomised trial protocol.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Change in pre- and in-service early childhood educators' knowledge, self-efficacy, and intentions following an e-learning course in physical activity and sedentary behaviour: a pilot study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Finnish Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of Perceived Competence in Early Childhood Physical Education.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Influence of the Early Childhood Education and Care Environment on Young Children's Physical Activity: Development and Reliability of the PLAYCE Study Environmental Audit and Educator Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPhysical activity professional development programs for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) educators are a viable strategy for improving preschool children's physical activity behavior. This pilot intervention evaluated the effectiveness of 'nature play' and 'fundamental movement skills' (FMS) professional development programs on ECEC educators' practices on physical activity.
methods148 ECEC educators from 20 ECEC centers took part in either the Nature play or FMS professional development programs in Perth, Western Australia. Educators self-reported their physical activity related practices at baseline and three months post-professional development training, using established items. Wilcoxon's test and adjusted models using Mann-Whitney U tests were run at the individual educator level to examine the change between baseline and post-professional development educator physical activity behavior.
resultsEducators' self-efficacy to engage children to be active significantly increased in both the Nature play and FMS professional development programs (
conclusionBoth the Nature play and FMS professional development programs were effective in improving educators' self-efficacy to engage children to be active in Nature play or FMS activities. Larger pragmatic trials are required to confirm the impact of these professional development programs on educator perceived physical activity behavior.
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