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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Teaching Methodologies and School Organization in Early Childhood Education and Its Association with Physical Activity.

Adriana Nielsen-Rodríguez, Ramón Romance, Juan Carlos Dobado-Castañeda

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Upper crossed syndrome in secondary school students: A mixed-method study.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2023
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  3. Relationship between Learning and Psychomotor Skills in Early Childhood Education.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Adriana Nielsen-RodríguezHuman Kinetics and Body Composition Laboratory, Department of Didactics of Languages, Arts and Sports, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29010 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8816-4960
Ramón RomanceHuman Kinetics and Body Composition Laboratory, Department of Didactics of Languages, Arts and Sports, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29010 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6212-0177
Juan Carlos Dobado-CastañedaHuman Kinetics and Body Composition Laboratory, Department of Didactics of Languages, Arts and Sports, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29010 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4906-2291
Universidad de Málaga · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early childhood represents a crucial period for child development. Physical activity is essential in this process, but studies show that children are very inactive and do not meet the recommended minimums. Due to the large proportion of time they spend at school, it is necessary to examine active and sedentary behaviors in these environments. The aim of the study is to analyze the amount and intensity of physical activity in preschool children during the school day according to the methodology used. Using accelerometry, the amount and intensity of physical activity and sedentary behavior of 156 children aged 4-6 years at different times of the school day were evaluated. The results revealed that preschoolers spend most of their class time sedentary, with children participating in active methodologies registering the highest amount and intensity of physical activity. Recess and specific motor sessions are the most active times, although the latter should increase the time of intense activity that they imply. To increase physical activity during the school day, it is necessary to establish movement integration methodologies, while increasing the number and adjusting the duration of specific motor sessions and of recesses, so that the maximum possible use is made of them.

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ExerciseSedentary BehaviorAccelerometryChildChild, PreschoolHumansSchoolsaccelerometryactive methodologieschildrenearly childhood educationmovement integrationphysical activitysedentary behavior

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PMID33917555
PMCPMC8038848
OpenAlexW3150032654

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