Promoting the health and wellbeing of pupils and students within schools has the potential to improve both educational and health and wellbeing outcomes. It’s widely known that physical activity positively contributes to human growth and development in terms of both physiological and psychological benefits. These include, but are not limited to, developing muscle and bone strength, increasing concentration and educational performance and learning, boosting mood and reducing the risk of many lifestyle related diseases.
Globally too many children and young people are not reaching the recommended levels of daily physical activity. This lack of participation in physical activity potentially effects children’s physical and mental health later in life. Schools can play a significant role in helping to develop positive physical activity habits by informing children of the importance of regular physical activity, by exposing children to fun and varied activities, and through creating accessible active environments. Through universal and targeted interventions, schools are in a remarkable position to support inactive pupils, as well as the wider school community, to become more active. Moreover, adopting a ‘whole of community (school) approach’ appears to be effective for increasing physical activity among children where curricular learning is incorporating with the engagement of the wider school community.
In this sense, the purpose of this Research Topic is to understand the links between physical activity and health in school contexts. Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Different cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intervention programs that are developed in the school context to promote physical activity and healthy habits
- Evaluation of pedagogical models that are used by teachers, trainers, supervisors, and other educators and how these can improve to create healthier habits for children
- Papers that discuss how sedentary behaviour in children can effect their education
- the role of schools in providing children with skills and motivation to equip them for healthy lifestyles and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.
We welcome papers that support and critique the premise that physical education should be focused on inculcating healthy habits.
Promoting the health and wellbeing of pupils and students within schools has the potential to improve both educational and health and wellbeing outcomes. It’s widely known that physical activity positively contributes to human growth and development in terms of both physiological and psychological benefits. These include, but are not limited to, developing muscle and bone strength, increasing concentration and educational performance and learning, boosting mood and reducing the risk of many lifestyle related diseases.
Globally too many children and young people are not reaching the recommended levels of daily physical activity. This lack of participation in physical activity potentially effects children’s physical and mental health later in life. Schools can play a significant role in helping to develop positive physical activity habits by informing children of the importance of regular physical activity, by exposing children to fun and varied activities, and through creating accessible active environments. Through universal and targeted interventions, schools are in a remarkable position to support inactive pupils, as well as the wider school community, to become more active. Moreover, adopting a ‘whole of community (school) approach’ appears to be effective for increasing physical activity among children where curricular learning is incorporating with the engagement of the wider school community.
In this sense, the purpose of this Research Topic is to understand the links between physical activity and health in school contexts. Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Different cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intervention programs that are developed in the school context to promote physical activity and healthy habits
- Evaluation of pedagogical models that are used by teachers, trainers, supervisors, and other educators and how these can improve to create healthier habits for children
- Papers that discuss how sedentary behaviour in children can effect their education
- the role of schools in providing children with skills and motivation to equip them for healthy lifestyles and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.
We welcome papers that support and critique the premise that physical education should be focused on inculcating healthy habits.