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Everley, Suzanne; Macfadyen, Tony – Education 3-13, 2017
This study investigated perceptions that children aged 6-10 years (n = 83) have of what it means to be physically active. Ideographic research was conducted utilising drawings and interviews to understand values that are placed on participating in physical activity (PA). The article questions the idea that whilst it may be commonly accepted by…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Play, Children, Grade 1
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Ulker, Riza – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
This study reveals that Turkish kindergarten through 8th Grade (K-8) students draw nature pictures in a certain way; range of mountains in the background, a sun, a couple of clouds, a river rising from the mountains. There are similarities in the K-8 students' nature drawings in the way these nature items are organized on a drawing paper. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Art, Freehand Drawing, Physical Environment
Coryat-Hon, Dawn R. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
At one Title I K-4 elementary campus located on the Gulf Coast of Southeast Texas, there seemed to be a prevalent problem of minority students, particularly male students, receiving office referrals at a higher rate than their non-minority counterparts in past years. Research from a 2010 Children's Defense Fund report indicates that…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, African American Children, Males, Racial Differences