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Physical Activity of Early School-Age Children in Poland during Classes in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Nazaruk, Stanislawa; Marchel, Joanna; Kruszewska, Aleksandra; Tokarewicz, Ewa – Education 3-13, 2022
Family and educational institutions play a decisive role in learning and strengthening habits related to physical activity and health. School has a specific mission in this scope, especially at the first stage of education. Attempting to answer the question of how schools in practice realise these tasks, a study was conducted on the level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Physical Activity Level
Children's Mental Health in Different Contexts: Results from a Multi-Informant Assessment of Estonian First-Grade Students
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Streimann, Karin; Sisask, Merike; Toros, Karmen – School Psychology International, 2021
The current study sought to investigate the agreement between teachers and parents about the mental health of first-grade students, the factors that affected this agreement and the associations between measures completed by students, parents and teachers. The investigation used baseline data collected during the PAX Good Behavior Game (PAX GBG)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Health, Mental Health, Grade 1
A Comparison of Parents and Teachers' Evaluations about School Readiness among First-Grade Pupils of Primary Schools in Tehran
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Kakia, Lida; Popov, Habil Nikolay; Arani, Abbas Madandar – Cogent Education, 2015
Children's school readiness has received much attention from professionals in the field of education. Nevertheless, scholars in Middle East countries have not investigated this topic in a major way. The purpose of the present study was to determine (i) the most common parent-child activities for first-grade pupils in Tehran primary schools as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Readiness, Grade 1, Learning Activities
Taking the "Physical" out of Physical Education
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Usher, Wayne; Keegan, Richard; Edwards, Allan – Cogent Education, 2016
Australian youth (5-17) are exhibiting the most alarming statistics surrounding poor physical activity (PA) levels and increasing correlating chronic disease trends (i.e. obesity). With schools well positioned to address such concerns, this study aimed to determine the type, frequency and intensity levels of PA being undertaken by children during…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Physical Education Teachers
Changes in Healthy Childhood Lifestyle Behaviors in Japanese Rural Areas
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Nakano, Takahiro; Kasuga, Kosho; Murase, Tomohiko; Suzuki, Kazuhiro – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Unhealthy lifestyles during childhood constitute a public health problem in Japan. However, current health education in Japan is ineffective in counteracting them. Previous studies contend that healthy lifestyles in children vary by academic grade and sex. This study examined changes throughout childhood suggests some intervention…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Life Style, Child Health
"Pupils with Special Educational Needs": A Study of the Assessments and Categorising Processes regarding Pupils' School Difficulties in Sweden
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Isaksson, Joakim; Lindqvist, Rafael; Bergstrom, Erik – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2010
One important goal of Swedish educational policies is to integrate all pupils within regular education, irrespective of disability or difficulties in school, and to adjust education to individual needs. The aim of this paper was to explore how schools "socially construct", i.e. identify and support, pupils with special educational needs.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Foreign Countries, School Personnel, Special Needs Students