Article
Education & Educational Research
Idar Lyngstad, Eivind Saether
Summary: The study aims to examine the relationship between friluftsliv and physical literacy (PL) in physical education pedagogies, suggesting that friluftsliv adds an interesting nature element to the concept of PL and proposing the concept of 'friluftsliv literacy'. Through analyzing data from students' friluftsliv trips, the study highlights key aspects of 'friluftsliv literacy' that support and refresh the PL concept.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Martin Grauduszus, Stefanie Wessely, Marlen Klaudius, Christine Joisten
Summary: This research aims to compile information on international physical literacy assessment systems for children and adolescents in order to develop a similar tool in Germany. Currently, no uniform method for assessing physical literacy exists in Germany, with only half of the identified assessment systems addressing all three domains.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sarahjane Belton, Sinead Connolly, Cameron Peers, Hannah Goss, Marie Murphy, Elaine Murtagh, Jennifer Kavanagh, Meabh Corr, Kyle Ferguson, Wesley O'Brien
Summary: This study aimed to gather empirical data from key stakeholders working with young people in Ireland to inform the development of a consensus statement on physical literacy. The results showed differences in the perceived importance of physical literacy across stakeholder groups, highlighting the need for a shared vision and consensus on the definition and domains of physical literacy.
Article
Nursing
Kennedy Diema Konlan, Hyeonkyeong Lee, Eun Kyoung Choi
Summary: This study aimed to analyze the concept of hypertension literacy to ensure clarity, reduce ambiguities, and promote consistency in usage. Using Walker and Avant's concept analysis method, four electronic databases were searched using keywords combined with appropriate Boolean operators. Through a convergent synthesis design to integrate results and transform them into qualitative descriptions, the defining attributes, antecedents, and consequences of hypertension literacy were identified. Hypertension literacy allows nurses to assess and improve knowledge accurately and facilitate people in adopting prevention behaviors.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Daniel Carvalho, Carlos Sequeira, Ana Querido, Catarina Tomas, Tania Morgado, Olga Valentim, Lidia Moutinho, Joao Gomes, Carlos Laranjeira
Summary: This study aimed to identify the attributes and characteristics of the positive component of Mental Health Literacy (PMeHL) and explore its theoretical and practical applications. The study found that PMeHL is considered a component of Mental Health Literacy and includes attributes such as problem-solving skills, personal satisfaction, autonomy, interpersonal relationship skills, self-control, and a prosocial attitude. Understanding the antecedents and consequences of PMeHL can help improve mental health and promote healthy behaviors. Therefore, it is important to prioritize primary research focused on nursing interventions that enhance and sustain PMeHL in individuals and families.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Elizabeth Durden-Myers, Gillian Bartle
Summary: This paper explores the value of physical literacy as the goal of physical education through the lens of the capability approach. By integrating traditional humanist and post-humanist perspectives, it provides a more holistic understanding of the relationship between physical literacy and physical education. The research concludes that the capability approach offers a valuable framework for enriching physical education with physical literacy.
Article
Orthopedics
Anthony J. Goff, Alex Donaldson, Danilo De Oliveira Silva, Kay M. Crossley, Christian J. Barton
Summary: This study aimed to identify the education priorities of people with knee osteoarthritis and match them with education-specific content recommendations in knee osteoarthritis management guidelines. The study found that patients were most interested in information about surgery and exercise, which differed from the content recommendations in the guidelines.
JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC & SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joel D. Barnes, Michelle D. Guerrero
Summary: The Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL) is the first comprehensive protocol designed to assess a child's level of physical literacy. The capl R package provides users with a fast, efficient, and reliable approach to analyzing CAPL-2 raw data, suppressing noisy error messages through validation, and simplifying the process of computing and visualizing results.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Siu Ming Choi, Kim Wai Raymond Sum, Fung Lin Elean Leung, Tristan Wallhead, Kevin Morgan, Daniel Milton, Sau Ching Amy Ha, Hui Ping Cindy Sit
Summary: This research aimed to examine the effects of sport education on university students' physical literacy and physical activity levels. The results showed that sport education led to increases in physical literacy in the affective and social domains, as well as greater daily physical activity levels and reduced perceived disempowering motivational climate in the follow-up phase. Sport education was found to be beneficial in developing the behavioral domain of undergraduate student physical literacy.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Richard Bailey
Summary: The term physical literacy is widely used in policy and practice discussions, but its definition and goals vary. This article adopts a conceptual framework from the philosophy of education to clarify some of the ambiguities in discussions of physical literacy and examines the use and misuse of philosophy in the literature.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Raphael Kazidule Kayambankadzanja, Carl Otto Schell, Martin Gerdin Warnberg, Thomas Tamras, Hedi Mollazadegan, Mats Holmberg, Helle Molsted Alvesson, Tim Baker
Summary: This study analyzed the concepts of "critical illness" and "critical care" and proposed potential definitions based on their defining attributes. The findings can contribute to clinical practice, research, and policy-making.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Karen Lambert, Shirley Gray, Justen O'Connor, Lisa Young
Summary: Interest and debates around meaningful movement and embodiment in physical education have been growing. This study aims to systematically analyze the theoretical concept of embodiment in physical education literature to provide a clear conceptual framework for pedagogical insights and practices.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2022)
Review
Nursing
Avie Rotsen Badua, Krystelle Joy Caraquel, Marjorie Cruz, Roison Andro Narvaez
Summary: Vaccine literacy refers to the process of providing vaccine information, building communication, and increasing people's engagement with vaccines. It is considered relevant in nursing practice and plays a crucial role in advancing nurses' practice roles and developing vaccination policies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tessa Schulenkorf, Verena Krah, Kevin Dadaczynski, Orkan Okan
Summary: Developing health literacy from an early age is important, and schools can play a crucial role in this development. Evidence suggests that integrating health literacy into schools can have positive effects on both health and education outcomes, but it is often not sufficiently included in the curriculum due to existing educational requirements. Providing a sensitive approach and highlighting the benefits of health literacy can help in successfully integrating it into schools, especially by linking it to existing curricular requirements such as media literacy and digital literacy.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Gunay Yildizer, Suleyman Munusturlar
Summary: The study investigated the differences in physical literacy (PL) between physical education (PE) and classroom teachers based on their experience level and gender. Results showed that PE teachers had higher PL scores than classroom teachers, and teachers with 16-20 years of experience had lower scores in self-confidence and communication. This highlights the importance of improving teacher training programs to enhance both PL comprehension and PE quality.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Laura Alfrey, Ruth Jeanes
Summary: This research emphasizes the importance of Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in promoting inclusion of students with disabilities in Physical Education (PE). It suggests a specific combination of elements that can be enacted within a Bachelor of Education program to support pre-service teachers (PSTs) in becoming more inclusive teachers. These elements include pedagogization of theory, creating a sense of safety, establishing partnerships for authentic learning, and promoting student voice and co-design.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Laura Alfrey, Karen Lambert, David Aldous, Risto Marttinen
Summary: This paper analyzes policy documents from Australia, the United States, and Wales in the context of Health and Physical Education (HPE). The analysis focuses on how learners are represented in the policies and applies Bacchi's approach to guide the analysis. The findings reveal common discourses of idealism, neoliberalism, healthism, and individualism across the policies, reinforcing deficit language and a focus on what learners lack. The paper emphasizes the importance of examining discourses and voices within curriculum policy documents, making educational and health politics visible, and encouraging critical consciousness related to policy.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Lisa Young, Justen O'Connor, Laura Alfrey
Summary: Physical Literacy (PL) is a concept enduring controversy, as multiple actors disagree on its definition and there is shared uncertainty around it. This paper maps the controversial state of PL as presented by different actors on the scholarly web, analyzing 77 scholarly articles to observe and describe the network of actors involved in the PL controversy. The findings reveal four clusters of actors invested in different ideologies of what PL should be, leading to overlapping yet contested framings of PL on the scholarly web. The implication is that PL flows in many directions and is understood/utilized differently across clusters of actors.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Laura Alfrey, J. O'Connor
Summary: This paper presents a counter-narrative to the belief that Physical Education (PE) is resistant to change. The purpose of this research is to examine the resources that enable curriculum transformation and enactment in one school. The findings suggest that teachers were supported by resources across different contextual dimensions and activity layers, with the most valued resources being structural and networked support, sustained leadership, a clear vision for PE, professional learning, and time.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Lisa Young, Laura Alfrey, Justen O'Connor
Summary: Research indicates that how physical literacy is presented on the web is influenced by various viewpoints and ideologies from the education, sport, and health domains, with Google's algorithms favoring specific viewpoints and ideologies. There may be differences in understanding and practices between educators and coaches who only focus on the first page of Google results and those who engage with a broader range of sources.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Lisa Young, Laura Alfrey, Justen O'Connor
Summary: This paper explores the different ideological positions associated with physical literacy (PL) and presents PL as a multiplicity of physical literacies. Through analyzing scholarly articles and non-scholarly texts, the study identifies three waves of PL cosmoses, each with its own objectives, actors, and obligations. The paper advocates for understanding PL as a multiverse, allowing individuals to become aware of and comprehend the distinct PL cosmoses and their differences for effective implementation.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Demography
Ramon Spaaij, Jonathan Magee, Ruth Jeanes, Dawn Penney, Justen O'Connor
Summary: This article, based on qualitative fieldwork, examines how the involvement of Hazara men in the ethno-specific informal sport of sangarag influences their (non)belonging experiences in Australia. The findings highlight the role of sangarag as a response to challenging settlement journeys and the reinforcement of intra-group differentiations. The marginal status of sangarag within the Australian sports system leads to feelings of unsupported and misrecognition among participants. Policy implications include the recognition and support of informal sports for migrants' sense of belonging and well-being.
JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Art
Megan Adams, Geraldine Burke, Nikki Browne, Karan Kent, Kylie Colemane, Laura Alfrey, Aislinn Lalor, Keith Hill
Summary: This paper proposes a cross-disciplinary framework to reduce feelings of loneliness and improve social connections across generations. It brings together Aboriginal Artists, Teacher Educators, and Physical and Occupational Therapists to explore the impact of art and movement on the health and well-being of different age groups.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ART & DESIGN EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Laura Alfrey
Summary: This paper examines Australian secondary students' feelings towards current fitness testing practices and explores their suggestions for changing these practices. The research findings indicate that fitness testing can cause anxiety and overwhelm for some students, but also highlight the students' capacity to propose alternative approaches that are more suitable for their school.
CURRICULUM STUDIES IN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Michael Butson, Ruth Jeanes, Justen O'Connor
Summary: This paper examines the enactment of local government leisure policies in community leisure facilities and finds that leisure facility managers lack engagement with policies, particularly those targeting older adults. To improve participation rates and justify public investments in leisure facilities, the study recommends establishing a negotiation process and reinterpreting policies.
JOURNAL OF POLICY RESEARCH IN TOURISM LEISURE AND EVENTS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Management
Michael Butson, Ruth Jeanes, Justen O'Connor
Summary: This study examines the visibility and representation of older adults across Victorian, Australian aquatic and leisure facility websites. The findings show that older adults are visually underrepresented on these websites, and when they are represented, it often includes language and content that can be seen as stereotyping and ageist. This ageism and stereotyping can limit older adults' engagement with these facilities and their potential for health promotion. The research suggests strategies to eliminate visual ageism in advertising, such as designing for dynamic diversity and involving older adults in the design process.
MANAGING SPORT AND LEISURE
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Michael Butson, Ruth Jeanes, Justen O'Connor
Summary: This research aims to identify ageist content in local government physical activity policies concerning older adults. Utilizing a critical discourse analysis approach, the study examined physical activity policy documents from 16 local government areas in Victoria, Australia, and conducted interviews with local government employees responsible for developing these policies. The findings suggest that ageism is prevalent in local government policies, leading to the perpetuation of stereotypes about older adults. However, it was also found that older adults make significant contributions to the community through paid employment, caregiving roles, and volunteering.
JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2023)
