Physically active academic lessons: acceptance, barriers and facilitators for implementation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To improve health and academic learning in schoolchildren, the Active School programme in Stavanger, Norway has introduced physically active academic lessons. This is a teaching method combining physical activity with academic content. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the response to the physically active lessons and identify facilitators and barriers for implementation of such an intervention.

Methods

Five school leaders (principals or vice-principals), 13 teachers and 30 children from the five intervention schools were interviewed about their experiences with the 10-month intervention, which consisted of weekly minimum 2 × 45 minutes of physically active academic lessons, and the factors affecting its implementation. All interviews were transcribed and

SUBMITTER: Dyrstad SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5839008 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature