Embedding Active Pedagogies within Pre-Service Teacher Education: Implementation Considerations and Recommendations.

ABSTRACT: The physical activity levels of children in Australia are critically low and correlate with reduced academic achievement and poor health outcomes. Schools provide an ideal setting for physical activity interventions to help children move more. Instead of targeting in-service teachers, this study embedded an evidence-based active pedagogy program called Transform-Ed! into pre-service teacher education. Pre/post surveys and post-program interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with key stakeholders (n = 5), lecturers (n = 6), and pre-service teachers (n = 274) involved with the 12-week program. The design, implementation, and evaluation of the study were systematically guided by all five dimensions of Glasgow and colleagues' RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, ado

SUBMITTER: Lander N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7692750 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature