Virtual Physical Education During COVID-19: Exploring Future Directions for Equitable Online Learning Tools.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: School closures prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic reduced opportunities for US youth to be physically active and disproportionately impacted health disparities in this population. Physical education provides the largest intervention to support the physical activity of school-aged youth, but teachers' opinions about how to maintain quality programming during virtual learning periods remain unexplored. Applying a diversity, equity and inclusion framework, this study explored physical education teachers' perceived significance of different design features for an online teaching tool to promote physical activity equity during school closures. Methods: Previous literature and focus groups informed the development of a survey administered in summer/fall 2020. Survey p

SUBMITTER: D'Agostino EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8426569 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature