Prethodno priopćenje
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v27i4.6750
From the Classroom to the Playground: Physical and Leisure Activities as the Foundation of Healthy Student Development
Ivana Conar
orcid.org/0009-0001-9089-8111
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education
Goran Lapat
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education
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* Dopisni autor.
Sažetak
The accelerated pace of life and the computerisation of society are increasingly
leading to a sedentary lifestyle. Children and young people are spending increasing
amounts of time in front of mobile or TV screens and devoting less and less time
to physical activity. The increasing number of school and family obligations, along
with their rhythms, leads to a need for greater physical activity and longer hours of
physical activity. The mandatory number of hours of Physical and Health Education
in elementary school, as prescribed by the subject curriculum, is insufficient to
cover the hours students should spend daily or weekly on kinesiology activities
and on activities during free time. It is precisely these free-time activities that are
increasingly passive, rather than those that should encourage children and young
people to lead active lifestyles. All this leads to a change in students’ attitudes about
Physical Education and Health Education classes. The research conducted in an
elementary school in Varaždin County presents the results of students’ physical and
leisure activities and their attitudes toward Physical and Health Education classes.
139 students (N=139) from 1st to 8th grade participated in the study.
Ključne riječi
exercise; free time; kinesiology activities; movement
Hrčak ID:
346050
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2025.
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