Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.26582/k.52.1.16

APPLICABILITY AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF THE SET OF EQUIPMENT IN THE PROJECT “POLYGON FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN“ IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS WITHOUT GYMNASIA

Slaven Krtalić orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-7125 ; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Croatia
Vitomir Spasović ; The association MOVEMENT (POKRET) – Active and Healthy, Croatia
Lana Kasumović ; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Croatia
Maja Lang Morović orcid.org/0000-0003-4402-2212 ; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Croatia
Ljiljana Muslić orcid.org/0000-0002-2379-6270 ; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Croatia
Sanja Musić Milanović orcid.org/0000-0003-4643-1052 ; Croatian Institute of Public Health, Croatia; University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, School of Public Health Andrija Štampar, Croatia

Abstract

In 2015, 120 main primary schools in Croatia did not have a school gymnasium, and could not carry through the full-time compulsory Physical Education (PE) class. To ensure regular physical exercise to all children and help teachers, the Croatian Institute of Public Health has implemented the project “Polygon for Physical Activity of School-Aged Children”. This paper aims to present the usability and functionality assessment of the multipurpose kinesiology equipment set used in the Project in the primary schools without gymnasia based on the teachers’ experience and appraisals in three independent assessment waves. Results show that after receiving the set the teachers perceived they had better conditions for teaching Physical Education class and managed to fulfil PE curriculum goals and tasks. Students’ motivation for physical education class also improved in some areas, as well as teachers’ satisfaction with the conditions for and school investments in PE class. Most of the teachers perceived that the multipurpose kinesiology equipment set had the potential to improve the quality of PE class and to be used in other classes as well. According to the obtained data it could be assumed that this multipurpose kinesiology equipment set is a positive innovation in the teaching process and presents a strong potential for alleviating the spatial and material problems teachers in schools without gymnasia are experiencing in their work.

Keywords

physical education and training; public health; schools; exercise promotion; students; teacher satisfaction

Hrčak ID:

238382

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/238382

Publication date:

30.6.2020.

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