Contemporary School Playground Strategies for Healthy Students [electronic resource] /
Hyndman, Brendon.editor.
This book is a research guide for implementing contemporary playground strategies to promote active, healthy students. A number of school playground strategies have succeeded in reducing the decline in students' activity levels by introducing equipment and policies that encourage further engagement. The book outlines these strategies and ideas and offers insights into their multiple levels of influence on engaging students in school playground activities that can promote student health. It also discusses previous investigations into the effect of playground strategies on students' activities and the differences between structured and unstructured playground activities; investigations that have explored the translatability and feasibility of specific school playground strategies and potential recommendations for future school playground research. It also provides observations on the features students desire in their playgrounds and what features are important in terms of safe activities, enjoyment levels, which in turn offers suggestions for future research directions.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Chapter 1 The importance of school playground for active, healthy students -- Chapter 2 School playgrounds as a place of learning -- Chapter 3 The state of playgrounds in Australian schools -- Chapter 4 Adult decisions on students' play within primary school playgrounds -- Chapter 5 Individual influences on students within school playgrounds -- Chapter 6 Social environmental influences on students within school playgrounds -- Chapter 7 Physical environmental influences on students within school playgrounds -- Chapter 8 Policy influences on students within school playgrounds -- Chapter 9 Measurement of students' playground activity levels -- Chapter 10 What students want within school playground to to be active and healthy -- Chapter 11 What students want and need within school playgrounds for play -- Chapter 12 Students' enjoyment of school playground activities -- Chapter 13 School playground strategies to promote structured activities -- Chapter 14 School playground strategies to promote unstructured activities -- Chapter 15 Evaluating the translatability of school playground strategies -- Chapter 16 Recommendations for future school playground strategy research.
This book is a research guide for implementing contemporary playground strategies to promote active, healthy students. A number of school playground strategies have succeeded in reducing the decline in students' activity levels by introducing equipment and policies that encourage further engagement. The book outlines these strategies and ideas and offers insights into their multiple levels of influence on engaging students in school playground activities that can promote student health. It also discusses previous investigations into the effect of playground strategies on students' activities and the differences between structured and unstructured playground activities; investigations that have explored the translatability and feasibility of specific school playground strategies and potential recommendations for future school playground research. It also provides observations on the features students desire in their playgrounds and what features are important in terms of safe activities, enjoyment levels, which in turn offers suggestions for future research directions.
Early childhood education.
Early Childhood Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Learning & Instruction.