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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Fundamental movement skills"”.
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Fundamental Movement Skills, Physical Activity and Obesity from Early to Late Childhood
Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are a vital part of a child’s development, which allow them to advance on to more complex movements, resulting in them functioning successfully in their daily lives and when participating in sports and physical activity. Despite the importance of FMS, previous …
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Utilising active play interventions to improve physical activity and fundamental movement skills in children
… play interventions on physical activity and fundamental movement skills (FMS) in children. Active play is “a form of gross motor or total body movement in which young children exert energy in a freely chosen, fun, and unstructured manner”, but is a neglected area of research. This thesis …
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Physical Literacy and South East Wales Primary School Children: The Role of Fundamental Movement Skills
This thesis addressed the physical literacy attributes of primary school children in South East Wales with a specific focus on the relationships between FMS motor behaviour competency and other aspects of physical literacy. The aims of this thesis were to: (a) examine the factor structure of the …
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The effects of interventions on fundamental movement skills, physical activity and psychological well-being among children
… perceptions of competence and levels of fundamental movement skill proficiency are potential strategies to promote physical activity. The aims of this thesis were to, a) investigate the prevalence of skill proficiency and levels of perceived physical competence in UK children, b) examine …
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British and Iranian parents’ and children’s awareness of the child’s weight status, physical activity, sedentary behaviours and fundamental movement skills: A mixed methods approach
… Activity (PA), Sedentary Behaviour (SB) and Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) among normal weight and overweight children, in two different countries (i.e. Uk and Iran) with high rate of CO through a mixed method approach. Adopting a sequential explanatory design, this research is conducted …
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Teachers as agents of change: teachers’ constructions of curricular change: a qualitative analysis of the STEPS PD Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) programme in Northern Ireland primary schools
… by the growing trend towards the adoption of movement orientated programmes. In Northern Ireland (NI) the implementation of one such programme, Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) (STEPS Professional Development) provides the backdrop for this study and a platform through which to interrogate …
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The refinement and development of the Project FLAME intervention
… display poor motor competence levels across both fundamental movement skills and functional movement patterns. Physical Education (PE)-based interventions delivered by specialist PE teachers can have a positive impact on youths’ motor competence (MC). Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to …
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A Comparison of an Eastern Philosophical Approach to Human Movement with a Western Approach through Teaching Overhand Throwing Skills with Grade Two Students
The development of Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) and physical literacy (PL) are relatively new concepts in physical education. In this research paper, a novel method of teaching FMS and PL are explored using an Eastern philosophical approach to human movement. Overhand throwing was the FMS …
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Narrative enquiry into the physical literacy journeys of further education young ambassadors
… emphasises the importance of early execution of fundamental movement skills for success and sustained participation. Yet re-defining success criteria will be beneficial in fostering feelings of pride and success in all individuals. The ambassadors clearly relished personal benefits from physical …
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Anti(-)bodies for Physical Education: An embodied studying with 'ignorant schoolmasters'
… gaps, and non-traditional application of fundamental movement skills (FMS) and posthumanism are suggested as value propositions respectively. Psychophysiological conditions of phantom limbs, body integrity identity disorder (BIID), and the rubber hand illusion (RHI) were traced as embodied …
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The design, development, implementation and evaluation of Project FLAME: a multi-component, school-based, motor competence intervention for adolescent youth in Ireland
… active and fail to reach basic levels of fundamental movement skills (FMS) and functional movement. Schools and the engagement of relevant stakeholders, particularly qualified Physical Education (PE) specialist teachers, are key vehicles for the provision of movement-based opportunities in …
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The design, development, implementation and evaluation of the Gaelic4Girls intervention
… girls than for boys. Correlates of PA, such as fundamental movement skills (FMS), club-based participation in organised youth sport (OYS), psychological correlates (self-efficacy, enjoyment, PA attitudes), and social support structures (family and peer support) during childhood and adolescence …
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Investigating the relationship between perceived motor competence and actual motor competence in adolescent youth
… that adolescents are lacking proficiency in fundamental movement skills (FMS) and functional movement patterns, i.e. in their actual motor competence (AMC). Additionally, research in the domain of self-perceptions illustrates that adolescents possess inordinate levels of perceived motor …
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A Delphi study to gain the consensus on the definition, domains and elements of physical literacy
… of physical literacy to purely the mastery of fundamental movement skills (Edwards et al., 2016). Francis et al. (2016) portray that this is due to a ‘lack of consensus, regarding the constituent subdomains’ (p. 214). This combined has resulted in blurred conceptualisations of physical …