Physical literacy in Europe: The current state of implementation in research, practice, and policy.
Active lifestyle
Competence
Education
Exercise
Health
Physical activity
Journal
Journal of exercise science and fitness
ISSN: 1728-869X
Titre abrégé: J Exerc Sci Fit
Pays: Singapore
ID NLM: 101198241
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2023
Jan 2023
Historique:
received:
01
11
2022
revised:
21
12
2022
accepted:
25
12
2022
entrez:
23
1
2023
pubmed:
24
1
2023
medline:
24
1
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The holistic concept of physical literacy (PL) embraces different person-centered qualities (physical, cognitive, affective/psychological) necessary to lead physically active lifestyles. PL has recently gained increasing attention globally and Europe is no exception. However, scientific endeavors summarizing the current state of PL in Europe are lacking. Therefore, the goal of this study was to comprehensively assess and compare the implementation of PL in research, policy, and practice across the continent. We assembled a panel of experts representing 25 European countries. Employing a complementary mixed-methods design, the experts first prepared reviews about the current state of PL in their countries (categories: research, practice/policy). The reviews underwent comparative document analysis, ensuring a transnational four-eyes principle. For re-validation purposes, the representatives completed a quantitative survey with questions reflecting the inductive themes from the document analysis. The document analysis resulted in ten disjunct themes (related to "concept", "research", "practice/policy", "future/prospect") and yielded a heterogenous PL situation in Europe. The implementation state was strongly linked to conceptual discussions (e.g., existence of competing approaches), linguistic issues (e.g., translations), and country-specific traditions. Despite growing scholarly attention, PL hesitantly permeates practice and policy in most countries. Nevertheless, the experts largely anticipate increasing popularity of PL for the future. Despite the heterogeneous situation across Europe, the analysis has uncovered similarities among the countries, such as the presence of established yet not identical concepts. Research should intensify academic activities (conceptual-linguistic elaborations, empirical work) before PL may gain further access into practical and political spheres in the long term.
Sections du résumé
Background/objective
UNASSIGNED
The holistic concept of physical literacy (PL) embraces different person-centered qualities (physical, cognitive, affective/psychological) necessary to lead physically active lifestyles. PL has recently gained increasing attention globally and Europe is no exception. However, scientific endeavors summarizing the current state of PL in Europe are lacking. Therefore, the goal of this study was to comprehensively assess and compare the implementation of PL in research, policy, and practice across the continent.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
We assembled a panel of experts representing 25 European countries. Employing a complementary mixed-methods design, the experts first prepared reviews about the current state of PL in their countries (categories: research, practice/policy). The reviews underwent comparative document analysis, ensuring a transnational four-eyes principle. For re-validation purposes, the representatives completed a quantitative survey with questions reflecting the inductive themes from the document analysis.
Results
UNASSIGNED
The document analysis resulted in ten disjunct themes (related to "concept", "research", "practice/policy", "future/prospect") and yielded a heterogenous PL situation in Europe. The implementation state was strongly linked to conceptual discussions (e.g., existence of competing approaches), linguistic issues (e.g., translations), and country-specific traditions. Despite growing scholarly attention, PL hesitantly permeates practice and policy in most countries. Nevertheless, the experts largely anticipate increasing popularity of PL for the future.
Conclusion
UNASSIGNED
Despite the heterogeneous situation across Europe, the analysis has uncovered similarities among the countries, such as the presence of established yet not identical concepts. Research should intensify academic activities (conceptual-linguistic elaborations, empirical work) before PL may gain further access into practical and political spheres in the long term.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36688001
doi: 10.1016/j.jesf.2022.12.003
pii: S1728-869X(22)00083-1
pmc: PMC9827378
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
165-176Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness. Published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The following authors have an official role within the International Physical Literacy Association (IPLA): Nigel Green (England) is the official chair, Gillian Bartle (Scotland) leads a special interest group, and also Peter Elsborg (Denmark) and Efstathios Christodoulides (Cyprus) are registered ambassadors within the IPLA. Although all authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article, this information should be made transparent within the scope of this article.
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