ABSTRACT

Background: The construct of physical literacy is gaining traction internationally and yet measurement of physical literacy is in its infancy. This paper describes the development of a pictorial child report scale of perceived physical literacy based on the comprehensive Australian Physical Literacy Framework, which includes 30 elements within four domains (physical, psychological, cognitive and social).

Methods: An expert reference committee with academic and industry representatives from physical education, sport and education was formed to provide input to each stage of the process. Qualitative research methods were used to (a) determine a character that was gender neutral, not representative of a particular race or ethnicity and appealing to children, and (b) the content (i.e. relationship between item images, wording and format with the intended construct) and response processes (i.e. interpretation of items) of the Physical Literacy in Children Questionnaire (PL-C Quest). A total of 17 children aged 4–12 years were interviewed as part of the study.

Results: A ‘bunny’ character was preferred by children. Overall, children interpreted most images as intended by the researchers, and, in many cases, without having to hear the words that went with the images. Some of the image scenarios were amended and redrawn according to the suggestions received from children and the expert reference group.

Discussion: This study has provided qualitative evidence based on the content of the PL-C Quest elements and domains, on the ways respondents understand, and interpret the items. This is the first step towards the development and testing of a pictorial instrument to comprehensively measure children’s self-perceived physical literacy.

摘要

背景：体育素养的构建在国际上越来越受到关注，但体育素养的衡量仍处于起步阶段。本文描述了基于综合澳大利亚体育素养框架的儿童感知体育素养图片报告量表的开发，该框架包括四个领域（身体、心理、认知和社会）的 30 个要素。

方法：成立了一个由来自体育、运动和教育的学术和行业代表组成的专家参考委员会，为该过程的每个阶段提供意见。定性研究方法用于 (a) 确定性别中立、不代表特定种族或民族并吸引儿童的角色，以及 (b) 内容（即项目图像、措辞和格式与预期结构之间的关系） ) 和儿童体育素养问卷 (PL-C Quest) 的响应过程（即项目的解释）。作为研究的一部分，共有 17 名 4-12 岁的儿童接受了采访。

结果：孩子们更喜欢“兔子”这个角色。总的来说，孩子们按照研究人员的意图解释了大多数图像，并且在许多情况下，他们不必听到图像中的单词。根据儿童和专家参考小组的建议，对一些图像场景进行了修改和重新绘制。

讨论：本研究提供了基于 PL-C Quest 元素和领域的内容、受访者理解和解释项目的方式的定性证据。这是开发和测试能够全面衡量儿童自我感知的体育素养的绘画工具的第一步。