ABSTRACT

The English Football Association (FA) has established a number of programmes to encourage girls’ participation in physical activity but has raised concerns that these may be limited in accessibility to target groups. Developing physical literacy is one way in which girls may be supported in building social confidence to access opportunities. This study evaluated the efficacy of the FA’s ‘Active Literacy through Storytelling’ designed to develop young girls’ physical literacy. Participants were girls aged 5–12 yrs (n = 25) and programme leaders (n = 2) from two case study schools. Research with the girls involved 3 stages: the first, drawing pictures of engagement in the project (‘before’ and ‘after’), the second, individual interviews utilising the drawings. Leaders were subsequently interviewed based on data generated here. Thematic analysis of qualitative data, sensitised by physical literacy concepts was conducted. Results demonstrated the programme developed girls’ social interaction, teamwork and leadership skills.

摘要

英国足球协会 (FA) 制定了许多计划来鼓励女孩参与体育活动，但人们担心这些计划可能会限制目标群体的参与。发展体育素养是支持女孩建立社会信心以获取机会的一种方式。这项研究评估了 FA 的“通过讲故事主动识字”旨在培养年轻女孩的体育素养的功效。参与者是 5-12 岁的女孩（n  = 25）和项目负责人（n = 2) 来自两个案例研究学校。与女孩的研究涉及三个阶段：第一，绘制参与项目的图片（“之前”和“之后”），第二，利用这些图片进行个人访谈。随后根据此处生成的数据采访了领导者。对物理素养概念敏感的定性数据进行了专题分析。结果表明该计划培养了女孩的社交互动、团队合作和领导技能。