ABSTRACT

Engaging key stakeholders, including students into the process of school-based physical activity (PA) intervention planning is considered important. The present study was part of the preparatory phase of the Estonian Schools in Motion pilot programme and aimed to examine students’ perspective of PA opportunities in the classroom. Based on 17 focus group interviews with 92 Estonian children aged 8–15, the results demonstrate that although PA is not yet a natural part of academic lessons in Estonia, students are eager and motivated to practise more PA. Even though they do not associate PA and academic lessons in general, they can come up with a wide range of activities that could make learning process more physically active. Students could identify several activities from incidental and content-related movement to games and energy breaks which helps to broaden the scope of classroom PA.

摘要

让包括学生在内的主要利益相关者参与校本体育活动 (PA) 干预计划的过程被认为很重要。本研究是爱沙尼亚动态学校试点计划准备阶段的一部分，旨在检查学生对课堂上 PA 机会的看法。基于对 92 名 8-15 岁爱沙尼亚儿童的 17 次焦点小组访谈，结果表明，尽管 PA 还不是爱沙尼亚学术课程的自然组成部分，但学生们渴望并有动力去练习更多的 PA。尽管他们一般不将 PA 和学术课程联系起来，但他们可以提出广泛的活动，使学习过程更加活跃。