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dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-08T13:03:02Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-08T13:03:02Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Aquilina, K. (2024). Health-related fitness instructional practices among Maltese physical educators (Master's dissertation). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/121986 | - |
dc.description | MTL(Melit.) | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | A European study by Nikitara et al. (2021) unveiled Malta’s alarming rates of physical inactivity, positioning it among the highest across Europe. Fang et al. (2017) emphasised the significant connection between physical activity (PA) and fitness, underscoring the importance of Health-Related Fitness (HRF) in physical education (PE) programmes to promote lifelong PA. Despite its recognised importance, there remains a gap in information regarding the status, structure, organisation, and implementation of HRF within Malta’s PE curriculum, posing a need for further investigation. The objective of this study was to investigate current HRF practices in middle-school PE across state, church, and independent schools, while also uncovering the influences shaping perceptions and the delivery of fitness within local PE programmes. This research employed a mixed-methodology, integrating both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The quantitative phase involved a questionnaire which was completed by forty-eight middle-school PE teachers using convenience and snowball sampling techniques. representing state, church and independent institutional sectors. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four PE teachers and two Heads of Department (HoDs) of PE for the qualitative phase. Descriptive analysis using data generated through Google Forms was employed for the questionnaire, while thematic analysis was utilized for the interviews. The main findings indicate that the topic of fitness and its assessment lack structure, displaying considerable disparities in practices, with some PE teachers giving it significant attention while others entirely dismiss it. The most influential factors affecting the instruction of HRF components were teacher perspectives and training, student attitudes and fitness levels, available resources and facilities, and time constraints. Consolidating the outcomes of this study with prior research suggests a pressing need for clearer guidance to PE teachers regarding the objectives, content, organisation, and delivery of HRF to ensure the provision of effective and engaging fitness lessons. Other challenges, such as a lack of resources and facilities, and limited PE lessons should be addressed through a multi-faceted approach involving key stakeholders, such as senior leadership teams (SLT) and governing education authorities. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Physical education and training -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Education, Secondary -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Physical fitness for children -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Physical fitness for youth -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Children -- Health and hygiene -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Youth -- Health and hygiene -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Physical education teachers -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Physical education teachers -- Attitudes | en_GB |
dc.title | Health-related fitness instructional practices among Maltese physical educators | en_GB |
dc.type | masterThesis | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Malta | en_GB |
dc.publisher.department | Faculty of Education | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Aquilina, Kirsty (2024) | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacEdu - 2024 |
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