Physical Activity and Learning Environment Qualities in Finnish Day Care

Kyhälä, Anna-Liisa; Reunamo, Jyrki; Ruismäki, Heikki

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.561

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“…Participation in a deliberative programme with interdependent goals of a binding nature fosters a feeling of strong connection with the group among children, which can act as a major force to connect them (Gaviria et al, 2015). These findings are in line with the studies by Dusi et al (2014) and Kyhälä et al (2012), which highlighted the increased closeness between children in a group depending on their participation in the group. Similarly, as in the case of the psychological empowerment variable, the greater the participation in AI, the more the participants identified with the group.…”

Section: Identification With the Class Groupsupporting

confidence: 92%

Longitudinal Study of the Psychosocial Effects of Political Participation by Children: the ‘Ágora Infantil’ Programme

Albornoz-Manyoma

García‐Leiva

2021

Child Ind Res

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The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effect of participation-based democratic innovations on psychological empowerment and group identification of children. To do so, it analyses the impact on the participants of a participatory democracy programme for groups of schoolchildren, ‘Ágora Infantil’ (AI). Evaluation is performed via a longitudinal study carried out over two years, with pre and post quantitative measurements of the target and control group. The sample consisted of 182 boys and girls. The data were gathered via a questionnaire made up of items prepared by a group of experts for the current study based on Zimmerman’s empowerment theory (American Journal of Community Psychology, 23(5), 581–599, 1995, 2000). Items were also taken from other authors, for example affective links, which were used as an indicator to measure group identification (Gaviria et al. International Journal of Social Psychology, 30(3), 531–562, 2015). The results show that institutional political participation generates positive changes in the participants. More specifically, the children improved in the two components of psychological empowerment (intrapersonal and interactional), with an intensification of relationship links with the group (the class). These findings demonstrate the political and psychosocial importance of these participatory innovations being introduced and their medium-term effects.

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Section: Identification With the Class Groupsupporting

confidence: 92%

Longitudinal Study of the Psychosocial Effects of Political Participation by Children: the ‘Ágora Infantil’ Programme

Albornoz-Manyoma

García‐Leiva

2021

Child Ind Res

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“…There do not seem to be any studies that have examined the effects of various types of free-choice motor activity on balance control or on the mastery of fundamental motor skills. Indirect data obtained shows that when an educator in kindergarten intervenes, children's initiated activity decreases (Brown et al, 2009;Jones et al, 2011;Whitebread et al, 2007), while social activity with peers is one of the conditions for creating more intensive, and a greater amount of, motor activity (Dowda, Pate, Trost, Almeida & Sirard, 2004;Kyhälä, Reunamo & Ruismäki, 2012).…”

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The Impact of free-choice Motor Activities on Children's Balance Control

Shoval

Zaretzky

Sharir

et al. 2015

Australasian Journal of Early Childhood

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THIS RESEARCH ATTEMPTED TO determine which kinds of free-choice motor activity improve balance control. One hundred and fifty children from three kindergarten classes participated in the research. They were provided with an environment that enabled them to choose motor activity freely for 180 minutes each day, 90 minutes outdoors and 90 minutes indoors, five days a week for 32 weeks. The difference between the three kindergartens consisted of the number of facilities intended for balance exercise and their location indoors or outdoors. The findings showed that children attending kindergartens in which the balance facilities were located both indoors and outdoors had better achievements than those attending kindergartens having balance facilities only indoors or only outdoors. A regression analysis pointed to only social types of free-choice motor activity having a significant impact on improvement of balance control. Further research is suggested to determine the optimal social and physical environments that enhance balance control.

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“…With teachers, children have less freedom (cf. Kyhälä, Reunamo and Ruismäki, 2012). In this article we study how children perceive their interaction strategies in a conflict situation with a teacher.…”

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You Do Not Like the Activity Arranged by the Teacher; What Do You Do?

Reunamo¹,

Hällström²

2013

EJSBS

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In the article, we examine children's perceived strategies in a conflict situation with a teacher and the development of these strategies. We also study the connections of the children's strategies to the activity of the nearest educator. The data is based on the interview question 'You don't like the activity arranged by the teacher; what do you do?' A total of 411 children from 33 different Finnish day care centres and preschools participated in the research. The children's and the nearest educators' activities were observed, and the two data sets were merged. The children's strategies tended to become more adaptive as they developed. At the same time, their agency for seeking alternate solutions increased. The general trend moved from enduring the unpleasant situation to seeking alternatives. If children are required to participate in situations in which the teacher has already determined the desired outcomes of the disliked activity, they have very little freedom to act. Younger children in particular only see the option to obey.

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Physical Activity and Learning Environment Qualities in Finnish Day Care

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Longitudinal Study of the Psychosocial Effects of Political Participation by Children: the ‘Ágora Infantil’ Programme

Longitudinal Study of the Psychosocial Effects of Political Participation by Children: the ‘Ágora Infantil’ Programme

The Impact of free-choice Motor Activities on Children's Balance Control

You Do Not Like the Activity Arranged by the Teacher; What Do You Do?

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