Social and Educational Sustainability of the Physical Education of Romanian Students and the Impact on Their Physical Activity Level

Leuciuc, Florin Valentin; Ghervan, Petru; Popovici, Ileana Monica; Benedek, Florian; Lazăr, Andreea – Gabriela; Pricop, Gheorghe

doi:10.3390/su12219231

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“…Similar findings regarding physical activity at students' level were obtained by other authors, too (Schmidt, Pawlowski, 2021;Bădău, Bădău, 2020;Leuciuc et al, 2020;Lese, 2014;Făgăraș et al, 2015;Radu et al, 2015) both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online learning has become a necessary strategy for teaching in the pandemic (Chen et al, 2020), but we must take in consideration that most people changed their lifestyles by transforming classical active activities into physically passive online activities (Bădău.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Recent studies in this context of pandemic shows that students become more autonomous in reading, and in understanding guidance in online learning (Popa et al 2020), male students are technologically better equipped than female students (Batez, 2021), and also are mostly physical active comparative with female students, and has better reaction time also (Leuciuc et al, 2020).…”

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The Physical Activity Level and Reaction Time During Covid 19 Pandemic

Radu¹,

Popovici²,

Petrea³

et al. 2021

Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2021

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has a huge global impact in terms of public health, economic activities, employment, psychological and social life. The educational system had to adapt to the conditions imposed by avoiding the spread of coronavirus among pupils and students. The purpose of this study is to find out if the level of physical activity influence the reaction time using dominant and non-dominant hand. We collected data from 83 students (age ranged between 15–24 years; M = 49, f = 34) who participated to the study voluntarily. To measure physical activity index we have used three items about type of physical activity performed, frequency and duration. In addition, to measure reaction time we have used Reaction Time Test and Aim Trainer Test. Each student completed and assessed himself the questionnaire and the tests online. Data were recorded and analysed in SPSS (version 20.0). The level of physical activity relieved that 18,1% of subjects are very active, 26,5% are active, 20,5% have an acceptable level of physical activity, 12% are insufficient active, and 22,9% are sedentary. The values of reaction time for both tests are fastest for subjects with insufficient level of physical activity for dominant hand. The sedentary person are fasted reaction time with non-dominant hand in Reaction Time Test, and the very active subjects are fasted reaction time in Aim Trainer Test. The results has limitations, conducted by speed of Internet connection, and type of devise used in performing tests.

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The Physical Activity Level and Reaction Time During Covid 19 Pandemic

Radu¹,

Popovici²,

Petrea³

et al. 2021

Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2021

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“…All students (male and female groups) had a similar overall and sport/fitness PA levels pre-cancellation of face-to-face PE classes in our research. The overall PA level in all participants in this sample (less than 6000-6500 minutes per week for male students and less than 4000-4500 minutes per week for female students) did not allow them in the high PA group [9]. All participants significantly reduced overall PA and sport/fitness PA level post-cancellation.…”

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confidence: 67%

“…Investigators state the positive effects of PA interventions on cognitive outcomes and academic performance in young adults (schoolers and university students) [8]. Romanian scientists state that for trained student population, the overall level of PA difference between males and females was around 64% in MET minutes per week (6583 for male and 4103 for female university students) [9]. The controversial data on the PA level of Russian students are presented.…”

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The impact of the universities closure on physical activity and academic performance in physical education in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Osipov

Ratmanskaya

Zemba

et al. 2021

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Background and Study Aim. Physical activity (PA) is regarded as a critical component of a healthy lifestyle and disease prevention. Different constraints placed upon social interaction and public spaces due to COVID-19 could decrease PA and academic performance in physical education (PE) in student population. The purpose of the research was to assess overall and sport/fitness PA level and academic performance in PE in a sample of university students pre- to post-cancellation of face-to-face PE classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods. Participants (n=209) – university students (19-20 years old). The overall period of the research is September-December 2020. All participants (male–n=106 and female–n=103) were divided into approximately equal groups: humanities students (male–MG-1, female–FG-1), medicine students (male–MG-2, female–FG-2), technical students (male–MG-3, female–FG-3). The main research tools: modified student self-reported questionnaire (on the base of IPAQ), academic grading (scores for self-completed PE tasks). In surveys, all participants self-rated overall and sport/fitness PA level pre- to post-cancellation of face-to-face PE classes. The participants had to complete 32 special PE tasks, during the research period. PE teachers rated participants by a special grading scale. Results. For the male and female students’ groups there were no significant differences of overall PA, sport/fitness PA level and academic performance in PE pre-cancellation of face-to-face PE classes. All participants significantly (p≤0.05) decreased overall PA, sport/fitness PA level and academic performance in PE post-cancellation. There was a significant (p≤0.05) large amount of overall PA level in MG-2 students and sport/fitness PA level in MG-1 students’ post-cancellation of face-to-face PE classes. For the male students there were no significant differences of grading in PE pre- to post-cancellation of face-to-face PE classes between participants groups. There was a significant (p≤0.05) large amount of overall PA level post-cancellation of face-to-face PE classes in FG-2 students. There was a significantly (p≤0.05) lower amount of sport/fitness PA level post-cancellation of face-to-face PE classes in FG-3 students. There was a significant drop in mean grading scores in PE post-cancellation of face-to-face PE classes in students. FG-2 participants had significantly (p≤0.05) higher grading scores in PE post-cancellation of face-to-face PE classes. Conclusions. The universities closure and cancellation of face-to-face PE classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic decreased overall PA, sport/fitness PA level and academic performance in PE in all participants. It is important to note that the proportional decrease in overall PA for the male students was actually large, then decrease in overall PA for the female students was less. The findings highlight the need for active interventions of PA promotion targeted at the student population in the context of self-isolation measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…Research on the education system approaches the concept of sustainability from two perspectives-first, through which education for a sustainable environment refers to educational policies for the development of knowledge, skills and values, which support sustainable development and economic sustainability [10][11][12]. The second perspective of the education system related to sustainability associates the concept of education sustainability with the concept of social sustainability [13].…”

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Sustainability of Youth Careers in Romania—Study on the Correlation of Students’ Personal Interests with the Selected University Field of Study

Cioca

Bratu

2020

Sustainability

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Sustainable use of resources is an act of social responsibility, in which all the factors that benefit or exploit that resource are involved. Education, with its most important goal—finding a place in the labor market in the form of a career—is a process that involves multiple financial, human and institutional resources. The present study analyzes to what extent the careers that young people in Romania build correlate with their personal interests. Using the Holland Test, the interests of a group of engineering students were identified. It was observed that there are three typologies of people: those who have chosen their field of study according to their interests, those who are interested in interdisciplinary fields of which engineering is a part and the third category, who have no interest in the field of engineering. The percentages of the three categories are approximately equal, which should determine the change of educational policies in Romania, in the sense of promoting and practicing career guidance for the early discovery of young people’s interests and the sustainable convergence of all resources towards them.

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Social and Educational Sustainability of the Physical Education of Romanian Students and the Impact on Their Physical Activity Level

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

The Physical Activity Level and Reaction Time During Covid 19 Pandemic

The Physical Activity Level and Reaction Time During Covid 19 Pandemic

The impact of the universities closure on physical activity and academic performance in physical education in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sustainability of Youth Careers in Romania—Study on the Correlation of Students’ Personal Interests with the Selected University Field of Study

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