RT Journal Article
T1 Evaluation of a Proposal for Movement Integration in the Teaching–Learning Process in Early Childhood Education
A1 Nielsen-Rodríguez, Adriana
A1 Romance-García, Ángel Ramón
A1 Dobado-Castañeda, Juan Carlos
A1 Gil-Espinosa, Francisco Javier
K1 Educación de la primera infancia
AB Physical activity is essential to child development, but studies show that children areincreasingly inactive. Due to schools being considered privileged environments to promote physicalactivity, the aim of this study was to increase the physical activity performed by early childhoodeducation children during the school day by integrating movement into academic content andanalyze this process. The amount and intensity of physical activity performed by a group of 243–4-year-old children in three different weeks were measured by accelerometry: one week with themethodology they had been following (week 1); and two weeks in which movement was integratedinto the content through a specific proposal (week 2) and the same improved proposal (week 3). Theresults reveal that the application of a movement integration program not only allowed students towork on academic content in a physically active way, but also significantly increased the amount ofphysical activity that children performed during the school day. However, it was necessary to carryout several interventions the same day, or make movement integration the reference methodology, tomeet the minimum recommended physical activity levels. In addition, to increase their effectiveness,interventions should be continually reviewed and improved to increase the motor engagement time.
PB IOAP-MPDI
YR 2022
FD 2022-01-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24110
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24110
LA eng
NO Nielsen-Rodríguez, A.; Romance, R.; Dobado-Castañeda, J.C.; Gil-Espinosa, F.J. Evaluation of a Proposal for Movement Integration in the Teaching–Learning Process in Early Childhood Education. Children 2022, 9, 231. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/children9020231
NO This research was funded by the Universidad de Málaga (Spain) and by “Formación de Profesorado Universitario” grants from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (Spain), grant number FPU17/01554. Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026