Abstract
Aim: The aim of this paper was to present the advocacy [1] project
called ‘‘Lombardia in gioco: a scuola di sport’’ addressed to primary
schools. The current project was promoted by Regione Lombardia [2],
CONI Lombardia and USR Lombardia with the support of the following
5 universities: UNICATT, UNIMI, UNIBS, UNIPV and
UNINSUBRIA.
Methods: Both experts and supervisors were trained from a
didactic point of view and instructed for the monitoring process by
the Universities. Each expert conducted an intervention of 20
lessons distributed in a span of 7 months. The assessment of
children included anthropometric measures, the evaluation of
cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal and motor fitness, cognitive
function, enjoyment and physical activity level. A satisfaction
questionnaire was administered to curricular teachers, school
principals and children’s parents.
Results: 249 experts with a bachelor in Sport Science, coordinated by
13 supervisors, assisted the teacher during the curricular physical
education classes. In total, the interventions included 74,220 children,
3711 classes and 327 schools. More than 150,000 data were collected
and processed by the Universities showing that: an average increase
of motor performance by 5 % occurred; positive results in cognitive
function and enjoyment were found, enjoyment significantly and
positively related to motor performance and its enhancement; children
were not enough physically active after school; a very high percentage
of school teachers and principals and children’s parents were in
favor of the project.
Conclusions: For the first time in Lombardy Region, it was possible
to carry out an advocacy project with a determinant contribution of
the aforementioned institutions: the Universities for the training of the
experts and supervisors and to guarantee scientifically the monitoring
procedures, CONI for the administrative and political support, Regione Lombardia and local authorities for the funding support, USR for the identification of sample schools.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 50-50 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Sport Sciences for Health |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| Event | SISMES’s 8th National Congress - ROMA -- ITA Duration: 7 Oct 2016 → 9 Oct 2016 |
Keywords
- Advocacy project
- scuola di sport