Conference for the promotion of pupils’ Physical Activity through Physical Education
The Department of Physical Education & Sport Science, University of Thessaly in collaboration with the Institute of Educational Policy and the Ministry of Education and Science will organize a conference on Friday, November 29, 2019 at 9.30-15.00 at the French Institute, Sina 31, Athens, entitled “Identifying and Motivating Youth Who Most Need Physical ACTivity” (IMPACT). This is the final event of a European project coordinated by the Department of Physical Education & Sport Science, University of Thessaly, led by Professor Athanasios Papaioannou. The results of the project that will be presented at this event include the following:
- results about the low levels of physical activity and motivation of 14039 European pupils and students (3017 from Greece),
- the new tools that were developed and the features of the training provided to over 350 physical education teachers in 4 countries,
- the increase in levels of physical activity and pupils’ motivation through targeted training of in-service physical education teachers who collaborated with researchers,
- the recommendations stemming from these unique results in Europe for policy makers in sport and education, physical education curricula, and training for in-service teachers, parents as well as executives in ministries and local authorities, parents,
in order to achieve the World Health Organization's recommendations for 15-18 year-old children and adolescents for “at least one hour of moderate-intensity daily exercise”:
https://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/factsheet_young_people/en/
Attached is the Conference program: http://www.iep.edu.gr/el/deltia-typou-genika/24-11-2019-programma-telikis-ekdilosis-sto-plaisio-tou-evropaikoy-ergou-impact
And the IMPACT project website: https://www.impactpe.eu/site/index.php/en/