scholarly journals Study regarding the use of gymnastics - related alternative methods during the physical education class

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Talaghir Laurentiu-Gabriel ◽  
Stoica Leonard ◽  
Ocak Yucel
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Test Group ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
First Semester ◽  
School Year

The improvement of motor qualities and skills represents the main concern of the Physical Education lesson. In the present paper we present a general motor exercise training routine, designed as an alternative to the traditional approach of the PE lessons. The routine was divided into three components, namely a cross fit exercise routine, an aerobics routine and an acrosport routine. This routine was implemented in the 5th grade syllabus. The test group was represented by 207 pupils, out of which 114 girls (55.07%) and 93 boys (44.93%). Most participants came from rural areas (66.18%) and 33.82% came from urban areas. The routine was implemented during the first semester of the current school year (2017-2018) in one of the two compulsory lessons. The topics from the traditional PE lesson were replaced by the proposed routines and used alternatively. The assessment consisted of 4 tests from the national assessment system. The results showed significant progress obtained in the final tests for all the 4 trials used (p < 0,001).

scholarly journals OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEEA (OSA) AND RISK FACTORS

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-159
Author(s):  
E.C. Jeler ◽  
◽  
F.D. Mihaltan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Upper Airway ◽  
Test Group ◽  
Severe Form ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Obstructive Sleep ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Comparative Results

Introduction. Obstructive Sleep Apneea (OSA) is a common condition and its predominance is directly related to the explosion of obesity in western society. Obstructive Sleep Apneea is manifested by recurring episodes of collapse of the upper airway during sleep. Obesity and the increase of neck circumference, as well as visceral fat are risk factors for OSA. OSA is more common in men than in women, although women have higher rates of obesity. Objectives. The goal of this article was to show the correlation between OSA and obesity, adipose tissue in the abdomen and neck, sex and background of the patients in the study group. Materials and methods. In this article we present the results of a test group of 101 patients diagnosed with OSA, in the records of the “Marius Nasta” Pneumoftiziology Institute, patients being evaluated at 2, 6, 12 months. Comparative results and discussion. In this study can be observed a higher frequency of male patients (82.17%) compared to female patients (17.83%). Patients go to a doctor when they are in an advanced stage of the disease (from 101 patients, 88 display the severe form OSA). Most patients were obese (100 patients out of 101) in various stages of obesity. A larger number of patients come from urban areas (89 patients) compared with the patients from the rural areas (12 patients). Conclusions. As a conclusion of this study, can be seen that obesity is closely correlated with the severity of OSA and the distribution of fat in the neck and abdomen has an important role. The disease is more common in men than women, and there is a higher number of patients from the urban areas who seek help from a doctor.

scholarly journals Consistent dietary patterns identified from childhood to adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 923-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Mikkilä ◽  
L. Räsänen ◽  
O.T. Raitakari ◽  
P. Pietinen ◽  
J. Viikari
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Dairy Products ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Nutritional Epidemiology ◽  
Young Finns Study

Dietary patterns are useful in nutritional epidemiology, providing a comprehensive alternative to the traditional approach based on single nutrients. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study is a prospective cohort study with a 21-year follow-up. At baseline, detailed quantitative information on subjects' food consumption was obtained using a 48 h dietary recall method (n1768, aged 3–18 years). The interviews were repeated after 6 and 21 years (n1200 andn1037, respectively). We conducted a principal component analysis to identify major dietary patterns at each study point. A set of two similar patterns was recognised throughout the study. Pattern 1 was positively correlated with consumption of traditional Finnish foods, such as rye, potatoes, milk, butter, sausages and coffee, and negatively correlated with fruit, berries and dairy products other than milk. Pattern 1 type of diet was more common among male subjects, smokers and those living in rural areas. Pattern 2, predominant among female subjects, non-smokers and in urban areas, was characterised by more health-conscious food choices such as vegetables, legumes and nuts, tea, rye, cheese and other dairy products, and also by consumption of alcoholic beverages. Tracking of the pattern scores was observed, particularly among subjects who were adolescents at baseline. Of those originally belonging to the uppermost quintile of pattern 1 and 2 scores, 41 and 38 % respectively, persisted in the same quintile 21 years later. Our results suggest that food behaviour and concrete food choices are established already in childhood or adolescence and may significantly track into adulthood.

scholarly journals Family Involvement in Child Education and the Family-School Relationship in Romania

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Costică Lupu
Keyword(s):  
Family Involvement ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Present Moment ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Social Mission ◽  
School Year ◽  
Unit Management ◽  
The Family

The two fields, science and research, are in a relationship of mutual conditioning, meaning that there can be no science without research and no research can be conducted outside the normative framework of science. In the current context, these links appear to be more necessary than ever. Indeed, the social mission of the school increasingly surpasses the mere achievement of the pedagogical objectives from the school curriculum, given also the fact that many parents are too concerned with family, social or professional problems in order to be able to attend to their child’s progress or the consistency between the education that the child receives and the education received by the child in the family and at school. To this end, we conducted an experimental research aiming to optimize the study of concrete possibilities for improving the school-family communication and the consequences entailed by this optimization. The main purpose of this questionnaire was to identify the students’ opinion about the school’s involvement of the family in their education and the consequences of a more aggressive involvement of parents in their children’s education. The research subjects are students in the 12th grade, the Profile Services, the domain of Tourism and food, and their parents. The team of this class consists of 92 students, 44 girls and 48 boys from different backgrounds, with socially and financially vulnerable, 36 of them from urban areas and the remaining 56 families from rural areas. Based on the fact that during the school year, from the first meeting with the parents and until the present moment I have managed to build and develop a partnership relationship between the parents of the students in my class and the school, represented by the unit management, teachers and myself as head teacher of the respective class, I believe that the strategies (methods and techniques) used were effective and gave the expected result. This relationship should be further maintained and developed in order to achieve the results that we want in our work as educators. The conclusion we should draw is that cooperation between school and family means an agreement where each partner should respond to the other’s needs and intentions. In order for this to be possible, parents should contact the school not only when they are summoned to meetings with parents or when children are faced with certain difficulties.

scholarly journals The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors on the Forms of Leisure for the Students at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12577
Author(s):  
George Danut Mocanu ◽  
Gabriel Murariu ◽  
Dan Munteanu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Time Behavior ◽  
Sports Activity ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

The study investigates the influences of gender, area of origin and age stage variables and also of the interaction between them, on the free time behavior of the students at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports from Galati. The questionnaire applied in the academic year 2019–2020 had 85 items and was structured on 4 factors: leisure budget, leisure limiting factors, preferred leisure activities, and leisure sports activities. The multivariate/MANOVA analysis showed statistically significant data for some of the analyzed items, with values of F associated with thresholds p < 0.05. The results support longer screen time for urban areas and for those <25 years and time limitation for the favorite activities of students >25 years, while reading had higher stress scores for men and students <25 years. Men tended to limit their free time working overtime and women limited their free time due to housework. Students from rural areas and men >25 years were more stressed by socializing on the internet and shopping. Financial limitations for preferred activities were higher for women and students <25 years—women read more and visited their friends more often while men had higher scores in relation to involvement in physical activities throughout the week, an aspect also reported for those <25 years. Students >25 years spent more time with their family, while those <25 years socialized more on the internet and had better scores when going out with friends. Those in urban areas did more jogging, men had better scores in relation to playing sports games, higher indicators for the satisfaction generated by sports activity, and women preferred jogging and cycling/rollerblading. Sports games and different types of fitness were the most common variants practiced at the level of the studied group. Conclusion: There was no dominant orientation of the investigated group towards forms of passive leisure and there were no cases of sedentariness, even if the use of technologies (video games, socializing on the Internet and TV) were forms of leisure often used by students.

scholarly journals Ethical Conflicts and Moral Dilemmas Experienced by Physical Education Teachers in Tanzania

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Mabagala
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Teachers Colleges ◽  
Ethical Conflicts

The purpose of this study was to explore the ethical conflicts and moral dilemmas (ECMD) experienced by Physical Education (PE) teachers. The study also thought to explore the influence of demographic and institutional characteristics on the ECMD experienced by PE teachers. The experience of PE teachers is unique because of the nature of their duties in and outside the classroom and school environments where there are a lot of interactions. The study utilized descriptive survey design and was conducted in secondary schools and teachers’ colleges that had PE and sport programs. Purposive sampling was adopted to select PE teachers, students and heads of institutions and data were collected through questionnaire. Results revealed that PE teachers faced ethical conflicts and moral dilemmas in their duties (M =3.4, SD = .79). ECD facing PE teachers differed significantly across institutional location [t (411.33) = 2.453, p =.015)], institutional ownership [F (3, 788) = 5.01, p =.002)] and type of institution [(t (50) = -2.45, p = .019)]. There were no significant differences across age categories [F (4, 47) = .500, p = .736)], educational levels [F (3, 48) = 1.648, p = .191)], gender [t (50) = .383, p = .703], marital status [t (50) = .439, p = .663] and teaching experience [F (3, 48 =.638, p =.594]. It was concluded that ECD are prevalent in secondary schools and teachers colleges. PE teachers whose institutions are located in urban areas face more ECD than those located in rural areas. Religious and military-owned institutions face less ECD than government and privately-owned institutions. Moreover, PE teachers in secondary schools face more ECD than those in teachers’ colleges. It was recommended that there is a need to strengthen professional development courses for teachers and emphasize the teaching of moral and professional ethics in the teacher education programs; and improve the teaching and learning environment.

scholarly journals THE CORRELATION BETWEEN TIME MANAGEMENT AND STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

2019 ◽  
pp. 289
Author(s):  
Jusuf Blegur ◽  
M. Rambu P. Wasak ◽  
Mieke Souisa
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
School Year ◽  
Physical Education Students ◽  
Relationship Of

This research was conducted with an aim to examine the relationship of time management with the physical education learning outcomes in high-school students of both genders, aged 17.60±0.89 (Mean±SD). The data of Time management from respondents were taken using the Time Management Questionnaire (Alay & Kocak, 2002). Data on learning outcomes were taken from the learning value of Physical Education students in the first semester of the school year 2018/2019. The results of the descriptive test indicates that the time management of students was classified as fair (62.71%) and their learning outcomes were also good (83.05%), while the results of the Pearson test showed a significant relationship between time management with physical education learning outcomes (0.314) Thus, educators can train students to develop time management skills by arranging plans before doing, determining and setting work priorities, being responsible for work time and priorities, and avoiding unfavorable activities.

scholarly journals Investigating the Attitudes of First-Year Students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports of Galati towards Online Teaching Activities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 6328
Author(s):  
George Danut Mocanu ◽  
Gabriel Murariu ◽  
Lucian Georgescu ◽  
Ion Sandu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Statistical Technique ◽  
First Year ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Rural And Urban

The paper identifies the perceptions of first-year undergraduate students from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports in Galati on online teaching activities, dominant and needful in the current pandemic context. The questionnaire used contains 23 items and was structured based on four distinctive factors, namely attractiveness, accessibility, motivation and efficiency; it was applied after the winter session of the academic year 2020–2021. The values of the internal consistency coefficient Cronbach’s alpha indicate for the four mentioned factors a high fidelity for the measurements of the investigated features. The results of the 147 completed questionnaires allowed the definition of the independent variables sex (boys and girls) and environment of origin (rural and urban) the identification of their influence on the scores of each item (dependent variables) by using the statistical technique MANOVA (multivariate and univariate analysis), besides the values of F and the corresponding significance thresholds; the magnitude of the effect, expressed by partial eta squared (Ƞ2p), was also calculated. Even if the averages of item scores differ between sexes and backgrounds, the differences noted are in few cases significant: attractiveness and socialization for those in urban areas; participation in activities and effective involvement for girls; technical deficiencies, platform logging and weak computer skills for those in rural areas; and an increase in free time for girls and students in urban areas. The study undertaken allows the identification of the favorable aspects and the shortcomings of online teaching activities, these being the premises for optimizing the teaching process in the following stages.

scholarly journals The Show Must Go On II: Statistics In (Engineering) Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 214-219
Author(s):  
Maria M. Nascimento ◽  
Eva Morais
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
School Year ◽  
Experience Teaching ◽  
The Social ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
To Come ◽  
Portuguese Higher Education

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic forced Portuguese higher education institutions to go home and teach online. Therefore, we had an online experience teaching the Statistics course to the Social Service degree. Viewing this school year experience, we decided to make some changes in the Statistical courses of Informatics, Mechanical and Civil Engineering degrees. Our main concern is still the uncertainty of what is yet to come in the next first semester: face-to face or emergency remote education. In this work we present our ideas in order to develop our students’ skills – collaboration, communication, citizenship/culture, creativity, and critical thinking – through their probability and statistics course and as part of their degree’s curricula.

Resilience to hypoxia of students aged 18-22 studying different programs at various universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-124
Author(s):  
Evgeni Semizorov ◽  
Nikolai Prokopev ◽  
Denis Gubin ◽  
Svetlana Solovyeva
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Respiratory Function ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Breath Holding ◽  
Inspiratory Capacity ◽  
High Level

Purpose: to study body resilience to hypoxia of students from different regions enrolled to the specialized universities of Tiumen, with the use of Stange and Genchi tests. Research methods and organization. The study involved 105 students enrolled to three specialized universities in Tiumen, who used to live in urban areas (UA) and rural areas (RA). We studied the parameters of respiratory function by means of Stange and Genchi tests. Results and discussion. The study revealed that young men from rural areas demonstrate higher timed inspiratory capacity according to the results of Stange test than young men from urban areas do. Timed inspiratory and expiratory capacity varied depending on the age of young people, with the maximum peak occurring at the age of 18 and 19 years. Breath-holding capacity decreased when young men reached the first mature age. Conclusion. According to Stange test, students from rural areas demonstrate higher timed inspiratory capacity and volitional effort than the students from urban areas do. It characterizes a high level of non-specific adaptive capacity of their bodies. Physical education requires wide exploitation of a simple, accessible and informative indicator of timed inspiratory and expiratory capacity for objective assessment of respiratory function. We should take into consideration that breath-holding capacity decreases with advancing age.

scholarly journals Developing Sustainable and Flexible Rural–Urban Connectivity through Complementary Mobility Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1280
Author(s):  
Lisa Bauchinger ◽  
Anna Reichenberger ◽  
Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins ◽  
Jurij Kobal ◽  
Mojca Hrabar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Financial Barriers ◽  
Depth Analysis

Transport can play a key role in mitigating climate change, through reducing traffic, emissions and dependency on private vehicles. Transport is also crucial to connect remote areas to central or urban areas. Yet, sustainable and flexible transport is among the greatest challenges for rural areas and rural–urban regions. Innovative transport concepts and approaches are urgently needed to foster sustainable and integrated regional development. This article addresses challenges of sustainability, accessibility, and connectivity through examining complementary systems to existing public transport, including demand-responsive transport and multimodal mobility. We draw upon case studies from the Metropolitan Area of Styria, Ljubljana Urban Region and rural Wales (GUSTmobil, REGIOtim, EURBAN, Bicikelj, Bwcabus, Grass Routes). In-depth analysis through a mixed-methods case study design captures the complexity behind these chosen examples, which form a basis for analysing the effects of services on accessibility for different groups, connectivity to public transport and usability as a “first and last mile” feeder. We further explore the weaknesses of complementary transport systems, including legal, organisational and financial barriers, and offer potential solutions to structure and communicate complementary transport systems to improve access and use. Looking ahead, we use the case studies to anticipate innovative, sustainable “mobility as a service” (MaaS) solutions within and between urban and rural areas and consider how future public policy orientations and arrangements can enable positive change. A main concern of our article and the contribution to scientific literature is through exploring the benefit of well-established multi-level governance arrangements when introducing smaller-scale mobility solutions to improve rural–urban accessibility. It becomes clear that not a one-size-fits-all model but placed-based and tailored approaches lead to successful and sustainable concepts.

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