The Impact of Circus Arts Instruction in Physical Education on the Physical Literacy of Children in Grades 4 and 5

Kriellaars, Dean; Cairney, John; Bortoleto, Marco Antônio Coelho; Kiez, Tia K. M.; Dudley, Dean; Aubertin, Patrice

doi:10.1123/jtpe.2018-0269

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“…Thus, a substantial increase in, for example, gross motor skills, can be found if the classes include similar types of gross movements/exercises that can be found in the assessment batteries. Indeed, studies that reported the most-pronounced effect sizes in the current meta-analysis were relatively close in similarity to physical education content and type of assessment [55,60,62]. Furthermore, differences in risk of bias can also relate to heterogeneity in study results included in the current meta-analysis [71].…”

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The Effects of Physical Education on Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Lorås

2020

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Appropriate levels of motor competence are an integrated part of individuals’ health-related fitness, and physical education is proposed as an important context for developing a broad range of motor skills. The aim of the current study was to apply meta-analyses to assess the effectiveness of curriculum-based physical education on the development of the overall motor competence of children and adolescents. Studies were located by searching seven databases and included according to predefined criteria. Random effects models using the standardized effect size (Hedges’ g) were used to aggregate results, including an examination of heterogeneity and inconsistency. The meta-analysis included 20 studies, and a total of 38 effect sizes were calculated. A statistically significant improvement in motor competence following curriculum-based physical education compared to active control groups was observed in children and adolescents (g = −0.69, 95% CI −0.91 to −0.46, n = 23). Participants’ ages, total time for physical education intervention, and type of motor competence assessment did not appear to be statistically significant moderators of effect size. Physical education with various curricula can, therefore, increase overall motor competence in children and adolescents.

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The Effects of Physical Education on Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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2020

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“…The suite of circus training tools includes individual and group activities, such as clowning and acrobatics, manipulation, equilibrium and aerial skills (Figure 1). 4 A Canadian school‐based study of children aged nine to 12 years focused on 101 children whose physical activity levels were increased when they were given school‐based circus arts instruction three times a week for approximately 60 minutes. Various outcomes were compared with a control group of 110 age‐matched children who received standard physical education at schools with the same socioeconomic status.…”

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“…The circus arts group demonstrated statistically significant improvements in motor competence and confidence. Boys typically do better than girls when it comes to motor skills, but this gap narrowed in the circus arts group 4 …”

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“…In the realm of resilience, this process of “steeling” suggests that limited exposure to adversity in appropriate environments can help an individual gain experience and coping strategies that can provide advantages in future encounters (27, 28), and has been linked to agency and persistence (29). Similarly, in physical literacy, the process of engaging in appropriately constructed challenges leads not only to improved basic movement competence, but concurrently the confidence and general competence to execute and assess movement in varied physical and social contexts, thus leading to the motivation for further physical activity engagement [see Figure 1, and for emerging evidence see Kriellaars et al (30)]. The common process of engaging and overcoming challenges could be the basis for the association between the two constructs.…”

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Physical Literacy and Resilience in Children and Youth

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Background: There is growing interest in the relationship between physical and psychosocial factors related to resilience to better understand the antecedents of health and successful adaptation to challenges in and out of school, and across the lifespan. To further this understanding, a trans-disciplinary approach was used to investigate the association between the multidimensional constructs of physical literacy and resilience in children at a key stage in their development.Methods: Cross-sectional data were collected from 227 school children aged 9-12 years old from five schools in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Resilience was measured using the Child and Youth Resilience Measure, and physical literacy through the Physical Literacy Assessment for Youth tools. Data were provided by self-report, surrogate assessors of the child (physical education teachers and parents), and trained assessors for movement skills. These data were analyzed using correlation and logistic regression.Results: Resilience was significantly correlated with numerous indicators of physical literacy, including movement capacity, confidence, and competence, environmental engagement, and overall perceptions of physical literacy. Regressions indicated that resilience could be predicted by movement confidence and competence, environmental engagement, and overall physical literacy.Conclusions: The findings of this study, using a constellation of sources, provide foundational evidence for the link between resilience and physical literacy among children, encouraging the importance of physical literacy development in schools. Longitudinal studies are required to further examine this relationship and how these previously unrelated fields may work together for a richer understanding of the interplay between the physical and psychological determinants of well-being.

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The Impact of Circus Arts Instruction in Physical Education on the Physical Literacy of Children in Grades 4 and 5

Cited by 70 publications

References 40 publications

The Effects of Physical Education on Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The Effects of Physical Education on Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Physical activity during COVID‐19 quarantine

Physical Literacy and Resilience in Children and Youth

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