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HPS Conference September 2006
Promoting physical Promoting physical activity among high activity among high
school learners: facing school learners: facing the challengethe challenge
Promoting physical Promoting physical activity among high activity among high
school learners: facing school learners: facing the challengethe challenge
Prof Jose Frantz (PhD)Prof Jose Frantz (PhD)Ms T Pillay (MSc)Ms T Pillay (MSc)
University of the Western CapeUniversity of the Western Cape
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Content of presentation• Background
– Health Promoting schools– Physical activity and physical education
intervention in schools– Highlighting the challenges
• Aim of the study• Methodology• Results• Conclusion
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Background• A health promoting school is a place
where all members of the school community work, learn, live and play together to promote the health and well being of learners, staff, parents and the wider community
• The HPS concept provides the basis for the spreading of health ideas and practices from the school and the community
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Health promoting schools
• Strategies include:– Strengthening the ability to advocate
improved school health programmes– Creating networks and alliances for the
development of health promoting schools– Strengthening national capacities– Research to improve school health
programmes
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HPS Guidelines (WHO, 1996)
• School health policies• Physical environment of the schools• School’s social environment• Community relationships• Personal health skills• Health services
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Principles for HPS (ENHPS, 1997)
• Democracy• Equity• Empowerment• School environment• Curriculum• Teacher training• Measuring success• Collaboration• Communities• Sustainability
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Question????• Are health promoting schools able
to meet the challenges of the various stakeholders as it relates to physical activity interventions in schools and the re-introduction of physical education
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Physical activity and physical education
interventions• Various countries have provided a number of
initiatives to provide quality physical education in schools
• In South Africa history reveals that there is a low institutional priority for physical education in schools
• This is attributed to :– Lack of qualified PE teachers– Lack of adequate facilities in most schools– Non-examination status of physical education
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Challenges facing physical education in SA
schools• Health Promoting Schools Concept• First SA National Risk Behaviour
Survey• USSASA• Prevalence of CDL as it relates to
physical inactivity
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THUS• In order to improve the current
situation, the conventional ideas of the school physical education programme needs to be reconsidered and more serious consideration should be given to the prefences and needs of the key stakeholders namely the learners and teachers
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Aim of the Study• To determine the views of
teachers and learners with regards to the re-introduction of physical education and promotion of physical activity in schools in a local community school
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Methods• Participants: high school learners and
teachers from a school in a local community in the Western Cape
• Data collection: Focus groups held separately with learners and teachers
• Data was analysed into themes looking at barriers as well as recommendations
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Results• Barrier Themes
– Lack of time– Facilities– Resources: staff and equipment– Finances– Quality of programmes– Attitudes– Lack of foresight of Dept of Education
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Lack of time• “School homework and housework
takes preference over sport” Female, 16.
• “ The library at school cannot help with projects and lots of time is spent going to other libraries and thus no time for sport” Male, 15
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Attitude• “My mother shouts at me if I go
and play sport when I should rather help her at home with the housework” Female, 15
• It is safer to go home directly after school than hang around here at school, Female 15
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• Recommendation Themes– Dedicated time in school curriculum– Qualified teachers– Co-operation between schools, community
and tertiary institutions– Change management– Facilities– Funding
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Dedicated school time• “ If all physical activities took
place during school time more of us would be able to attend”
• “ PE periods should be longer and have more impact … perhaps more structured”
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Change management• Learners• Teachers• Governing bodies
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Change management: learners
• “ A vacuum exists for many years and it is difficult for learners to just accept that sport is a compulsory aspect of education”
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Change management: teachers
• “ The rich schools can afford it, they can employ PE teachers. We don’t have the money or the resources.”
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Change management: governing bodies of
schools• “ It is difficult to do sport if the
facilities are not there. Priorities from the governing body is still centered around the academic programme with little or not regard for sport. The academic need is just to great”
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Conclusion• Currently in South Africa, the HPS
concept is well supported and a much needed movement
• As the health promoting schools concept is introduced to more schools the challenges highlighted in the current study needs to be addressed
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Acknowledgements• VLIR• Canon Trust• Learners and Teachers from the
schools
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Thank you