Primary teachers’ recommendations for the development of a teacher-oriented movement assessment tool for 4-7 year children

Foweather, L, Van Rossum, T, Richardson, DJ, Hayes, S and Morley, D (2018) Primary teachers’ recommendations for the development of a teacher-oriented movement assessment tool for 4-7 year children. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 23 (2). pp. 124-134. ISSN 1091-367X

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Abstract

To inform the development of a teacher-oriented movement assessment tool, this study aimed to explore primary school teachers’ perceptions of assessing fundamental movement skills (FMS) within physical education (PE) lessons. Thirty-nine primary school teachers of PE, located in the United Kingdom, participated in an individual or group semi-structured interview. Findings signify that teachers perceive a need for an appropriate and effective movement assessment tool that is simple to use, quick to administer, and that provides valuable feedback to guide future teaching and learning. This is vital as teachers indicated that a lack of appropriate resources and a shortage of curriculum time restricts their use of assessment within PE. A movement assessment tool that aligned to the curriculum would be beneficial to teachers to better support children’s learning and acquisition of FMS, as well as to enhance the teachers’ own understanding of the process of assessing FMS.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science on 3 Dec 2018 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1091367X.2018.1552587
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1106 Human Movement And Sports Science, 1302 Curriculum And Pedagogy
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine
Divisions:	Sport and Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Date of acceptance:	22 November 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access:	3 June 2020
Date Deposited:	15 May 2019 12:49
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 09:33
URI:	https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/10454

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