None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
A multi-centre randomised design will be utilised to compare control centre normal practice conditions with intervention centres receiving physical literacy educator professional development and curriculum support. Approximately 60 educators and 300 children (age 4 to 5 years) will be recruited from 16 Early Learning Centres in Queensland and NSW. Centres will be randomly allocated (stratified cluster randomization) to either intervention, or control over a 24-week period. The reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, of the intervention will be examined. Change in aspects of children’s physical literacy will also be assessed. Assessments will be conducted at baseline and 6 months (end of intervention),It is hypothesised that educators receiving the intervention will improve the provision of physical literacy activities to children and that children receiving the intervention will have greater improvements in physical literacy.
Interventions
Early Learning Centre educators will receive professional development to deliver a physical literacy curriculum. Professional development will include four face to face training workshops and ongoing onsite support from a trained Active Early Learning coach for 4 hours once per week over a 6 month period. The provided curriculum materials specifically designed for this study will include a mixture of daily lesson and activity plans, free play and in-class cross-curricula physical activities tar
Early Learning Centre educators will receive professional development to deliver a physical literacy curriculum. Professional development will include four face to face training workshops and ongoing onsite support from a trained Active Early Learning coach for 4 hours once per week over a 6 month period. The provided curriculum materials specifically designed for this study will include a mixture of daily lesson and activity plans, free play and in-class cross-curricula physical activities targeting four areas of children's physical literacy (physical, social, cognitive and psychological). Adherence to monitor the intervention will include staff diaries and direct observation from the coach.
Sponsors
University of Canberra
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
4 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Children age 4 to 5 years attending an early learning centre and educators working with children age 4 to 5 years
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed