Volume/Issue :

Article type :

Original article

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91-104

Abstract :

Physical literacy (PL) comprises several different aspects – physical competency, motivation, self-confidence, knowledge, understanding, daily behaviour in choosing physically active and healthy lifestyle. Learning to move may be even considered as the main literacy that we as humans truly need to acquire (Ydo, 2021). The aim of this cross-sectional pilot study was to evaluate the physical literacy domain of knowledge and understanding of primary school children, and compare it in respect of their own and their parents’ physical activity. In total, 103 dyads of 3rd-4th grade students and their parents (or legal guardians) took part in an online survey which consisted of two parts: (1) chidren had to fill in the questionnaire of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (in loose translation to Lithuanian); (2) parents, in addition to demographic data, provided answers regarding their own and their child’s physical activity. For this purpose, the Netherlands physical activity questionnaire (NPAQ) was used. The knowledge and understanding of the majority of children were of achieving and excelling level. Girls had greater results in PL than boys. The more physically active, the greater PL in knowledge and understanding. Boys, but not girls, who are attending sports after school had higher level of PL than their physically passive counterparts. Children, whose parents exercise regularly more often had higher score in PL than those who do it rarely, although children of the latter had lower score in PL than those whose parents do not excersise regurlarly.

Keywords :

physical literacy, physical activity, physical education, primary education, knowledge and understanding

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Cite as :

Dambrauskaitė, V., & Gruodytė-Račienė, R. (2024). Pradinių klasių mokinių fizinis raštingumas žinių ir supratimo srityje fizinio aktyvumo aspektu [Knowledge and understanding domain of physical literacy of primary schoolchildren in relation to physical activity]. Gamtamokslinis ugdymas / Natural Science Education, 21(2), 91–104. https://doi.org/10.48127/gu-nse/24.21.91