Physical Education and Wellbeing

Global and Holistic Approaches to Child Health and Academic Learning

Timothy Lynch

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9783031728730
• eBook ISBN: 9783031728747
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Comparative Education

This book, now in its second edition, explores how physical education (PE) and learning through movement can be best enacted in schools in order to optimise children's wellbeing and subsequent academic learning. Drawing together extensive data from school communities around the globe, the author examines multiple dimensions of child health in practice. Ultimately, the findings suggest that PE is imperative within the wider landscape of children's holistic learning, offering a powerful platform for meaningful connections across learning areas. While quantitative research has long evidenced the benefits of physical activity, this book contributes to the complex and global issue of what effective health and wellbeing approaches look like in practice, offering clear strategies for optimising children's academic learning. It is natural for children to enjoy movement for the purposes of play, exploration, learning and development; this book is essential reading for scholars (professors, researchers and students), school leaders and educators looking to enhance children's wellbeing, general health and academic learning.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Theories, Models and Approaches: Physical Education and Wellbeing
• 3. Approaches to Health and Wellbeing
• 4. Global Policy: Holistic Health, Wellbeing and Physical Education Evolution
• 5. The Meaning of ‘Education’ in ‘Physical Education’
• 6. ‘Physically’ Educated for Student Wellbeing
• 7. History of the Physical Dimension
• 8. Contemporary Problems in School Communities: Critically Exploring the Power of Educational Approaches for Health, Wellbeing and Physical Education
• 9. The Power of Life-Long Wellbeing for Academic Learning: The Singapore Model
• 10. Wellbeing Enactment in Schools: Implementing Learning Values
• 11. The Socio-Cultural Approach, Whole School Approach and Implementing in Schools
• 12. Methodology: Research Design and Analysis of Data
• 13. Spiritual Dimension
• 14. Mental Health: Social and Emotional Dimensions
• 15. Physical Dimension
• 16. Cognitive Dimension
• 17. Conclusion and Recommendations
• Back Matter