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Active School

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Summary

Our objectives

Health is a factor in educational success and well-being. The school is constantly seeking to create an environment that is favourable to them. PLAY International and the University of Paris Descartes, Department of "Body Challenges and Techniques", have joined forces and shared their tools to build the "Active School" Playdagogy program.

 

This educational path is intended for teachers to offer them educational sessions and contribute to a positive culture of physical activities for the health of their students from 8 to 12 years old. The "Active School" Playdogy Kit consists of 6 sessions and a pedagogical guide dedicated to the benefits of an active lifestyle on physical (effort, hydration, sleep), psychological (well-being) and social (peer influence, collaboration) health, which fits perfectly into the educational health path. PLAY International supports teachers in training the tool, setting up a session and monitoring the impact on students. The training and support activities offered by PLAY International are currently being deployed in the Île-de-France region and the content is accessible at the national level.

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Impact

Key figures

3 432

children aware of the risks of physical inactivity and the health benefits of physical activity

143

school teachers using the Active School Playdagogy kit

21

schools participating in the Active School program

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pedagogical library

Find all the educational resources developed with and for education professionals to enable you to carry out awareness-raising activities on issues of good motion.

 

This sequence allows Cycle 3 students to question their representations and knowledge about physical, mental and social health, as well as to build habits to maintain their health capital for life.

 

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exemple de fiche de jeu Playdagogie pour sensibiliser les élèves de cycle 3 aux bienfaits du sport sur la santé

TO DEVELOP THE KNOWLEDGE OF LINKED CHILDREN

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

According to the quantitative analysis conducted in 2018 by Haifa Tlili, a sociologist and specialist in body issues, the kit had a positive impact on students in the experimental groups (a group outside the REP and a group in REP+). Between the pre-test and post-test, the scientific references explaining how regular physical activity improves health have been multiplied by 4.25 for children in school outside the REP and by 15 for children in the REP+, while in the control groups, the data are decreasing. Thanks to the Active School kit, the students in the REP+ experimental group have caught up and developed the same types of health knowledge about physical activity as students not enrolled in REP.

 

Children's representations of health, allowing them to give a more positive definition of health, less based on injunctions (it is necessary, it is not necessary,...) and to give a place to physical activity in this definition. On the contrary, in the control group that did not undergo Playdagogy sessions, physical activity is not very health-related and is perceived as a risky activity. The experiment showed that the students who experienced the Playdagogy sessions were able to complete their knowledge and develop their definition of health, often incomplete and based on negative references, towards a more positive definition, illustrated by scientific explanations on the functioning of the body and the beneficial effects of physical activity.

THE RESULTS OF THE IMAGE EVALUATION

 

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CONSTRUCTION OF THE KIT IN A PROCESS OF

ACTION RESEARCH

The Active School Advocacy Kit was developed in a research-action approach with the "Techniques et Enjeux du Corps" Laboratory of the University of Paris Descartes

 

1. Study on "Physical activity, physical inactivity and the impact on the health of young people" conducted by Haifa Tlili and Hélène Joncheray, members of the "Techniques et Enjeux du Corps" laboratory at Paris Descartes University.

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2. Co-creation and dissemination of an Active School Advocacy Kit to provide a concrete response to the risks associated with lack of physical activity and enable educators and teachers to promote an active life.

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3. A scientific evaluation of the Active School Playdogy kit to measure the impact of this program on students' representations and knowledge, conducted by Haifa Tlili. 

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They talk about it

Testimonies

The Active School Pedagogy program offers relevant tools to mobilize students in their learning. The aim is to make them aware of their body, their physical and psychic skills and also their social well-being.

Aurore Millot
Cool teacher in Paris

The value-added of the program is an active pedagogy that involves children physically on science topics.

 Elodie Leclerc
Director of the Henri Wallon School, Valenton (Paris Region)

Teachers, who are now used to practicing these Playdagogy sessions, find a lot of interest because we manage to anchor knowledge and ensure that the young person appropriates to the maximum knowledge

Haifa Tlili
Engineer of studies, University Paris Descartes and evaluator of the program Active school

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