DPA or DPE for a Health Promoting School Model?

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DPA or DPE for a Health Promoting School Model?
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What is the difference between DPE and DPA?

• CAHPERD says
• Physical Education is a school subject designed
  to help children and youth develop the skills,
  knowledge, and attitudes necessary for
  participating in active, healthy living.
• Physical activity is a movement of the body that
  expends energy such as participation in sports,
  dance and exercise.

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Alberta Program of Studies says

• The aim is to enable individuals to develop the
  knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to lead
  an active, healthy lifestyle.
• Planning is NB to increase opportunities for
  learning and cannot be substituted with
  unstructured physical activity time, such as
  recess or free play.

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Achieving PE outcomes

• The outcomes of the PE program are achieved
  through involvement in a variety of physical
  activities.

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More approved words

• Physical education places physical activity
  within a broader perspective of total fitness and
  well-being that encompasses the entire experience
  of movement physical, mental, emotional and
  social dimensions.
• Students do not develop automatically the
  requisite KSAs that lead to an active lifestyle.

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What is Daily Physical Activity?

• In Alberta all students in grades 1 9 will
  receive 30 minutes of physical activity through
  activities organized by the school.
• In Ontario vigorous is added.
• In BC includes non-school organized events such
  as dance class, etc.

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Issues - official

• Time/scheduling
• Facilities
• Lack of expertise
• High school implementation

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Issues - unofficial

• PE profession weighs in
• Health profession weighs in
• Minister weighs in

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DPA survey results

• Most schools are scheduling daily physical
  education classes to monitor the DPA
  requirements.
• The majority of respondents agreed that students
  are satisfied with the DPA opportunities provided
  to them.
• DPA has had a positive impact on student learning
  and the school environment, has increased student
  wellness, and is considered a positive initiative
  and a priority in their school.
• Principals and teachers indicated the biggest
  challenges to DPA implementation are scheduling
  and a lack of facilities and/or space.

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What to do

• Make it fun/enjoyable
• Have people who value PA and have KSAs doing the
  delivery
• Schedule it
• Inservice it
• Resource it
• Link it to lifestyle messages

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Health Promoting schools physical activity

• Education - students, parents, teachers
• Everyone partnerships,services,before and after
  school events, student led
• Environment daily, playgrounds, bulletin
  boards
• Evaluation assess, plan, implement, reassess.

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Contact Information

• Marg Schwartz
• Email Marg.Schwartz_at_ualberta.ca
• Phone [phone]