Contribution of Primary School Physical Education to health enhancing Physical Activity

This Research Project will focus on:

  • Establishing cross border research links and building research capacity in the field of paediatric physical activity (PA).
  • Comparing PA levels of primary school children on school days with Physical Education (PE) and non PE school days.
  • Identifying factors within PE lessons which are related to variance in observed PA levels.
  • Exploring the temporal distribution of children’s PA.