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Olga Kouli; Nerantzoula Koufou; Nikolaos Vernadakis; Elissavet Papanikolaou; Antonios Dalakis – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2025
This study examined the effect of a 10-week structured physical education programme on fundamental motor skills enhancement in a preschool setting. Forty-four children, 27 boys and 17 girls, 3 to 5 years of age, were randomly assigned to the control group and the experimental group. Locomotor and object control skills were measured before and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Preschool Education
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Kapodistria, Loukia; Chatzopoulos, Dimitris – Research in Dance Education, 2022
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a dance program on static and dynamic balance in young children (6.62 ± .65 years old). Forty-six children were randomly assigned to either an intervention group (24 children) who took part in a four-week dance program (three times a week, total 12 sessions, 45 min/session), or a control group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development
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Adamakis, Manolis; Zounhia, Katerina – European Physical Education Review, 2016
Most national Physical Education (PE) curriculums worldwide are based on a variety of outcome goals. The most important are physical activity and fitness, self-actualization, motor skill development and social development. Capturing PE Teacher Education pre-service teachers' beliefs toward these outcomes may offer a useful insight into the process…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies