Effect of sport education on students’ perceived physical literacy, motivation, and physical activity levels in university required physical education: a cluster-randomized trial
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AbstractOriginating from the field of physical education, physical literacy is an individual disposition that accentuates the importance of lifelong physical activity. Sport education is a sport-based physical education curriculum and instructional model that has been espoused to operationalize physical literacy. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of sport education within a compulsory physical education program on university students’ physical literacy and physical activity levels. A parallel-group single-blind cluster-randomized research design was used to examine the effect of a 10-lesson sport education intervention in physical education on students’ physical activity and physical literacy from baseline through post-intervention and follow-up phases. A total of 372 participants completed all phases of data collection. Results showed increases in the affective and social domains of physical literacy across both groups. Findings also revealed a greater increase in daily self-reported physical activity levels and a reduction in perceived disempowering motivational climate in the sport education group at the follow-up phase. With a limited controlling and ego-evolving climate, sport education was found to be beneficial in developing the behavioral domain of undergraduate student physical literacy.
Acceptance Date31/07/2020
All Author(s) ListSiu Ming Choi, Kim Wai Raymond Sum, Fung Lin Elean Leung, Tristan Wallhead, Kevin Morgan, Daniel Milton, Sau Ching Amy Ha, Hui Ping Cindy Sit
Journal nameHigher Education
Year2021
Month6
Volume Number81
Issue Number6
PublisherSpringer
Pages1137 - 1155
ISSN0018-1560
eISSN1573-174X
LanguagesEnglish-United States
KeywordsSport education, University physical education, Physical literacy, Physical activity
