The 18 th Annual Irish Primary Physical Education Association Conference will take place as a live virtual conference on Saturday 6 th March 202110-13:00h (GMT). The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Navigating New Terrain in Physical Education’ . The conference will have a strong emphasis on learning in outdoor and home contexts. There are three great...Read More
COVID-19 has spotlighted the value of good health and resilience (physical, mental, social and economic). Almost a quarter of the world’s population have an underlying health condition which increases their vulnerability to the virus. Mental health issues have increased exponentially during the pandemic, particularly amongst youth. Physical inactivity can now be considered as a parallel...Read More
New European study strengthens argumentsthat inactivity is burdening Europe’s societies This document aims to provide an accessible summary of the relevant evidence related to the state and status of physical activity in Europe. It is presented as a ‘narrative review’, which means that it summarises different studies, and the findings and conclusions from these studies...Read More
As reports come in from the second edition of the European Week of Sport, early results point to the European School Sport Day 2016 as the EU initiative’s biggest event, moving approximately 1.5 million school children in 20 countries across Europe on 30th 2016. In 2015, the event was organised in three countries (Hungary, Bulgaria...Read More
Over the past decade several international organizations have formulated a professional stand regarding teaching Quality Physical Education (QPE). The role of HCFOLM is to provide a possible route for implementation a new key-competence and its assessment methods and tools in the framework of European educational systems.Read More
The new Charter has its origin in a previous version which was adopted in 1978. The revision process goes back to recommendations from the last World Conference of Ministers of Sport in 2013 (MINEPS V) followed by decisions of the UNESCO Executive Board and the Director General. Co-moderated by UNESCO and ICSSPE, the new version...Read More
Mary O'Sullivan from the University of Limerick, presented information on The Athletic Skills Track: an overview of research by Joris Hoeboer1, Sanne de Vries1 and Geert Savelsbergh was presented in the Netherlands.Read More
