The Future of Health, Wellbeing and Physical Education: Optimising Children's Health through Local and Global Community Partnerships

182 Pages·2016·3.581 MB·English

by  Timothy Lynch (auth.)

THE FUTURE OF
HEALTH, WELLBEING
AND PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
Optimising Children’s
Health through Local and
Global Community
Partnerships
Timothy Lynch
The Future of Health,
Wellbeing and Physical Education

Timothy   L ynch
The Future of Health,
Wellbeing and
Physical Education
Optimising Children’s Health through Local and
Global Community Partnerships
Timothy   Lynch
Plymouth University, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-31666-6 ISBN 978-3-319-31667-3 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31667-3
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C
ONTENTS
1 Introduction 1
2 Context of Partnerships 2 5
3 Creating Local Pathways in University Teacher Education:
Planting the Seed 3 7
4 M aking Sense of the Big Picture: What the Literature Says 53
5 Global Community Partnership Research 67
6 Global Insights and Support 8 7
7 Developing Local Partnerships in HPE (Win, Win, Win) 9 9
8 Partnerships Work: Continuing the Success in Swimming
and Water Safety 1 11
9 Benefi tting from National Initiatives: Tennis
Australia ‘Hot Shots’ 125
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10 Overcoming Barriers and Problem Solving 135
11 Conclusion and Recommendations 149
Appendix A 1 61
Appendix B 165
Index 1 67
L F
IST OF IGURES
Fig. 1.1 C onceptual Framework for health, wellbeing, and
physical education, ‘Best Start: A community collaborative
approach to lifelong health and wellness’ 11
Fig. 2.1 K ey message Jim Sallis proposed at the 130th Society of
Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America National
Convention and Expo, 21 March 2015 26
Fig. 4.1 C onceptual framework for understanding higher education
and school partnerships 62
Fig. 5.1 Description of data analysis for evidencing course success 74
Fig. 7.1 Programme details for Schools and University students 104
Fig. 9.1 A letter of thanks from a child 132
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