Looking Inside and Out: Perceptions of Physical Activity in Childcare Spaces

Autor/inn/en	Weinberger, Nanci; Butler, Allison G.; Schumacher, Phyllis
Titel	Looking Inside and Out: Perceptions of Physical Activity in Childcare Spaces
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 184 (2014) 2, S.194-210 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2013.779579
Schlagwörter	Child Care; Child Caregivers; Caregiver Attitudes; Play; Physical Activity Level; Safety; Child Care Centers; Physical Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Spiel; Sicherheit; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Natürliche Umwelt
Abstract	This study addresses the need to better understand how providers' perceptions of indoor and outdoor childcare settings can set the stage for arranging play spaces to optimise children's moderate-to-vigorous physical play. Childcare providers' perceptions of the level of physical activity, safety, and quality that children experience in childcare settings were examined. Childcare providers rated coloured photographs of indoor and outdoor childcare centres and family childcare homes. The providers rated higher levels of physical activity outdoors as compared with indoors and in childcare centres as compared with family childcare homes. When asked to select specific features of the childcare settings that contributed to their physical activity, safety, and quality ratings, open space was frequently selected, among other features. The findings also suggest that prior provider training on physical activity promotion results in providers' greater sensitivity when critiquing the physical environment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10