Overview of the Hungarian National Youth Fitness Study

Autor/inn/en	Csányi, Tamás; Finn, Kevin J.; Welk, Gregory J.; Zhu, Weimo; Karsai, István; Ihász, Ferenc; Vass, Zoltán; Molnár, László
Titel	Overview of the Hungarian National Youth Fitness Study
Quelle	In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 86 (2015), (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-1367
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Youth Opportunities; Youth Programs; Health Related Fitness; Criterion Referenced Tests; Test Construction; Physical Activity Level; National Standards; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Program Development; Program Descriptions; Program Implementation; Educational History; Needs Assessment; Field Tests; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Physical Education; Hungary + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Jugendsofortprogramm; Gesundheitssport; Gesundheitstraining; Testaufbau; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Programmplanung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bedarfsermittlung; Praxisübung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Ungarn
Abstract	The 2012 Public Act on Education in Hungary made daily physical education (PE) a mandatory part of the school day starting in the 2012-2013 school year. This directive was linked to a significant reorganization of the Hungarian education system including a new National Core Curriculum that regulates the objectives and contents of PE. The Hungarian School Sport Federation (HSSF) recognized the opportunity and created the Strategic Actions for Health-Enhancing Physical Education or Testnevelés az Egészségfejlesztésben Stratégiai Intézkedések (TESI) project. Physical fitness assessments have been a traditional part of the Hungarian PE program; however, the TESI plan called for the use of a new health-related battery and assessment system to usher in a new era of fitness education in the country. The HSSF enlisted the Cooper Institute to assist in building an infrastructure for full deployment of a national student fitness assessment program based on the FITNESSGRAM® in Hungarian schools. The result is a new software-supported test battery, namely the Hungarian National Student Fitness Test (NETFIT), which uses health-related, criterion-referenced youth fitness standards. The NETFIT system now serves as a compulsory fitness assessment for all Hungarian schools. This article details the development process for the test battery and summarizes the aims and methods of the Hungarian National Youth Fitness Study. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01