Purpose: Children’s physical education (PE) motivation is vital for their development and health and can be fostered by satisfying the needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Yet, not all children have positive need-satisfying and motivational PE experiences. We examined individual differences …

Het Sportpaspoort-project heeft in deze fase bewezen dat een persoonlijk sport- en beweegadvies op basis van bestaande data (VOLG-Mij) én sportmotieven en -voorkeuren realiseerbaar is binnen de praktijk van het basisonderwijs in de provincie Groningen. De werkbelasting voor vakleerkrachten bleef beperkt, …

In child centers, professionals from childcare, education, and occasionally family support services participate in interprofessional collaboration (IPC) to facilitate smooth transitions from childcare to primary education, coordination between school and out-of-school care, provide care for children …

The goal of this study was to expand knowledge on the longitudinal relationships between motor skill competence, physical activity, perceived motor competence, health-related fitness, and weight status and its age dependency in children between 6 and 11 years old. Participants were Dutch primary school …

Poster pesentatie: Well-Being of Children across the Primary-Secondary School Transition: a Scoping Review

Transitions are well-known risk situations. Little is known about how parents experience transitions of their children with SEN. Our research question: How do parents experience transitions of their child(ren) with SEN within regular primary education?

The EPRIME Continuous Professional Development (CPD) course has been developed to equip earlyyears educators—both pre-school teachers and primary school teachers—with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to deliver high-quality physical education to children aged 4 to 7. The course is built around a …

In this thesis, we focus on developing behaviours for socially interactive agents (SIAs). The context in which the agent is used is a self-regulated learning system for children. We focus on personalising learning objectives and interaction content within an intelligent tutoring system (ITS). We envision …

This study aimed to track language development and possible factors of language loss in 50 primary-school-aged bilingual Dutch-English children, and it follows up a study conducted one year prior. Dutch language skills were assessed through the standardized language test CELF4-NL and language background …

The European Primary Physical Education Teacher Program (EPRIME) project sees a need and opportunity to help teachers to reimagine their PE lessons and PA offering at pre-school and primary school levels. With it, we seek to improve the quality of PE and the promotion of an active and healthy lifestyle …