Qualitative evaluation of a school intervention for the promotion of physical activitylearning from the perspective of the target population

  1. Beltrán-Carrillo, Vicente Javier 1
  2. Ferriz, Roberto 2
  3. Brown, David H. K. 3
  4. González-Cutre Coll, David 1
  1. 1 Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
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    Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

    Elche, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01azzms13

  2. 2 Universidad de Almería
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    Universidad de Almería

    Almería, España

    ROR https://ror.org/003d3xx08

  3. 3 Cardiff Metropolitan University
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    Cardiff Metropolitan University

    Cardiff, Reino Unido

    ROR https://ror.org/00bqvf857

Revista:
European Journal of Human Movement

ISSN: 0214-0071 2386-4095

Año de publicación: 2017

Número: 38

Páginas: 68-92

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: European Journal of Human Movement

Resumen

La evaluación cualitativa de intervenciones escolares para la promoción de la actividad física es poco común, pero puede ser muy útil para detectar las limitaciones y consecuencias imprevistas de estas intervenciones. Este conocimiento puede servir para mejorar aquellos aspectos problemáticos de las intervenciones escolares que difícilmente pueden ser identificados a priori a través de evaluaciones cuantitativas. En este artículo defendemos estos argumentos con datos cualitativos recopilados durante una intervención para la promoción de la actividad física que llevamos a cabo en dos centros españoles de educación primaria. Los resultados de este estudio sacan a la luz una serie de problemáticas inesperadas y difíciles de cuantificar como son; los problemas de comunicación con los padres, el rechazo que generaron las intervenciones en aula, la legitimación de asociaciones estereotipadas entre salud y forma corporal, e incluso la marginación de algunos niños que representaban la población diana de la intervención. Como conclusión, sugerimos a los investigadores el desarrollo de evaluaciones cualitativas como recurso complementario para la mejora de futuras intervenciones escolares.

Información de financiación

This work was supported by the Spanish Sport Council under Grant CSD\026/UPB10/11.

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