This book, now in its second edition, explores how physical education (PE) and learning through movement can be best enacted in schools in order to optimise children's wellbeing and subsequent academic learning. Drawing together extensive data from school communities around the globe, the author examines multiple dimensions of child health in practice. Ultimately, the findings suggest that PE is imperative within the wider landscape of children’s holistic learning, offering a powerful platform for meaningful connections across learning areas. While quantitative research has long evidenced the benefits of physical activity, this book contributes to the complex and global issue of what effective health and wellbeing approaches look like in practice, offering clear strategies for optimising children’s academic learning. It is natural for children to enjoy movement for the purposes of play, exploration, learning and development; this book is essential reading for scholars (professors, researchers and students), school leaders and educators looking to enhance children’s wellbeing, general health and academic learning.
Chapter 1: Introduction.
Chapter 2: Theories, Models and Approaches:
Physical Education and Wellbeing.
Chapter 3: Approaches to Health and
Wellbeing.
Chapter 4: Global Policy: Holistic Health, Wellbeing and Physical
Education.
Chapter 5: The Meaning of Education in Physical Education.-
Chapter 6: Physically Educated for Student Wellbeing.
Chapter 7: History
of the Physical Dimension.
Chapter 8: Contemporary Problems in School
Communities: Exploring the Power of Educational Approaches in Health,
Wellbeing and Physical Education.
Chapter 9: The Power of Lifelong Wellbeing
for Academic Learning: The Singapore Model.
Chapter 10: Wellbeing Enactment
in Schools: Implementing Learning Values.
Chapter 11: The Sociocultural
Approach, Whole School Approach and Implementing in Schools.
Chapter 12:
Methodology: Research Design and Analysis of Data.
Chapter 13: Spiritual
Dimension.
Chapter 14: Mental Health: Social and Emotional Dimensions.-
Chapter 15: Physical Dimension.
Chapter 16: Cognitive Dimension.
Chapter
17: Conclusion and Recommendations.
Timothy Lynch is employed as the Western Co-Head of ECE (Early Childhood Education) and Primary at Yew Chung International School of Chongqing, China.
