Development and dissemination of generic activities to improve children's running and throwing abilities

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K04769
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Aichi University of Education
• Principal Investigator: MORI Yuji 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90345942)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 体力向上プログラム / 走力 / 投力 / アクティビティ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The project was tested in 19 elementary schools (23 classes) to develop general-purpose programs to improve children's "running ability" and "throwing ability," and six types of programs were developed: the "running ability" programs "Transformation Dash," "Fun Race," and "Fun Relay," and the "throwing ability" programs "Paper Gun Challenge," "Shuttle Throw Challenge," and "Box Push Game". The children who participated in these programs were asked to participate in a running exercise program.
Favorable attitudes toward running and throwing exercises were formed in the children after the implementation of these programs, and 96% of the teachers responded positively "about the acceptance of the programs". Therefore, the activities developed in this study functioned as versatile programs in school physical education.

Free Research Field

体育科教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学術的意義は次の２点があげられる。①体育科教育学への寄与：アクティビティ（本研究で創案された運動プログラム）の実践が「できる喜び」に至り、体育の目標「運動への好意的態度形成」に資する②運動学への寄与：アクティビティの遂行が「走運動」「投運動」の動感形成に至り、動きの習熟に資する。
社会的意義は本研究で開発されたプログラムが容易に実施できる体育教材にもなり、広く学校で行われること、またその結果、「子どもの体力低下」を改善する役割を担うことである。