Future Development of School Sport - Education Queensland ...
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Review Report <strong>Future</strong> <strong>Development</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> and Phys cal Act v ty<br />
Table 1: Survey Participants<br />
12<br />
Stakeholder group<br />
Number selected to<br />
participate in the survey Number who responded<br />
State schools 73 71<br />
State schools n Ind genous commun t es 29 25<br />
Spec al schools 17 14<br />
Reg onal <strong>School</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> Officers 12 11<br />
State <strong>Sport</strong> ng Organ sat ons 106 18<br />
<strong>School</strong> <strong>Sport</strong> Comm ttees 36 14<br />
The survey quest oned stakeholders about var ous aspects <strong>of</strong> sport and phys cal<br />
act v ty n schools, nclud ng levels <strong>of</strong> act v ty (school survey only), perce ved barr ers to<br />
part c pat on, examples <strong>of</strong> good pract ce and school – commun ty cooperat on.<br />
<strong>School</strong>s were asked to nom nate a su table representat ve to answer survey quest ons<br />
about sport and phys cal act v ty for the school as a whole. Survey respondents ncluded<br />
health and/or phys cal educat on teachers, heads <strong>of</strong> department and pr nc pals.<br />
Defin t ons used n the survey were:<br />
Intra-school and<br />
phys cal act v ty<br />
Intra-school sport and phys cal act v ty relates to the sports<br />
played w th n the school between nd v dual students or teams <strong>of</strong><br />
students, and the phys cal act v ty programs that may be n place<br />
for those students not part c pat ng n a recogn sed sport. Phys cal<br />
act v ty may nclude act v t es that develop gross motor sk lls, and<br />
var ous games played as part <strong>of</strong> an organ sed phys cal act v ty or<br />
phys cal educat on program.<br />
Inter-school sport Inter-school sport relates to spec fic sports played by nd v dual<br />
students or teams <strong>of</strong> students aga nst other schools.<br />
<strong>School</strong> surveys<br />
Randomly selected state pr mary, state secondary and spec al schools n metropol tan,<br />
prov nc al and rural sports reg ons were asked to part c pate n the rev ew and complete<br />
the sport and phys cal act v ty surveys over a two-week per od.<br />
Findings<br />
Surveys were completed for three d st nct school types: state schools (pr mary and<br />
secondary), spec al schools, and state schools located n Ind genous commun t es.<br />
<strong>School</strong>s were asked to prov de data on the part c pat on rate <strong>of</strong> students by year level. The<br />
year level structure d d not apply for spec al schools as the r classroom structure s more<br />
al gned to the three levels <strong>of</strong> jun or school, m ddle school, and sen or school. Results from<br />
spec al schools are reported separately.<br />
<strong>School</strong>s were asked about the r students’ nvolvement n sport and phys cal act v ty for a<br />
two-week collect on per od <strong>of</strong> Monday 8 May to Fr day 16 May 2006. <strong>Sport</strong>s and phys cal<br />
act v ty ncluded the Health and Phys cal Educat on program, nter-school sport, ntraschool<br />
sports and planned phys cal act v ty programs. <strong>School</strong>s were asked for the number<br />
<strong>of</strong> students who had part c pated n these act v t es for two hours or more per week, one to<br />
two hours per week and less than one hour per week, for the nom nated two week per od.<br />
A nom nated survey respondent prov ded data about the phys cal act v t es <strong>of</strong> all students<br />
n the r school. Th s method was chosen to reduce the t me requ red for school staff to<br />
complete the survey, but t s poss ble that these results may have been d fferent f every<br />
teacher or student had been surveyed nd v dually.