Fysisk aktivitet i fritidshemmet

: Hur lärare i fritidshem anser att de motiverar eleverna till fysisk aktivitet

Abstract

From a survey by Generation-Pep (2023), the results show that only two out of ten children achieve the recommendations of being physically active for about 60 minutes a day. Teachers in school age educare meet many students who attend after-school programmes. At the same time, they therefore have a responsibility and one of their tasks is to create joy of movement and interest in being physically active among the pupils. According to the curriculum, students should have the opportunity to meet different physical activities and through this be able to gain an interest in being physically active (Skolverket, 2022). The purpose of the study is to investigate how teachers in school age educare describe the work of motivating students to be physically active. In the study, the theoretical perspective has been based on Expectation of reinforcement. As a collection method, two group interviews were conducted with three respondents in each group from different school age educare to obtain qualitative data. Through the abductive analysis, three categories emerged in the form of the role, strategies and challenges of teachers in school age educare to motivate pupils physical activity. A summary of the study's results is that the teachers in school age educare were perceived to agree on the importance of their role in creating interest and motivation for physical activity among the students. The teachers in school age educare also had similar perceptions that the students' own participation was one of the strategies that motivated most to physical activity. Finally, the challenges of the different conditions that school age educare teachers have in order to motivate pupils for physical activity were also highlighted.

Date of Award	2024-Jun
Original language	Swedish
Supervisor	Göran Roos (Supervisor), Mattias Nilsson Sjöberg (Assessor) & Sara Lenninger (Examiner)