Tag: Andreas Fröberg

EPER is a journal that stimulates and presents scholarly enquiry in the broad field of physical education, including sport and leisure issues and research. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Principals’ attitudes and intentions toward supporting adapted physical education by Scott WT McNamara and Terry L Rizzo.

Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Where does environmental sustainability fit in the changing landscapes of outdoor sports? An analysis of logics of practice in artificial sport landscapes by Erik Backman & Daniel Svensson (open access).

TPE is one of the longest standing journals providing research-based articles relating to physical education, health, recreation, dance, exercise science, sports medicine, and sports management. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Relationship Between Physical Education and Daily Physical Activity Among Children and Youth: A Narrative Overview by Andreas Fröberg.

The purpose of the strategic research and development initiative “Physical educatiOn, health and SuStaInaBILITY” (POSSIBILITY) is to increase our knowledge of and possible contribution to education for sustainable development within the field of physical education and health. In this feature article, the project and the published results so far is presented by Andreas Fröberg, Suzanne Lundvall & Petter Wiklander.

EUJAPA is an international, multidisciplinary and open access journal, introduced to communicate, share and stimulate academic inquiry focusing on physical activity of persons with special needs. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Perspectives on the integration of students with disabilities in physical education: An umbrella review of reviews published between 2010 and 2020 by Andreas Fröberg (open access).

In this feature article, Andreas Fröberg and Suzanne Lundvall summarize their article in Sustainability, in which they performed a review regarding the distinct role of physical education and health in the context of Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals. The overall research question that guided this paper is as follows: what perspectives related to PEH in the context of Agenda 2030 and its SDGs have been discussed in the research literature?

JOPERD is a peer-reviewed, four-color, professional journal. JOPERD serves as an authoritative, professional source for educators in physical education, sport, recreation, and dance in all settings. The Forum Editor’s choice from the current issue: The Home–Base Method of Teaching Tennis by Keven A. Prusak, David Barney & Ron Hager.

In this feature article, Andreas Fröberg summarizes his article in European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity, in which he presents the results of a comprehensive review of reviews of research on the integration of students with disabilities in physical education, including the views of students with and without disabilities as well as physical education teachers. They all have mixed experiences from and ambiguous attitudes towards the integration efforts.

Studies of the effects of COVID-19 on the ability or inclination to exercise are manifold, and to help us all to get an overview of the results and the state of knowledge in the field, Andreas Fröberg has read and summarised four reviews that focus on physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic among children and adolescents, and adults, reviews that in turn comprise 151 published research studies. Fröberg identifies the limitations involved in the various studies as well as the indisputable conclusions that can be drawn from them.

A compelling body of evidence suggests that physical activity, defined as a behavior that involves human movement and increases energy expenditure, is important for health and well-being among people of all age groups. The protective measures because of the spread of the coronavirus has had and will have negative consequences for people’s physical activity and health. In his article, Andreas Fröberg discusses this problem and looks about for solutions.