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Implementing physical activity in secondary school: a case study of school staffs’ networks, knowledge, self-perceived competence and confidence in one's own capability
Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, Department of Movement, Culture and Society. (Fysisk aktivitet och hjärnhälsa)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3676-8612
Karolinska Institute.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0313-3066
Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH, Department of Movement, Culture and Society.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0638-7176
University of Southern California.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2536-7701
2024 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Increased possibilities for physical activity among students during the school day is advocated for by many. Especially secondary schools seem to struggle with this task, with adolescence being a period of declining levels of physical activity and increased demands at school. School-based physical activity policies and programs often relies on school staff and teachers to deliver these innovations/initiatives. Earlier research shows that teachers’ and other staffs’ confidence to deliver physical activities for students are important for the adoption and implementation of physical activity programs outside of ordinary physical education class. However, to our knowledge, there are no earlier attempts to investigate how this relates to intraorganizational networks among school staff. Consequently, this study aims to explore school staff and teachers’ networks, knowledge, self-perceived competence and confidence in one's own capability regarding implementing daily physical activity for students in a Swedish secondary school. This case study applied a convergent mixed method design with an emergent approach, where the qualitative ethnographic data and quantitative survey data were collected around the same time. Data was collected during one full school year from teachers and other school staff at one secondary school (students aged 12-16 years, grades 7-9) in a larger urban area in Sweden. The sample included all staff within the school that interacts with secondary students, which involves school management, teachers and others who are responsible for secondary students at some point during the school day, involved in student health or are engaged in physical activity, as well as physical education and health teachers. Our empirical material consists of field notes (180 hours of fieldwork), transcriptions from interviews (12 staff), as well as survey questions and nomination data (23 participants). Analysis is ongoing; where qualitative data is being analyzed through a reflexive thematic analysis, and survey data through a social network analysis, combined in an integrated analysis. Our study contributes with insights on how school staff and teacher-level knowledge and capabilities may contribute to implementation success within school-based physical activity initiatives and policies. Given the unique mixed-method network design of our study, the study also provides important knowledge on how network characteristics and relations contribute further as facilitating or hindering factors for implementation of physical activities in school contexts. Considering the long-term sustainability and quality of school-based physical activity initiatives; teachers and staff networks and their capabilities are important aspects to contemplate.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 2024.
Keywords [en]
social networks, school organisation, physical activity, youth, implementation, capabilities
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Educational Sciences Sociology Health Sciences Sport and Fitness Sciences
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Social Sciences/Humanities
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URN: urn:nbn:se:gih:diva-8299OAI: oai:DiVA.org:gih-8299DiVA, id: diva2:1887024
Conference
SUNBELT Conference, International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
Part of project
Physical Activity for Healthy Brain Functions in School Youth, Knowledge Foundation, Skandias Stiftelse Idéer för livetE-PABS - a centre of Excellence in Physical Activity, healthy Brain functions and Sustainability, Knowledge Foundation
Funder
Knowledge FoundationAvailable from: 2024-08-06 Created: 2024-08-06 Last updated: 2025-09-16Bibliographically approved

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