Developmentally Appropriate Physical Activities in the Classroom to Support Student Well-Being and Learning

Abstract

Physical activity programs during the school day prevent students from being sedentary. One of the environments where students spend the most time during the school day is the classroom. The purpose of this article is to provide suggestions for how students can participate in physical activity during the school day in the classroom environment.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Funding

Authors would like to thank Qatar National Library (QNL) for open access funding of this article.

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Notes on contributors

Hüseyin Ünlü

Hüseyin Ünlü is a professor and Selin Şimşek is a PhD student in the Faculty of Sport Sciences at Aksaray University in Aksaray, Türkiye.

Selin Şimşek

Hüseyin Ünlü is a professor and Selin Şimşek is a PhD student in the Faculty of Sport Sciences at Aksaray University in Aksaray, Türkiye.

Bijen Filiz

Bijen Filiz is an associate professor in the Faculty of Sport Sciences at Afyon Kocatepe University in Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye.

Ferman Konukman

Ferman Konukman ([email protected]) is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar.

Andrew Sortwell

Andrew Sortwell is an adjunct lecturer in the School of Health Sciences and Physiotherapy at the University of Notre Dame Australia in Sydney, Australia.