Dr. Stuart Fairclough is primarily interested in children’s physical activity, sedentary behavior, and health, and in particular interventions to modify behaviors. Within this area his work focuses on physical activity measurement and the role of multidimensional correlates in the promotion of physically active lifestyles among young people. A core setting to this work is the school environment. He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers and supervised 17 PhD candidates on these research topics. He is also Associate Editor for the Journal of Sports Sciences Physical Activity, Exercise, and Health Section, and is part of the Expert Working Group that is currently reviewing the UK Chief Medical Officers physical activity guidelines for children and young people.
Questions & Answers
The content and level of the lesson plans could be adapted to suit the abilities and learning needs of children younger and older than those that took part in the study. Moreover, this adaptation could take the form of truncating some lesson plans over more than one lesson, with the aim of improving student understanding through a shorter learning episode.
The teaches are the key facilitators for implementation. Challenges relate to teacher confidence and expertise to deliver the concepts described in the lessons.
Ensure that you are happy about the levelness of the lessons relative to the students’ abilities (see question 1 above which refers to adaptation).
Movement behaviors to improve health and wellbeing in children and young people through school-based interventions.