Making Tracks 1.0: Action Researching an Active Transportation Education Program

Autor/inn/en	Robinson, Daniel; Foran, Andrew; Robinson, Ingrid
Titel	Making Tracks 1.0: Action Researching an Active Transportation Education Program
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Action Research, 15 (2014) 2, S.21-40 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1925-7147
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Action Research; Air Transportation; Physical Activities; Physical Activity Level; Physical Education; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; High School Students; Qualitative Research; Observation; Questionnaires; Focus Groups; Interviews; Barriers; Student Leadership; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Projektforschung; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Qualitative Forschung; Beobachtung; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Studentenwerk; Kanada
Abstract	This paper reports on the results of the first cycle of an action research project. The objective of this action research was to examine the implementation of a school-based active transportation education program (Making Tracks). A two-cycle action research design was employed in which elementary school students' (ages 7-9), middle school students' (ages 10-12), and high school students' (ages 15-17) experiences with Making Tracks were investigated. Qualitative data were collected through field observations, student questionnaires, and follow-up focus group interviews with elementary school "walkers," middle school "cyclists," and high school leaders. Results suggest Making Tracks ought to be recognized as a program that has great potential in school and after-school community contexts. Notwithstanding these positive results, additional changes to the program might be considered so as to enable additional positive results in the future. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10