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QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION POLICY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BEGINS WITH SAFE, HEALTHY, WELL-EDUCATED CHILDREN

QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION CONTRIBUTES TO 21ST CENTURY EDUCATION

LIFESKILLS EDUCATION AND LIFELONG PARTICIPATION IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME RESPONSIBLE, ACTIVE CITIZENS

PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROVIDES A LEARNING GATEWAY TO… LITERACY & COMMUNICATION

1.

2.

LEARNING APPROACHES & COGNITION

CULTURE & THE ARTS POSTPRIMARY

SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL

NUMERACY & MATHEMATICS

PRIMARY

EARLY CHILDHOOD

PHYSICAL WELL-BEING

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

VALUES AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE A CRITICAL COMPLEMENT TO COGNITIVE KNOWLEDGE FINANCIAL CAPITAL

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PHYSICAL CAPITAL

ONMENT AN R I V D EN

INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL

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SOCIAL CAPITAL

3.

EMOTIONAL CAPITAL

SUPPO R T IN G INDIVIDUAL CAPITAL

GROW SKILLS AND VALUES TO SOLVE 21st CENTURY CHALLENGES

DEVELOP PHYSICALLY LITERATE PUPILS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE REQUIRED FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION DRIVES INCLUSION

ENCOURAGES INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AND  UNDERSTANDING

SUPPORTS  EMPOWERMENT  OF PERSONS WITH  DISABILITIES

EMPOWERS  GIRLS

AN INCLUSIVE QPE CLASS

BREAKS DOWN BARRIERS AND CHALLENGE STIGMA

INCREASES LIFE CHANCES

THE BENEFITS OF INVESTING SOCIO-ECONOMIC RETURNS CHILDREN OF ACTIVE PARENTS ARE 2X AS LIKELY TO BE ACTIVE MAY LIVE 5 YEARS LONGER

REDUCED RISK OF HEART DISEASE, STROKE, CANCER, DIABETES

FULL WEEK OF WAGES GAINED DUE TO LESS ABSENTEISM

ACTIVE PARENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE KIDS

SAVES UP TO $2,741/YR IN HEALTH COSTS

LIFELONG PARTICIPATION

EARNS 7-8% MORE THROUGHOUT LIFE

15% MORE LIKELY TO GO TO COLLEGE

PHYSICALLY ACTIVE CHILDREN

COMPRESSION OF MORBIDITY 1/3 THE RATE OF DISABILITY

UP TO 1/10TH AS LIKELY TO BE OBESE CONSISTENTLY SMALLER GAINS IN BMI

FITNESS ASSOCIATED WITH 40% HIGHER TEST SCORES

LESS LIKELY TO SMOKE, BECOME PREGNANT, ENGAGE IN RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR OR USE DRUGS

STRONGER ECONOMIES

THE COST OF NOT INVESTING

PHYSICAL INACTIVITY...

CONTRIBUTES TO

ACCOUNTS FOR

3.2 MIL

80.3%

6%

PREMATURE DEATHS ANNUALLY

OF 13-15 YEAR OLDS WORLDWIDE DO FEWER THAN 60 MINUTES EXERCISE PER DAY

OF GLOBAL MORTALITY

CHILDREN IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SPEND ONLY 2-3% OF TIME BEING ACTIVE

CAUSES MORE DEATHS THAN SMOKING

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT NCDS WILL BECOME THE MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IN AFRICA BY 2030

CLOSING THE POLICY-PRACTICE GAP DESPITE THE BENEFITS, POLICY IS NOT BEING TRANSLATED INTO PRACTICE…

97%

OF COUNTRIES GLOBALLY DECLARED PHYSICAL EDUCATION COMPULSORY

BUT..

ONLY

ONLY

IN

79%

54%

OF COUNTRIES HAVE PRESCRIBED CURRICULA

OF COUNTRIES PHYSICAL EDUCATION HAS A PERCEIVED LOWER STATUS THAN OTHER SUBJECTS

71% OF COUNTRIES ADHERE TO IMPLEMENTATION REGULATIONS AND DELIVERY

ONLY

53% OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAVE SUITABLY TRAINED PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS

TAKE POLICY ACTION

HOW?

SUPPORT QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN YOUR COUNTRY

SOURCES UNICEF (2013). Sustainable Development Starts and Ends With Safe, Healthy and Well-educated Children. Online document at: http://www.unicef.org/socialpolicy/files/Sustainable_Development_post_2015.pdf [Date accessed 24 July 2013]. Learning Metrics Task Force (LMTF) (2013). Toward Universal Learning: A Global Framework for Measuring Learning. Report No. 2 of the Learning Metrics Task Force. Montreal and Washington: UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) and Nike, Inc, (2012). Designed to Move: a physical activity action agenda. Beaverton, OR: Nike, Inc.

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