Jurij PlaninšecUniversity of Maribor | UM · Faculty of Education
Jurij Planinšec
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January 1991 - present
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The aim of the study was to investigate how physical education classes were conducted during remote schooling. The results confirm the poorer quality and duration of physical education classes during remote schooling. Our findings also coincide with the findings of other studies, which show that during the COVID-19 pandemic, children’s physical/spo...
The purpose of the study was to determine whether students differ in terms of their physical fitness according to their academic achievements in mathematics, language (Slovene) and PE. The sample comprised 467 participants: 250 males and 217 females. In order to assess physical fitness levels, eight different tests from the Eurofit test battery wer...
The main purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of morphological characteristics and body composition on the physical fitness of children aged between nine and twelve years. The study involved 926 schoolchildren: 495 males (M age = 10.25, SD =.916) and 431 females (M age = 10.15, SD =.961). The morphological variables of the children...
The main aim of the study was to determine the impact of morphological characteristics on physical self-concept in girls in late childhood. In addition, the purpose of the study was to compare the obtained results for the 2009 and 2017 generations of girls and to determine whether any changes occurred during this period. The research sample of the...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries took several restrictions to contain the spread of coronavirus. In the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, primary schools in Slovenia were closed for a period long time (from October 19th 2020 until January 18th 2021 when they were partially reopened for 6-9 year olds until February 15th 2021 when they wer...
Physical activity has beneficial effects on overall academic performance in children. However, there is a lack of evidence regarding how the individual characteristics of physical activity interact with other confounding variables of academic competence. Leisure-time physical activity with potential confounders—such as developmental, behavioral, fa...
IZHODIŠČA: V drugem valu epidemije COVID-19 so bile v Sloveniji osnovne šole zaprte od 9. novembra 2020 pa vse do 25. januarja 2021 za nekatere regije oz. do 8. februarja 2021 za vse regije za učence prvega triletja, oz. do 15. februarja za ostale osnovnošolce, kar je verjetno najdlje v Evropski uniji. Za krajši čas so bile šole zaprte že konec okt...
The purpose of the study was to determine the proportion of physically talented children in northeastern Slovenia in 2009 and 2017. In 2009, the sample consisted of 618 children aged 9 to 11 years, of which 318 were girls and 308 were boys. In 2017, the sample consisted of 575 children aged 9 to 11 years, of which 266 were girls and 309 were boys....
Regular physical activity (PA) reduces the health risk of childhood obesity and associated chronic diseases as well as mental health problems. Since PA declines as children age as well with future generations it is of highest importance to intervene in school and out-of-school settings. Out-of-school periods affect children's PA as it is mainly lef...
The Physical Education Teaching in Terms of the Elementary Teachers' Competencies
The main aim of this study was to find out how elementary teachers evaluate their competence for teaching Physical Education (PE) regarding seniority and physical activity involvement. The study was conducted on a non-randomized sample of 220 elementary teachers teac...
The main aim of the research was to compare the morphological characteristics of two generations of male and female competitors in alpine skiing. The sample included 71 U16 alpine skiers aged 14 and 15 years. From the existing model of potential competitive performance, we selected two morphological variables (body height, body mass). The measureme...
IZHODIŠČA: Znano je, da je gibalna dejavnost koristna za človekovo zdravje. Poleg koristi za telesno zdravje novejše raziskave vse bolj dokazujejo, da je gibalna dejavnost povezana tudi z boljšim duševnim zdravjem. PROBLEM: Dusěvno zdravje je osnova zdravja in pomembno vpliva na kakovost življenja, socialno in družinsko blaginjo, po drugi strani pa...
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the physical activity performed by students, its frequency and intensity and how this physical activity may relate to their physical fitness and academic success.
Methods: The sample consisted of 297 undergraduate students from 20 to 22 years of age (mean 20.5 ± 0.7) from the University of Ma...
Povzetek/Abstract Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti, koliko in na kakšen način so športno dejavni učenci iz Maribora in Novega Sada ter ali obstaja razlika v športni dejavnosti učencev iz omenjenih mest. V raziskavo sta bila vključena 202 učenca 4., 5., 6. in 7. razredov osnovnih šol, in sicer 100 učencev iz Novega Sada ter 102 učenca iz Maribora; o...
The main aim of the research was to determine whether children, whose fathers are more educated, statistically significant differ in daily sporting activity from their peers, whose fathers are less educated. The research was conducted on a sample of 409 students, aged between 9 and 11, from which there were 209 female and 200 male pupils. Data on c...
Basic premise. The main aim of our research was to determine whether
there is an interaction between physical fitness, academic achievements and
living environment of primary school students. The findings of previous researches
are contradictory in this regard, so we decided to do research in our
environment. We assume that better physically fit st...
The main aim of the research was to establish the relationship of physical competences and anthropometric dimensions with some aspects of youth lifestyle. The research was carried out on a sample of 209 female participants, averagely aged 19,48 (SD=0,221). To assess physical competences nine tests from Euro-fit test battery were used. To assess lif...
The aim of our study was to examine the effect of swimming activities on the
development of swimming skills in student with physical disability and to determine
whether these activities also affect the student’s general motor development.
The sample consisted of one student with physical disability in the third grade
of primary school. The student...
Main aim of the research was to find out whether there are any differences in physical self-concept between non-overweight, overweight and obese young female adults. Research has been carried out on 178 females, aged 20,3 years (SD=1,09). Participants were classified as non-overweight, overweight and obese according to age and sex specific body mas...
The main aim of this study was to determine the relationship of living environment, academic achievement and average daily physical activity of children. The study included 509 children from second cycle, from urban and rural schools, average age of 11,27 years (SO=0,80), from the north-eastern part of Slovenia. A self-reported questionnaire for th...
The main aim of this research was to find out whether there are differences in motor competences between children involved in judo training and their peers that are not involved in any sport. The aim of this research was also to determine whether there are differences in anthropometric measurements. For this purpose, we conducted an educational exp...
The main aim of the research was to find out whether there are any differences in physical fitness between non-overweight, overweight and obese female students. Research was carried out on 178 female students (aged 20.3 years, SD = 1.09). The students were classified as non-overweight, overweight, and obese according to age and sex specific body ma...
The main aim of the research was to determine the lifestyle characteristics of primary education students. The research was carried out on a sample of 161 female students, aged nineteen and twenty. To assess the lifestyle of adolescents, the Slovene version of “Lifestyle Evaluation questionnaire” was used, which includes smoking habits, drinking ha...
The main aim of the research was to determine how the physical fitness of female pupils is
related to physical activity. The research was carried out on a sample of 233 female pupils,
aged nine and eleven. To assess physical activity “Youth Physical activity questionnaire” was used. Based on the duration of physical activities, girls were divided i...
The main aim of the research was to determine how the physical self-concept of female
students is related to physical activity. The research was carried out on a sample of 213
female students, aged nineteen and twenty. To assess physical activity “Youth Physical
activity questionnaire” was used. Based on the duration of physical activities, student...
Izvleček
Izhodišče: Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti, ali obstajajo razlike v gibalni učinkovitosti med otroki z normalno telesno težo, s prekomerno telesno težo in z debelostjo.
Metode: Raziskava je bila opravljena na vzorcu 572 otrok iz severovzhodne Slovenije (povprečna starost 7,3 leta, SO = 1,29). Na osnovi indeksa telesne mase (ITM) so bili o...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the physical activity of children in the first cycle of education in terms of socio-economic dimensions. The sample respondents included 132 children from four basic schools in northeastern Slovenia. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed with the statistical program SPSS. We used the t-test...
The main aim of this study was to determine the relationship of morphologic features and body composition to physical self-concepts in boys and girls separately. This research included 630 children from north-eastern Slovenia, aged 9 to 11 years (M = 10.01; SD = .810), of which 311 were boys and 319 were girls. Morphologic features of the children...
The aim of our research was to determine the share of physically compromised and physically talented children in northeastern Slovenia. The sample comprised 621 children aged nine to eleven years, among which there were 316 girls (M=10; SD=0.8) and 305 boys (M=10; SD=0.81). In order to assess their motor skills, seven different tests were used, mos...
The aim of our research was to establish whether there is a correlation between the physical fitness and physical self-concept of preadolescent boys. The research has been carried out on ten years old 216 boys. In order to assess the physical fitness, six Eurofit tests and Polygon backwards test have been used. The Physical Self- Inventory – short...
Motor development consists of dynamic and continuous development in motor behaviour and is reflected in motor competences (on the locomotive, manipulative and postural level) and motor abilities (coordination, strength, speed, balance, flexibility, precision and endurance). This is a complex process in which a child acquires motor abilities and kno...
The aim of our research, which included 57 primary teachers, was to discover the teachers` views of managing discipline during physical education in the first six years of primary school. Through an analysis using the Mann-Whitney`s test we wanted to study the different strategies that teachers use to manage discipline during physical education and...
In Slovenia new teachers are required to complete a ten-month probationary period in a school. In this period they are supervised by a teacher-mentor, who does not have any detailed documentation on how to supervise the probation teachers. The research we have done investigated how teacher-mentors evaluated their own mentoring experiences. The stud...
The main aim of this study was to analyze overweight and obesity in children on the basis of body mass index (BMI) and triceps skinfold thickness (TSF). The sample included 5613 children, aged 6 to12 years (X = 9.23; SD = 1.69) from Slovenia. Children were classified as non-overweight, overweight and obese according to age and sex specific BMI cut-...
The main aim of the research was to find out whether there are any differences in physical fitness between children from urban, suburban and rural areas. The research was carried out on 451 children, aged from six to nine years. Among these children, 176 were from urban areas, 147 from suburban areas and 128 from rural areas. The children were from...
Schoolwork, especially lessons in manual skills is often associated with various ergonomics stresses. These stresses are the
result not only of school obligations but also of the physical working environment and inadequate lesson planning. Much can
be done in this field if certain approaches are taken into consideration at the work planning stage....
This is a short summary of research on how different stress factors in the work environment (climate, light, noise) affect work performance of early adolescents. Due to the complexity of the measurements, the research consisted of a small sample of male adolescents (N = 20); average age 13.5 years (SD = 0.25). Tasks were used which demanded average...
This study examined the connections between pupil’s reported levels of daily physical activity with the school grades in Slovene, Mathematics, Natural Science and Techniques or Natural Science, Social Science and Physical Education and pupil’s general school achievement. The study included 628 children (age 9 to 12 years) from the north-eastern par...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between manifest motor indicators and the fluid intelligence of boys. The sample comprised 550 boys aged 10 to 14. A battery of 26 tests was used for measuring motor performance. Intelligence testing was implemented with the test TN-20. A multiple regression analysis indicated that associ...
This study investigated the relationship between motor coordination and intelligence level in adolescents. The sample was comprised of 550 adolescents from Slovenia, aged 13.1 years (SD = 0.87), who attended elementary schools. For assessment of motor coordination a battery of eight tests were used. Assessment of intelligence was carried out with t...
Efficient education is becoming the basis for life learning. Therefore teachers and parents need to look after the children’s knowledge. This knowledge is not an endless learning by heart of enormous amount of data which are quickly forgotten, but a knowledge which needs to be efficient and functional in the future as well. The intention of the pre...
Efficient education is becoming the basis for life learning. Therefore teachers and parents need to look after the children's knowledge. This knowledge is not an endless learning by heart of enormous amount of data which are quickly forgotten, but a knowledge which needs to be efficient and functional in the future as well. The intention of the pre...
The goal of the present study was to analyze if in addition to thermal and light constraints on the work environment, noise also affects the level of children's short-term memory. We carried out the study on a small sample of male students (N = 20) aged between 13 and 14 years in artificially created work conditions - in a "climate chamber". We use...
The main purpose of the research has been to establish how physically active are young pupils in the north-eastern part of Slovenia. We were interested in the differences with regard to gender, age, living environment and their body weight status. The study included a sample of 1512 children attending second, third, fourth and fifth grade of primar...
Introduction: Prevalence of different categories of overnutrition in the general population and in selected population groups was investigated with the aim of getting an accurate estimate of overnutrition rates in children in the northeastern part of Slovenia.
Methods: The study conducted in 2004 used a sample of 1,549 children from northeastern S...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between manifest motor indicators and the fluid intel-ligence of boys. The sample comprised 550 boys aged 10 to 14. A battery of 26 tests was used for measuring motor performance. Intelligence testing was implemented with the test TN-20. A multiple regression analysis indicated that assoc...
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between level of physical activity and perceived physical self-concept of young children. The sample comprised 364 children from Slovenia, aged 6.4 yr. (SD = 0.3), of which 179 were boys and 185 girls. Parents and teachers reported children's physical activity using the Harro questionnaire....
The purpose of the study was to find out differences in moderate to vigorous physical activity among non-overweight, overweight and obese children, and between boys and girls. The sample included 364 children (179 boys and 185 girls), aged 6.4 years (+/- 0.3 SD). Physical activity was assessed by 7-day questionnaire. Age adapted BMI was used as ove...
This study examined the relationship between children's physical self-concept and physical exercise. The sample comprised 528 children, aged 5.7 to 8.4 years (mean age-6.8 years + 0.5 SD), of whom 251 werc boys and 277 girls. Physical self-concept was assessed using the Children's Physical Self-Concept Scale. Physical exercise was measured by a ?-d...
The purpose of the study was to find out differences in moderate to vigorous physical activity among non-overweight, overweight and obese children, and between boys and girls. The sample included 364 children (179 boys and 185 girls), aged 6.4 years (±0.3 SD). Physical activity was assessed by 7-day questionnaire. Age adapted BMI was used as overwe...
There are many possibilities of successful teching of elementary science subjects and technology because of their special character. A lot depends on a good teacher who also has to consider numerous physiological factors connected with students. The latter can be well researched with »OWAS« analytical observation method which can be modified for sc...
The aim of this study was to compare relations between latent motor dimensions and cognitive abilities of preschool boys and girls (N=665, age: 5 to 6 years). The psychological part of the testing was implemented with the Test Razkol. For the assessment of motor abilities 28 tests were given. The associations of motor and cognitive variables were e...
The main aim of the study was to establish the qualitative changes of motor dimensions between the ages of 10 and 14. The sample consists of 550 boys aged 10, 12 and 14. A battery of 26 tests was used for measuring motor abilities. The structure of motor abilities was established with the use of the factor analysis. The results show the emergence o...
The purpose of the present study is to determine motor types of younger children and find out the most important characteristics of individual motor types. The children were 138 girls and 125 boys age 5 years, from the Maribor and its surroundings. For the assessment of motor abilities 28 tests were used. Ward’s hierarchical method was used for the...
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The project brings to the fore the research of the role of physical activity in a child’s development, emphasizing the correlations between physical activity and development of social skills, such as peer and student-teacher relations, behaviour problems at school and at home (extraversion, introversion, hyperactivity), and academic performance. Physical activity represents an important external factor of the child’s advancement in all fields of development (physical, motor, cognitive, emotional and social). According to the theory of integrated development, all these fields of development are closely related to one another, with the physical activity equally affecting all of them. The role of physical activity has to date been most frequently and thoroughly studied in the context of physical and motor development, while the development of social competences and academic performance remain from research viewpoint more undertreated. Our research project focuses on children in developmental period of late childhood (9-12 years of age). The set of research hypotheses was tested by an empirical quantitative study based on a survey research design and a representative sample of 1658 Slovene children of 4th, 5th and 6th graders from the 16 Slovenian primary schools (Mean age=10.4). The physical activity and sedentary behaviour of the children were measured with a self-reported questionnaire (frequency, form and contents of the activities). In the framework of social development, behavioural problems and academic achievements were collected and analysed the data through the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS) standardized questionnaire (Gresham and Elliott, 1990). The data were analysed by univariate and multivariate statistical methods. The purpose of our study is to analysed the characteristics of physical activity by frequency, form and content and their relations with individual social skills, problem behaviour and academic achievement among school children of 9 to 12 years of age.
