Rose-Marie Repond

• Consultant at Bern University of Applied Sciences

Video (15 Minutes) explaining the most important findings of the Study "Physical literacy in Europe: The current state of implementation in research, practice, and policy" in the Journal of Exercise and Fitness, as part of the Special Issue "Cultural Perspectives on Physical Literacy"

Video (5 Minutes) explaining the most important findings of the Study "Physical literacy in Europe: The current state of implementation in research, practice, and policy" in the Journal of Exercise and Fitness, as part of the Special Issue "Cultural Perspectives on Physical Literacy"

Purpose: Following increased interest in physical literacy (PL), development of appropriate tools for assessment has become an important next step for its operationalization. To forward the development of such tools, the objective of this study was to build the foundations of the Évaluation de la Littératie Physique (ELIP), designed to help reduce...

ABSTRACTPurpose: Following increased interest in physical literacy (PL), development of appropriate tools forassessment has become an important next step for its operationalization. To forward the development ofsuch tools, the objective of this study was to build the foundations of the Évaluation de la LittératiePhysique (ELIP), designed to help re...

Background/objective The holistic concept of physical literacy (PL) embraces different person-centered qualities (physical, cognitive, affective/psychological) necessary to lead physically active lifestyles. PL has recently gained increasing attention globally and Europe is no exception. However, scientific endeavors summarizing the current state o...

The Healthy and Physically Active Schools project aimed at building up the capacity of school-related stakeholders (e.g., teachers, educators, school headmasters) when it comes to the improvement of school-based physical activity (PA) for children and adolescents, as well as their healthy lifestyles in general. (HEPAS; https://www.movingschoolsawar...

In one of the most important project outcomes in HEPAS (An International Review of the Contributions of School-based Physical Activity, Physical Education, and School Sport to the Promotion of Health-enhancing Physical Activity; Bailey et al., 2022) a quite complex model was built up. The Healthy and Physically Active School Model includes the dime...

In the past years, the European Physical Education Association (EUPEA) investigated the quality of Physical Education (PE) and School Sport (SS) on several occasions from different perspectives, presented and published as the antecedents of the European Physical Education Observatory (EuPEO) funded by the Erasmus+ Sport programme. Partners from nin...

This paper addresses the inadequate understanding of the concept of physical literacy (PL), often originating from complex terminology and philosophical language used in the current literature, that discourages non-native English-speaking professionals from engaging deeper into the subject. Specifically, this scoping review seeks to identify intern...

The European Physical Education Association (EUPEA) was founded in 1991 in Brussels and brings together as the umbrella organization of the national Physical Education Associations in Europe members from more than 30 European countries Europe. The mission of EUPEA is focusing on the promotion of and the advocacy for physical education in Europe, de...

Physical Literacy: A key competence for lifelong learning! The Erasmus +Sport project sum up. Please see the attached brochure.

Physical Education and Health: Global Perspectives and Best Practice draws together global scholars, researchers, and practitioners to provide a review and analysis of new directions in physical education and heatlh worldwide. The book provides descriptive information from 40 countries regarding contemporary practices, models, and challenges facin...

This study aimed to characterise sports extracurricular activities in Europe. Questionnaires were elaborated and distributed to 20 countries, members of the European Physical Education Association. The questions focused on whether the extracurricular activities are compulsory or not, if they are free, whether or not they are an extension of Physica...

Physical education (PE) has been a part of the official curriculum of many European countries for over 100 years. Despite its curricular status PE has been marginalized, having more or less importance depending on the country. For this reason in 1978 UNESCO drafted the international charter of PE and sports. The charter states that the discipline o...

Previous studies about sensorimotor coordination suggest that human performance depends on perception, decision and execution of the decided responses (Bock, 1998) [1], The performance depends on difficulty but also on the allocation of the brain's computational resources allocated to the task (Bock and al., 2003) [2]. The first goal of the experim...

Physical activity is a stimulating factor for growth, health, but also for psychological and social development. Then, we should offer any child the possibility of physical activity, even for children suffering from chronic disorders. There is no doubt that many chronic disorders may benefit from a controlled physical exercise program. Several chro...