A1 Journal article (refereed)
Liikuntaa opettavien opettajien ja kouluterveydenhoitajien yhteistyö oppilaiden toimintakyvyn edistämisessä ja Move!-järjestelmän hyödyntämisessä (2022)
Physical education teachers’ and school nurses’ co-operation in promoting pupils’ functional capacity and utilizing the Move! system

Salin, K., Huhtiniemi, M., & Jaakkola, T. (2022). Liikuntaa opettavien opettajien ja kouluterveydenhoitajien yhteistyö oppilaiden toimintakyvyn edistämisessä ja Move!-järjestelmän hyödyntämisessä. Kasvatus, 53(4), 364-374. https://doi.org/10.33348/kvt.122510

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Salin, Kasper; Huhtiniemi, Mikko; Jaakkola, Timo

Journal or series: Kasvatus

ISSN: 0022-927X

eISSN: 2737-0658

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 25/10/2022

Volume: 53

Issue number: 4

Pages range: 364-374

Publisher: Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33348/kvt.122510

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: Delayed open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/83932

Abstract

Physical education teachers and school nurses are key actors in promoting students’ physical functioning capacity and in utilizing the curriculum-based Move! fitness monitoring system. The purpose of this study is to investigate physical education teachers’ and school nurses’ experiences of multiprofessional co-operation while utilizing the Move! system to promote students’ functioning capacity. The study was conducted with a questionnaire separately for school nurses (N=192) and for physical education teachers (N=359). The comparison of the quantitative questions of the questionnaire utilized the t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The qualitative data was analyzed using a theory-based content analysis method. The results indicate that approximately half of the teachers and nurses who participated in the study had experiences of multiprofessional co-operation in planning the measurements, giving feedback and utilizing the results. In addition, there were multiple differences in how the co-operation had occurred between teachers and nurses. Mutual time and interaction were the key factors influencing the co-operation process. In the future, multi-professional co-operation should be given a greater role in teachers’ and nurses’ basic and continuing education programs in order to utilize the expertise of these professionals in promoting pupils’ physical functioning capacity in basic education.

Keywords: primary and lower secondary education; pupils; physical functioning; measurement; physical education teachers; public-health nurses; cooperation (general); multi-professionalism

Free keywords: Move! fitness monitoring system

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2022

Preliminary JUFO rating: 2