A Study on an Educational Tool for the Development of a Tailored Dynamic School Day in Dutch Primary Schools.

NCT06592391 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: HVA-271
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 980
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

A dynamic school day is a school day that involves regular interruptions of sedentary learning with moments of physical activity. Many Dutch primary schools have thus far not succeeded in making their school day more 'dynamic' . In this project, the researchers will develop an educational innovation to support schools in the development of a dynamic school day that is tailored to their local context. To determine the effectiveness of the educational innovation, the researchers will study the implementation process and assess the effectiveness. The research questions for the researcher project are:

1. 1.To what extend are school teams successful in the development and implementation of a tailored dynamic school day, and what are facilitating and hindering factors during implementation?
2. 2.What is the effect of the tailored dynamic school day on 8 - 12 year old pupils? Sedentary time and physical activity behavior, wellbeing and in class behavior will be assessed.

Conditions

Physical Activity; Children, Only

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• process evaluation - questionnaire

  Questionnaire on experiences with the implementation of the dynamic school day

  During the year of development (1st year of participation) 2 times (fall + spring school year). After that once a year (spring school year) until the end of the study which may be 2 or 3 years depending on the cohort.

• Process evaluation - semi structured interview

  Semi structured interview on school policy focussed on aspects that are related to a dynamic school day

  1 time per year until the end of the study (spring school year) which is 2 or 3 years depending on the cohort

• Process evaluation - observations within the school

  Observations within 2 classrooms to assess physical activity behavior during the school day

  During the year of development (1st year of participation) 2 times (fall + spring school year). After that once a year (spring school year) until the end of the study which may be 2 or 3 years depending on the cohort.

• Process evaluation - analysis of teaching schedules

  Teacher schedules and overview of minutes of physical activity during the schoolday to assess how many active minutes are reached.

  During the year of development (1st year of participation) 2 times (fall + spring school year). After that once a year (spring school year) until the end of the study which may be 2 or 3 years depending on the cohort.

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• effect evaluation - wellbeing pupils

  During the year of development (1st year of participation) 2 times (fall + spring school year). After that once a year (spring school year) until the end of the study which may be 2 or 3 years depending on the cohort.

• effect evaluation - on-task behavior

  During the year of development (1st year of participation) 2 times (fall + spring school year). After that once a year (spring school year) until the end of the study which may be 2 or 3 years depending on the cohort.

• effect evaluation - physical activity behavior

  During the year of development (1st year of participation) 2 weeks (fall + spring school year). After that one week per year (spring school year) until the end of the study which may be 2 or 3 years depending on the cohort.

Study Arms (3)

expert schools

OTHER

These schools developed their own dynamic school day over the past 5 - 10 years without using the educational innovation.

Other: expert schools

Cohort 1

EXPERIMENTAL

These schools will start the development of a tailored dynamic school day using the educational innovation in September 2024. The educational component consists of a number of face-to-face meetings. The implementation of the local plans will start September 2025.

Other: educational innovation dynamic school day

Cohort 2

EXPERIMENTAL

these schools will start the development of a tailored dynamic school day using the e-learning version of the educational innovation in September 2025. The implementation of the local plans will start September 2026.

Other: e-learning on a dynamic school day

Interventions

educational innovation dynamic school day OTHER

Schools will form a community of practice, and will be supported with regular workshop to develop a dynamic school day that matches the local context.

Cohort 1

e-learning on a dynamic school day OTHER

Schools will form a community of practice, and will develop a dynamic school day that matches their local context using e-learning materials

Cohort 2

expert schools OTHER

Schools that have developed a local dynamic school day without additional support

expert schools

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 99 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• From participating 21 schools:
• all teachers
• a board member
• all pupils from grade 4 - 8 (Dutch system, age 8 - 12)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences: lead
• Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen: collaborator
• Fontys University of Applied Sciences: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Anne de Jong

CONTACT

+31 648275920; a.s.de.jong@hva.nl

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 4, 2024
• First Posted: September 19, 2024
• Study Start: October 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2028
• Last Updated: September 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09