Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) for 2–6-year-olds provision: Improving physical development through movement and physical activity - Softcover

Archer, Carol; Siraj, Iram

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1858567998 ISBN 13: 9781858567990

Publisher: Trentham Books, 2017

Synopsis

Physical development is a key component of the curriculum in the great majority of countries. But so far there has been no valid means of assessing the quality of the child’s physical experience or the pedagogy and environmental quality of those physical experiences. The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) is a new method of measuring the quality of environment and pedagogy in which young children are encouraged to move and be physically active. It applies the methodology used in the ECERS-E and SSTEW rating scales, making it easy for educators already familiar with these well-established scales to adopt. MOVERS has four sub-scales: • Curriculum, environment and resources for physical development • Pedagogy for physical development • Supporting physical activity and critical thinking • Parents/carers and staff MOVERS is an invaluable tool for research, self-evaluation and improvement, audit, and regulation.

About this title

About the Authors

Carol Archer is an Advisory Teacher in the London Borough of Camden and a Movement-Play Practitioner/Consultant.

Iram Siraj is a Professor at the UCL Institute of Education and a Research Professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Trentham Books
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858567998
• ISBN 13: 9781858567990
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 60