“Pop-Up Systems”—Innovative Sport and Exercise-Oriented Offerings for Promoting Physical Activity in All-Day Schools

Ilaria Ferrari, Patricia Schuler, Kathrin Bretz, Jessica Bär, Marianne Rast and Lukas Niederberger
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Ilaria Ferrari: Research Group Exercise and Sport, Zurich University of Teacher Education, 8090 Zurich, Switzerland
Patricia Schuler: Research Group Exercise and Sport, Zurich University of Teacher Education, 8090 Zurich, Switzerland
Kathrin Bretz: Research Group Exercise and Sport, Zurich University of Teacher Education, 8090 Zurich, Switzerland
Jessica Bär: Sports Office City of Zurich, Competence Center Physical Education, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
Marianne Rast: Sports Office City of Zurich, Competence Center Physical Education, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
Lukas Niederberger: Sports Office City of Zurich, Competence Center Physical Education, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: In all-day schools and schools with extended education, children have the opportunity to spend the whole day at school. Full-day attendance at school requires a reorientation of extended time. Therefore, it is important to consider how children spend their time between lessons and identify conducive opportunities. As part of the project “Sport in the School Environment”, multiple mobile pop-up facilities were installed at several all-day schools in Zurich, Switzerland, for a period of 3–6 weeks. These facilities included “Parkour”, “Pumptrack”, “Skatepark”, and “Streetsoccer”. The aim was to find out whether these installations offer an opportunity for physical activity (PA). At the same time, social aspects of the students using these facilities as part of their all-day school attendance were observed. The following questions were investigated: How, by whom, and in which contexts are the installations used? The use of the facilities was evaluated content-analytically and descriptively. It was shown that the facilities are used intensively and in very different ways. The main focus of the pop-up facilities is on the use of the facilities and the creation of opportunities for children and young people to exercise and meet up with each other.

Keywords: all-day schools; extended education; physical activity (PA) and exercise opportunities; pop-up facilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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