Design daily school programmes that schedule meals, play and frequent short recreation periods alongside lessons¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

Dr. Chaillou's proposed daily programme, presented at Section IX of the Congress on School Hygiene, takes account of the needs of the whole organism rather than lessons alone. The article reports that his plan "prescribes the hours for meals and for play as carefully as the hours for lessons," and that recreation periods occur at frequent intervals with none longer than one hour. It is a time-tabling recipe for schools, reported as advocacy rather than a tested result.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Requires school control over the full daily schedule, including meals and play, not only lesson hours

Constraints¶

• Reported as a congress position paper; the article prints no empirical test of the programme

Target Learners¶

• school children of different ages

Target Learning Goals¶

• sustaining attention and physical well-being across the school day

Claims¶

• A low glycaemic load breakfast increases time on-task in young children, but the effect is short-lived and specific to the first observation period [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Physical Activity-Encouraging Environment
• Correlate mathematical and scientific studies through manual activities as a plan for lesson concentration

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Robertson, C. B., & McKeag, A. J. (1905). Educational psychology at the Third International Congress on School Hygiene. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://books.google.com