Forum 2017

Thursday 15^th June Venue: PESS Lecture Theatre, University of Limerick

6.00 - 7.00pm Check-in

7.15 - 7.30pm Welcome and official launch of Forum

7.30 - 8.30pm Keynote on Health and Well-Being

"Wholism, the physical body and wellbeing education"

Dr. Maeve O'Brien, (Dublin City University) and Dr Andrew O'Shea, (Dublin City University)

8.30pm Finger food and social at Scholar’s Bar on campus

Friday 16^th June Venue: PESS Building, University of Limerick

8.45 - 9.15am Check-in

9.15 - 10.30am Discipline responses to Thursday night’s Keynote

Physical Education – Mike Carey, Junior Cycle for Teachers Support Service
Sport and Exercise Sciences, Matt Herring, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick.
Physical Activity for Health - Elaine Murtagh, Department of Arts Education and Physical Education, Mary Immaculate College
Youth Sport - Johann Issartel, Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University
Active Schools / Transport – Barry Lambe, Department of Health, Sport and Exercise Science, Waterford Institute of Technology

10.40 – 11.40am Round Table discussions linked to discipline responses

11-40 – 12.00pm Activity and Snack Break

12.00 – 1.00pm Concurrent Session 1

Session 1: Symposium: Physical Education Teacher Education and Wellbeing

PETE and Wellbeing: Presenters Melissa Parker, Mike Carey, Ger Halbert, Ger Murphy. Facilitators Sarahjane Belton and Mary O’Sullivan.

Session 2: Health and Wellbeing (8 mins oral presentation, then 2 mins questions)

	Title	Presenting author
A	Co-design and user validation of the MedFit App: A focus group analysis	Duff, O.
B	Health and fitness monitoring practices in secondary schools: A national review.	O’Keefe, B.
C	Walking together, a collaborative approach to the promotion of walking in Ireland	Hardie-Murphy, M.
D	To evaluate the impact of PATHway on cardiovascular disease patients physiological and psychological well-being.	McCormack, C
E	Youth Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH): Meeting the needs of Irish teachers and students	Clarke, H.

1.00 - 2.00pm Activity, Lunch and Networking

2.00 – 3.00pm Concurrent Session 2

Session 3: Active Schools Active Communities (8 mins presentation, then 2 mins questions)

	Title	Presenting author
F	Enhancing the evidence-base for Irish female youth participation in physical activity – the development of the ‘Gaelic for Girls’ programme.	Farmer, O.
G	Differences in ‘fundamental’ and ‘functional’ movement according to gender and age within an Irish adolescent school-based population.	Lester, D.
H	Project Spraoi: The effectiveness of a school-based nutrition and physical activity intervention on dietary intake, nutritional knowledge, markers of health and physical fitness among Irish school children.	Merrotsy, A.
J	“Using the Behaviour Change Wheel to Involve Participants in the Design of a Physical Activity Intervention”	Corr, M.
K	Clusters of physical activity in third level students: how do they relate to perceived mental health, happiness and general health?	Murphy, J.

Session 4: Learning to Teach (8 mins presentation, then 2 mins questions)

	Title	Presenting author
L	“I learn a lot about sociological issues”: Pre-service teachers’ perception of a blended approach enriched with a cyclical self-assessment process	Calderon, A.
M	The professional practices of physical education teachers in delivering examinable physical education	Scanlon, D.
N	Critical Incidents in Physical Education Teaching	Kealey, F./Sarah Langan
O	Network analysis of Physical Education external provision in DEIS Irish Primary schools	Mangione, J.

3.05 – 4.00pm World Cafe focused on Health and Well-Being: A PEPAYS Ireland Agenda?

4.00pm Closing

Below is a list of the presentations from the FORUM. Click on the presenter's name to see their slides.

	Title	Presenting author
A	Co-design and user validation of the MedFit App: A focus group analysis	Duff, O.
B	Health and fitness monitoring practices in secondary schools: A national review.	O’Keefe, B.
C	Walking together, a collaborative approach to the promotion of walking in Ireland	Hardie-Murphy, M.
D	To evaluate the impact of PATHway on cardiovascular disease patients physiological and psychological well-being.	McCormack, C
E	Youth Physical Activity Towards Health (Y-PATH): Meeting the needs of Irish teachers and students	Clarke, H.

1.00 - 2.00pm Activity, Lunch and Networking

2.00 – 3.00pm Concurrent Session 2

Session 3: Active Schools Active Communities (8 mins presentation, then 2 mins questions)

	Title	Presenting author
F	Enhancing the evidence-base for Irish female youth participation in physical activity – the development of the ‘Gaelic for Girls’ programme.	Farmer, O.
G	Differences in ‘fundamental’ and ‘functional’ movement according to gender and age within an Irish adolescent school-based population.	Lester, D.
H	Project Spraoi: The effectiveness of a school-based nutrition and physical activity intervention on dietary intake, nutritional knowledge, markers of health and physical fitness among Irish school children.	Merrotsy, A.
J	“Using the Behaviour Change Wheel to Involve Participants in the Design of a Physical Activity Intervention”	Corr, M.
K	Clusters of physical activity in third level students: how do they relate to perceived mental health, happiness and general health?	Murphy, J.

Session 4: Learning to Teach (8 mins presentation, then 2 mins questions)

	Title	Presenting author
L	“I learn a lot about sociological issues”: Pre-service teachers’ perception of a blended approach enriched with a cyclical self-assessment process	Calderon, A./td>
M	The professional practices of physical education teachers in delivering examinable physical education	Scanlon, D.
N	Critical Incidents in Physical Education Teaching	Kealey, F./Sarah Langan
O	Network analysis of Physical Education external provision in DEIS Irish Primary schools	Mangione, J.

Keynote Responses

The keynote address for the PEPAYS Ireland Forum 2017, "Wholism, the physical body and wellbeing education" was delivered by Dr. Maeve O'Brien (Head of the School of Development at the Institute of Education, St Patrick's Campus, Dublin City University) and Dr. Andrew O’Shea (Co-ordinator of Human Development, Philosophy, Institute of Education, Dublin City University).

The presentation explores some of the challenges for Physical Education today as a subject, that while often marginalised within schooling and sometimes narrowly understood, has real potential to facilitate broad and deep learning. Through its work with the physical body as a medium for development and on its own terms, Physical Education has real potential in supporting the wellbeing of students. In taking stock of some of the historical and policy problems around wholism, we set the scene for a dialogue about wellbeing and the body as a necessary part of relational experience and development. Drawing on our own wellbeing research in the context of the award winning film Monsieur Lazhar, we explore the issue of ‘no touch’ as something that concerns the basic ingredients of healthy relationship. We ask ‘How through a focus on the significance of the body and its vulnerabilities can we better integrate the subject of Physical Education within a wholistic understanding of development?’