Wie gut können unsere Kinder schwimmen? Das untersuchen Experten in einer europaweiten Studie - eine Art PISA-Studie fürs Schwimmen. An der Kölner Sporthochschule sind 400 Kinder aus verschiedenen Schulen in Köln dabei. Von der ersten bis zur sechsten Klasse.
Creation of a test battery to assess the aquatic literacy levels of children aged 6-12 in the 7 partner countries.
ULille hosted the first ALFAC transnational meeting from September 27th to 29th, 2022, in Lille, France. The partners had the chance to officially meet and present their ongoing and foreseen contributions to the project.
The kick-off meeting of ALFAC, hosted in Science Po Lille on September 29th, 2022, was a great success, with 97 participants on-site and 66 online.
Feedback on the presentation of the ALFAC project to the Portuguese swimming technicians and scientists.
Validation of the test battery through the evaluation of about 80 children in Belgium and France
During this online meeting the whole consortium worked on the design of the ALFAC test battery. What tasks should be proposed to measure children's aquatic skills? What are the scoring criteria? How can the instruments be adapted to different types of pools? This was the programme for these 2 days of work, which culminated in a first version of the ALFAC test battery for pilot studies.
The ALFAC - Aquatic Literacy For All Children consortium's work on the test battery was first presented at the International Physical Literacy Conference in New York at the beginning of the month.
The ALFAC consortium held a transnational meeting in Köln, Germany about the organisation of the data collection and record-keeping of children's results on the Aquatic Literacy test in each country and through Europe.
Data collection of children aged 6 to 12 in schools in the 7 partner countries.
Kristine De Martelaer and Léa Mekkaoui presented the ALFAC project on behalf of the whole consortium.
Three speakers representing the ALFAC Consortium presented their research in the Invited Session “Swimming Education in Europe: State of Research towards aquatic literacy” at the 28th Congress of the European College of Sport Science.
Our team attended the XIVth International Symposium Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming to present the advances in the project to international researchers in the field of swimming.
The first sports event took place in Cologne's magnificent swimming pool. The ALFAC team welcomed over 200 children for a day dedicated to discovering the world of water. The programme included swimming lessons for the youngest, diving, water polo and team games.
We had a fantastic time at the 46th Congress of the Associação Portuguesa de Treinadores de Natação (APTN) in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, which also marked the XVI Iberian Swimming Congress.
First implementation of the European ALFAC project in Portugal with the participation of school groups from the greater Porto region, and hosted by the Faculty of Sport of the University of Porto.
Last weekend, the ALFAC team was in Jurmala, Latvia, for the first edition of Learn-to-Swim conference organised by European Aquatics.
Our ALFAC team travelled to Perth, Australia, to represent the project at the World Conference on Drowning Prevention.
Gather data in a database to create national and european reports on the level of aquatic literacy of children.
Organization of the data analysis and results interpretation.
Creation of pedagogical tools to help swimming instructors to raise the aquatic literacy level of children across Europe
A training session will be organized to train instructors to use the pedagogical kit. Children and swimming instructors will be invited to the Vilnius city aquatic complex to learn how to try the pedagogical kit.
Organizing the dissemination of the pedagogical toolkit.
Dissemination of the tools to the Norwegian and Polish swimming instructors. After an evaluation of the effectiveness of the pedagogical resources, modifications and diffusion through all the European partners
Work on the results of the feedback questionnaire on the use of the pedagogical toolkit by the swimming instructors.
Measure the effectiveness of the pedagogical resources. Conducting questionnaires with instructors to obtain feedback to modify and improve the efficiency of the tool.
