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Area of Science:

  • Education
  • Health Sciences
  • Interdisciplinary Studies

Background:

  • Physically active learning (PAL) merges health and education for integrated physical activity and learning.
  • Growing research interest highlights a need for conceptual clarity in synthesizing disciplines within PAL.
  • Understanding knowledge production is key to advancing the PAL field.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore knowledge production within the physically active learning research field.
  • To apply and discuss the theoretical and ethical implications of multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary approaches in PAL.
  • To propose that PAL is inherently inter- and transdisciplinary.

Main Methods:

  • Historical outline of the physically active learning research field.
  • Application of multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary frameworks to analyze knowledge production.
  • Discussion of theoretical and ethical implications of these disciplinary approaches.

Main Results:

  • Physically active learning research draws from both health and educational disciplines.
  • Multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary approaches offer different lenses for knowledge synthesis.
  • PAL is proposed as an inherently inter- and transdisciplinary field due to its complex integration needs.

Conclusions:

  • Conceptual clarity in physically active learning is enhanced by understanding its disciplinary integration.
  • Physically active learning inherently requires inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to address complex real-world issues.
  • Awareness of PAL's practical and theoretical dimensions through these approaches is vital for field evolution.