Abstract
This report aims to provide an overview of the PRIME PETE project and to summarise how its intellectual outputs (IOs) can be useful and sustained in the future. The PRIME PETE project is built on the belief that Physical Education (PE) can produce benefits in physical, social, cognitive and emotional domains (e.g., Whitehead 2019; Young et al., 2020). As a school discipline, PE is considered to be effective for increasing accessibility to physical activities, increasing levels of physical activity (PA), as well as aiding young people gain sport skills necessary for continued involvement in being physically active (European Commission, 2008; European Parliament, 2016; MacPhail et al., 2018; Opstoel et al., 2020).
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According to the PRIME PETE project partners: “The ideal primary PE teacher is competent, analyticallyreflective and professionally effective and cognisant of one’s health and well-being. As the role of primary PEteacher is vital for an effective promotion of PA and healthy lifestyle in school settings, a primary PETE studyprogramme should also include these aspects” (Ries et al., 2023, p.8). Hence, the aim of the PRIME PETEproject has been to bring together European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), as well as other stakeholdersactive in primary PETE, in order to promote their cooperation and state suggestions to qualify PRIME PEteachers. With this in mind, the 7 project partners of the PRIME PETE (see Figure 1) shared their knowledgeand resources to produce the 10 IOs that have been produced for the accomplishment of the project.