Table 2.
Awareness and Expertise of Physical Literacy held by respondents (across role type)
| Awareness (n = 909) |
Perceived Expertise (n = 844) |
Role title of respondents | n | % of Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 47% | 39% | Coach/Instructor | 345 | 33.3 |
| PE Teacher | 74% | 67% | Post Primary PE teacher (specialist) | 205 | 19.8 |
| Decision Maker | 70% | 40% | Programme Manager/Lead | 125 | 12.1 |
| Sports/Physical Activity Coordinator | 87 | 8.4 | |||
| Service Provider | 38 | 3.7 | |||
| Sports Leader | 41 | 3.9 | |||
| Advocate | 12 | 1.2 | |||
| Higher Education | 86% | 69% | College/University Lecturer | 64 | 6.2 |
| Researcher | 15 | 1.5 | |||
| Education | 53% | 38% | Primary Teacher | 62 | 6 |
| School Principal | 32 | 3.1 | |||
| Post Primary (non PE) teacher | 7 | 0.7 | |||
| Pre-school Teacher | 1 | 0.1 |
Awareness = Aware of any existing definitions of physical literacy
Perceived Expertise = indicating their expertise as 4 or 5 (out of 5) in physical literacy