20.500.12556/RUL-185714 Compatibility of physical education curricula with physical literacy across 40 European countries Although the student-centred concept of physical literacy (PL) has been emphasized by UNESCO, knowledge about its adoption/implementation into PE remains scant. Therefore, the goal of this study was to evaluate and compare the compatibility of PE curricula with PL in Europe. We collaboratively gathered a panel of experts encompassing 40 European countries. In the first step, the experts were invited to freely specify the compatibility of country’s PE curricula with PL. The reports were subjected to six-step reflexive thematic analysis. In the second step, we theoretically derived, psychometrically explored, and descriptively analysed 15 curricular-didactical items, each containing a spectrum of statements with high versus no/insufficient PL compatibility. We synthesized both data sources following an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design. While few PE curricula explicitly adhered to PL in Europe, most documents exhibited content and aims marking elements of PL. However, we registered large differences in PL compatibility between four European regions for the deep structure of the curricula (η$^2$=.27, p=.01). While the quantitative survey suggested no differences in PL compatibility between anglophone versus non-anglophone countries, the qualitative material revealed conceptual and terminological challenges across Europe. The European countries have hesitantly followed the UNESCO call to align PE with the holistic PL concept. learning policy teaching physical activity mixed methods curiculum športna vzgoja učenje poučevanje politika telesna dejavnost telesna pismenost mešane metode kurikulum true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-08-18 14:54:01 2026-08-18 14:54:02 2026-08-20 03:32:22 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 535-555 no. 4 Vol. 58 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 37:796 1366-5839 10.1080/00220272.2025.2523436 247590403 Compatibility_of_physical_education_curricula_with_physical_literacy_across_40_European_countries.pdf Compatibility_of_physical_education_curricula_with_physical_literacy_across_40_European_countries.pdf 1 2B05654F97B6EAB4AEDCF2FA471FF7E1 39c2c241ece3ca287e200f7bcd88b648b9c4dd8e3379534295be7f9913ce4d2c 59f0ac1d-9b04-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=244528 https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2025.2523436 1 81f7d6dc-9b03-11f1-9b0d-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=244526 Fakulteta za šport 0 0 0