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Survey on the use of movement and breaks from inactivity in teaching situations – Teachers, Please Respond

Higher education students spend too much time sitting from a health perspective—often more than 10 hours a day. A large proportion of students’ sitting occurs during the study day in teaching situations. Teachers have a great opportunity to help students reduce their sitting!

One of the goals of the Students on the move project at Tampere universities is to increase movement and break up prolonged sitting during teaching situations. The purpose of this survey is to explore the current situation at Tampere universities and to compare it with the results of a similar survey conducted in spring 2025. Is sitting broken up during teaching sessions? What teaching methods are used to increase physical activity? What kind of support do teachers hope for to help them introduce more movement into their teaching?

All teaching staff at Tampere universities are welcome to respond to the survey.

The survey is anonymous and can be completed in Finnish or English. The survey is open until 21 April 2026.

Please respond to the survey via the Forms questionnaire.

Further information:

Anna Karppinen, anna.karppinen@tuni.fi

Anneli Uusitalo, anneli.uusitalo@tuni.fi