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50 Years of ERIC
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Chen, YuChun; Curtner-Smith, Matthew – European Physical Education Review, 2013
Research has revealed that while pre-service teachers (PTs) with coaching orientations reinforce sexism and masculine bias, those with teaching orientations combat and reject it. The purpose of this study was to examine four sport education (SE) seasons taught by two experienced in-service teachers for the presence or absence of sexism and…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Athletics, Case Studies, Teaching Styles
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Curtner-Smith, Matthew; Sofo, Seidu; Chouinard, Jeremy; Wallace, Sheila – European Physical Education Review, 2007
The primary purpose of this exploratory study was to determine the percentage of time in which school pupils coached by teachers were engaged in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during extra-curricular sport practices. Three secondary purposes of the study were to determine (a) the percentage of time allocated by teachers for pupils…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Physical Recreation Programs, Health Promotion
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McCaughtry, Nate; Sofo, Seidu; Rovegno, Inez; Curtner-Smith, Matthew – European Physical Education Review, 2004
This study used cognitive developmental theory to analyze how teachers learn to teach sport education. Two groups of undergraduate pre-service teachers were studied, one group during their secondary methods and corresponding field-teaching courses, the other during an independent teaching course. Data were collected through ethnographic…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Skill Development, Teacher Educators