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50 Years of ERIC
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Investigating the Experience of Outdoor and Adventurous Project Work in an Educational Setting Using a Self-Determination Framework
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Sproule, John; Martindale, Russell; Wang, John; Allison, Peter; Nash, Christine; Gray, Shirley – European Physical Education Review, 2013
The purpose of this study was to carry out a preliminary investigation to explore the use of outdoor and adventurous project work (PW) within an educational setting. Specifically, differences between the PW and normal academic school experiences were examined using a self-determination theory framework integrated with a goal orientation and…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Physical Education, Questionnaires
Physical Education within the Scottish Context: A Matter of Policy
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Gray, Shirley; MacLean, Justine; Mulholland, Rosemary – European Physical Education Review, 2012
In 2010, schools in Scotland implemented a new curriculum, a Curriculum for Excellence, and for physical education (PE), this represented a move from the "Expressive Arts" to "Health and Wellbeing" (HWB). To understand this new position, we explored the thoughts of those who were directly involved in the construction of the policy text for PE…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Teaching Team Invasion Games and Motivational Climate
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Gray, Shirley; Sproule, John; Morgan, Kevin – European Physical Education Review, 2009
Team invasion games (TIG) make up a large part of the PE curriculum in Scottish schools. It is important, therefore, to understand the environmental conditions that contribute to pupils' motivation to learn to play TIG. Consequently, this study aimed to identify the teaching behaviours exhibited when teaching TIG using a game-based approach and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Team Sports, Learning Motivation
Pupils' Perceptions of and Experiences in Team Invasion Games: A Case Study of a Scottish Secondary School and Its Three Feeder Primary Schools
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Gray, Shirley; Sproule, John; Wang, C. K. John – European Physical Education Review, 2008
It has been claimed that young children in schools in Scotland cannot relate to the activities that are taught in the more "traditional" PE curriculum, activities that predominately include team invasion games (TIG) such as basketball, soccer and hockey (Scottish Executive, 2004). However, one of the issues with this claim is that it does not…
Descriptors: State Schools, Team Sports, Physical Activity Level, Focus Groups