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50 Years of ERIC
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Ralph, Ann Marie; MacPhail, Ann – European Physical Education Review, 2015
Investigating the reasons for pre-service teachers (PSTs) who choose to undertake a physical education teacher education (PETE) programme can inform teacher educators on how best to define teaching tasks, organize knowledge relevant to student learning and shape the perceptions of PSTs about teaching and learning (Calderhead, 1987). In this study,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Investigations
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McNeill, Michael; Lim, Boon San Coral; Wang, Chee Keng John; Tan, Wee Keat Clara; MacPhail, Ann – European Physical Education Review, 2009
This study investigated the provision of physical education (PE) in Singapore. Singapore is a small island city state of approximately 699 square kilometres with a population of about 4 million people. This article aims to highlight the current status of PE in Singapore schools and compare it against suggested international standards and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Questionnaires
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McMahon, Eileen; MacPhail, Ann – European Physical Education Review, 2007
This paper reports on a study of one pre-service teacher's implementation of the sport education (SE) model in a post-primary school in Ireland. The study sought to identify and understand the mechanisms that facilitate or inhibit learning to teach the model from the perspective of a pre-service teacher. Occupational socialization was used to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Physical Education, School Culture, Foreign Countries
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Meegan, Sarah; MacPhail, Ann – European Physical Education Review, 2006
This study examined the relationship among the specific special educational needs (SEN) of emotional/behavioural disorder (EBD), specific learning disabled (SLD), mild-moderate mentally impaired (MMMI), and moderate-severe mentally impaired (MSMI) and the selected attributes of gender, academic preparation and previous experience in teaching…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Needs, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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MacPhail, Ann; Halbert, John – European Physical Education Review, 2005
This study is concerned with the particular circumstances, personal rewards and costs, which Irish post-primary principals and physical education (PE) teachers identify as affecting the implementation of the revised junior cycle PE syllabus and in the future revised senior cycle physical education and new Leaving Certificate PE. The concepts of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Rewards, Principals