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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Continuing Development of Primary Sector Physical Education: Working Together to Raise Quality of Provision
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Sloan, Stephen – European Physical Education Review, 2010
This paper sets out to provide further insight as to the reasons why many schools within the primary sector continue to find it difficult to ensure quality provision for physical education (PE) and school sport. It examines why class teachers, including the subject coordinator, possess concerns about teaching PE. It asks the question of who is…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Opportunities, Elementary School Teachers, Athletics
Competencies in Physical Education Teaching: Slovenian Teachers' Views and Future Perspectives
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Kovac, Marjeta; Sloan, Stephen; Starc, Gregor – European Physical Education Review, 2008
This paper examines Slovenian physical education (PE) teachers' (n = 85) estimations of their own actual and desired professional competencies with the aim of diagnosing the main needs of practising PE teachers and resolving them within a revised Slovenian Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) curricula and through continued professional…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Slavic Languages, Teacher Competencies
An Investigation into the Perceived Level of Personal Subject Knowledge and Competence of a Group of Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers towards the Teaching of Secondary School Gymnastics
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Sloan, Stephen – European Physical Education Review, 2007
The future of physical education (PE) depends on the quality of emerging committed professionals and their ability to teach across the different activity areas contained within the National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE). It is a role that requires extensive subject knowledge and perceived competence in the ability to use it effectively.…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Physical Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Physical Education Teachers