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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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Woods, Catherine B.; Tannehill, Deborah; Walsh, Julia – Irish Educational Studies, 2012
Enjoyment of physical activity (EPA) is positively correlated with activity, yet little is known of its relationship with enjoyment of physical education (EPE). This study's purpose was to explore EPE and its relationship to EPA. Cross-sectional data (N = 4122, average age 14.5 plus or minus 1.7 years, 48% male) were collected as part of the CSPPA…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Adolescents
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Parker, Melissa; Patton, Kevin; Tannehill, Deborah – Irish Educational Studies, 2012
Numerous primary and post-primary communities of practice (CoP) are used as educational change mechanisms to support teachers improving physical education (PE) practice in Irish schools. This study's purpose was to examine perspectives of program facilitators and participants of Irish PE CoP created to address teachers' interests. Specifically…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Physical Education
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O'Sullivan, Mary; MacPhail, Ann; Tannehill, Deborah – Irish Educational Studies, 2009
There is a growing body of research and scholarship highlighting the importance of teachers and teaching to children's learning and life opportunities (Bransford, Darling-Hammond and LePage 2005). More specifically what teachers do in classrooms is a function of many things (e.g., content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge) including their belief…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation), Physical Education, Preservice Teachers