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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 Physical Education Profession and Its Professional Responsibility... or... Why "12 Weeks Paid Holiday" Will Never Be Enough
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Armour, Kathleen M. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2010
Background: This paper critically reviews the concept of "professional responsibility" in physical education. The paper is rooted in the belief that the physical education profession has, by virtue of its expertise in young people and physical activity, the potential to deliver a broad range of desirable educational and health-related outcomes.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Professional Occupations
Locating the Coaching Process in Practice: Models "for" and "of" Coaching
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Cushion, Christopher J.; Armour, Kathleen M.; Jones, Robyn L. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2006
Background: Despite an increasing recognition of the existence of a process of coaching, and a resulting increase in research activity, there remains a lack of a clear conceptual base for sports coaching. This situation has left coaching without a clear set of concepts and principles that reflect coaching practice. Purpose: The aim of this paper…
Descriptors: Teacher Supervision, Coaching (Performance), Models, Physical Education
Teachers' Continuing Professional Development in Primary Physical Education: Lessons from Present and Past to Inform the Future
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Armour, Kathleen M.; Duncombe, Rebecca – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2004
There is a growing recognition that teachers' learning, and effective policies and structures to support it, should be at the heart of government polices to improve standards in education (Day, 1999). In England, the continuing professional development (CPD) landscape for teachers is changing; and professional development in physical education…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Teachers, Faculty Development