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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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Harvey, Stephen; Cushion, Christopher J.; Wegis, Heidi M.; Massa-Gonzalez, Ada N. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2010
Background: Previous research examining the effectiveness of the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach has been equivocal. This has been hampered by a dependence on a comparative (i.e., "which method is best?") theoretical framework. An alternative "practice-referenced" framework has the potential to examine the effectiveness of TGfU…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Intervention, Games, Performance Based Assessment
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Harvey, Stephen; Cushion, Christopher J.; Massa-Gonzalez, Ada N. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2010
Background: Coaches' knowledge and actions are both the product and manifestation of a personally experienced involvement with the coaching process; they are linked to the coach's history and both are attributable to how they were learned. Changing established coaching practice can be problematic, particularly as coaching lacks a critical…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Learning Theories, Team Sports, Participant Observation
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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