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Direct linkEather, Narelle; Morgan, Philip J.; Lubans, David R. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Objective: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a school-based physical fitness intervention (Fit4Fun) on the physical fitness and physical activity (PA) levels of primary school children. Methods: A group-randomized controlled trial with a 3-month wait-list control group was conducted in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Physical Fitness, Elementary School Students
Winchester, Geoff; Culver, Diane; Camiré, Martin – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: There are approximately 52,000 teacher-coaches coaching 750,000 high school student-athletes in Canada. Despite this large population, Canadian high school teacher-coaches remain relatively unstudied. High school coaches in Canada are often asked to coach sports with which they are unfamiliar, and because they are not required to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Athletic Coaches, Focus Groups
Wallhead, Tristan L.; Garn, Alex C.; Vidoni, Carla – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Adolescents' decisions to engage in physical activities are influenced by the social aspects of the activity, including opportunity for affiliation, being part of a team, and the social status it offers. A curriculum and instructional model that has been shown to embed the student social system within a positive program of action…
Descriptors: Athletics, Physical Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Development
Spaaij, Ramón; Jeanes, Ruth – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: The previous two decades have witnessed an increasing number of policymakers and practitioners using sport programmes to achieve broader social development aims, particularly in countries in the Global South. A core element of these programmes has been the use of sport as a context to provide young people with social, personal and…
Descriptors: Social Change, Teaching Methods, Criticism, Critical Theory
Wilkinson, Shawn; Harvey, William J.; Bloom, Gordon A.; Joober, Ridha; Grizenko, Natalie – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Service learning (SL) is a collaborative relationship between university professors, their students, and community partners who combine academic learning and active participation to address community issues. Previous studies in SL and physical education teacher education (PETE) found SL projects increased opportunities for learning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Student Experience, Service Learning
Jaakkola, Timo; Washington, Tracy – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Previous studies have shown that fundamental movement skills (FMS) and physical activity are related. Specifically, earlier studies have demonstrated that the ability to perform a variety of FMS increases the likelihood of children participating in a range of physical activities throughout their lives. To date, however, there have not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Physical Education, Middle School Students
Quarmby, Thomas; Dagkas, Symeon – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: In the United Kingdom (UK), it is predicted that economic cuts and a subsequent increase in child poverty will affect those already on the lowest incomes and, in particular, those living in lone-parent families. As a result, the informal pedagogic encounters within the family that contribute to the development of physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Low Income Groups
Morgan, Kevin; Jones, Robyn L.; Gilbourne, David; Llewellyn, David – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Coaching holistically and viewing coaching as interdisciplinary, where different knowledges meet, interconnect and dissect, has increasingly gained recognition. In an effort to engage more effectively with this agenda and to educate coaches to meet the integrated, fluid nature of their work, Jones and Turner advocated a problem-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletic Coaches, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving
Ward, Stefan; Parker, Melissa – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Positive youth development (PYD) programs adhere to the notion that all children have strengths and assets to be promoted and nurtured rather than deficits that require "fixing." The study of PYD programs indicates three aspects which set them apart from other programs for youth: activities, goals, and atmosphere. Of these,…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Ethnography, Grade 4, Grade 5
Vella, Stewart A.; Oades, Lindsay G.; Crowe, Trevor P. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: The goals of participation youth sports are primarily concerned with the facilitation of positive youth development as opposed to outright success. Consequently, there are strong theoretical and empirical links between sports coaching and athlete development. Transformational leadership behaviours, in particular, have been…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Team Sports, Leadership Styles, Adolescent Development
Grimminger, Elke – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Being recognized as a competent and accepted member in the peer group is one of the most important basic human needs for children and youth. However, it is the peer group itself that decides which competencies are estimated and which are not, and through this process, a social order as well as peer power constellations is created.…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Peer Acceptance, Competence, Athletics
Croston, Amanda – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: This paper examines physical education (PE) teachers' perceptions of talent in PE and sport within the context of English policy, where the process of identifying talent has been formalised and supported through specific resources (YST 2009). English policy has merged educational and sporting targets, which has resulted in a shift in…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Talent Identification
Occhino, Joseph; Mallett, Cliff; Rynne, Steven – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Sports coaching is largely a social activity where engagement with athletes and support staff can enhance the experiences for all involved. This paper examines how high performance football coaches develop knowledge through their interactions with others within a social learning theory framework. Purpose: The key purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Personnel, Foreign Countries, Socialization
Jacobs, Frank; Knoppers, Annelies; Webb, Louisa – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Education policies and curriculum documents in many European countries promote the social and moral development of young people as a cross-curriculum goal and place that goal at the center of the education process. All subjects, including physical education (PE) are required to contribute to the social and moral development of the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Social Development, Moral Development, Physical Education Teachers
Quennerstedt, Mikael – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: In this article, students' diverse ways of participating in physical education (PE) practice shown in clips on YouTube were investigated. YouTube is the largest user-generated video-sharing website on the Internet, where different video content is presented. The clips on YouTube, as used in this paper, can be seen as a user-generated…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Methods, Internet, Video Technology
