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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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"Sport & Exercise Pedagogy". The Case for a New Integrative Sub-Discipline in the Field of Sport & Exercise Sciences/Kinesiology/Human Movement Sciences
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Armour, Kathleen M.; Chambers, Fiona C. – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
The European Union Sport Unit has identified the societal and educational role of sport as a central topic in its new research agenda. It is argued that European Union (EU) citizens should be supported to learn continuously across the life course. In the sport/physical activity (PA) context, the role of teachers, coaches and exercise instructors…
Descriptors: Exercise, Athletics, Physical Education, Teaching Methods
Physical Education Teachers' Career-Long Professional Learning: Getting Personal
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Makopoulou, Kyriaki; Armour, Kathleen M. – Sport, Education and Society, 2011
The aim of this study was to build upon previous PE-CPD (Physical Education Continuing Professional Development) research by exploring Greek case study physical education (PE) teachers' engagement in professional learning. It is argued that in the contemporary European context, where the teaching profession is viewed as central to achieving wider…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence, Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning)
Do as We Do and Not as We Say: Teacher Educators Supporting Student Teachers to Learn on Teaching Practice
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Chambers, Fiona C.; Armour, Kathleen M. – Sport, Education and Society, 2011
This paper reports data from a larger study into the ways in which Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) students engaged in professional learning during teaching practice (TP) in Ireland. The study comprised one umbrella case study of Greendale University, schools and PETE students that consisted of five individual cases: tetrads of PETE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Teacher Education, Student Teachers
Continuing Professional Development for Experienced Physical Education Teachers: Towards Effective Provision
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Armour, Kathleen M.; Yelling, Martin R. – Sport, Education and Society, 2004
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is now a cornerstone of education policy in the UK and elsewhere. If policy aspirations translate successfully into practice, then (funded) CPD opportunities will abound and teachers will be 'developed' in a logical and structured way from the moment they enter the profession until retirement. As a result…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teacher Persistence, Physical Education Teachers, Professional Continuing Education