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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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Quennerstedt, Mikael; Öhman, Marie; Armour, Kathleen – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
One important challenge ahead for sport and exercise pedagogy (SEP) researchers is to consider afresh questions about learning. Learning in the fields of sport, physical activity and physical education (PE) is a particularly complex business. Most existing theories of learning are defined cognitively, yet learning in sport and physical activity…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Learning Theories
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Quennerstedt, Mikael – Sport, Education and Society, 2013
With a point of departure in a transactional understanding of epistemology, the purpose of this paper is to explore practical epistemologies in physical education (PE) by investigating how knowledge is produced and reproduced in students' and teachers' actions in PE practices posted as clips on the user-generated video-sharing website…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Epistemology, Video Technology, Web Sites
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Quennerstedt, Mikael; Ohman, Johan; Ohman, Marie – Sport, Education and Society, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to suggest and describe a methodological approach for studies of learning within school physical education (PE) in order to investigate and clarify issues of learning in an embodied practice. Drawing on John Dewey's work, and especially his use of the concept "transaction", a transactional approach is suggested as a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Teaching Methods
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Webb, Louisa; Quennerstedt, Mikael; Ohman, Marie – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
In physical education, bodies are not only moved but made. There are perceived expectations for bodies in physical education to be "healthy bodies"--for teachers to be "appropriate" physical, fit, healthy and skillful "role models" and for students to display a slim body that is equated with fitness and health. In teachers' monitoring of students…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Role Models, Child Health, Foreign Countries
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Quennerstedt, Mikael – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
This article takes a point of departure in the debate whether physical education should consider a limited or an increased commitment towards public health goals and a public health agenda. The article further discusses the relationship between physical activity and health, and the perspective of health in physical education. This is done through…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Public Health, Students