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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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Hemphill, Michael A.; Templin, Thomas J.; Wright, Paul M. – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
Research in education and physical education has emphasized the need for continuing professional development (CPD) programs that are aligned with best practices. More specifically, scholars interested in teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) have emphasized the need to examine teachers' CPD. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Physical Education, Responsibility, Program Implementation
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Pickard, Angela; Bailey, Richard – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
Crystallising experiences are defined as memorable reactions an individual has to some quality or feature of an activity or domain that yields a long-term change in the individual performance and their view of themselves (Walters & Gardner, 1986; Freeman, 1999). This paper explores the nature and consequences of crystallising experiences from…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Dance, Foreign Countries, Career Development
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Dowling, Fiona – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
This paper attempts to illustrate how embodied ways of knowing may enhance our theoretical understanding within the field of physical education teacher education (PETE). It seeks to illustrate how teacher educators' viewpoints and understanding of gender relations are inevitably linked to socially constructed webs of emotions, as much as to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Emotional Response, Human Relations, Physical Education Teachers
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Hunter, Lisa – Sport, Education and Society, 2004
This paper considers the social space of one physical education (PE) class in the middle years of schooling. I endeavour to tease out the dialectic between the discursive spaces available to the students positioned within this space and the construction and negotiation of student subjectivities. Using the conceptual tools of field, habitus,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Human Body
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Curtner-Smith, Matthew; Sofo, Seidu – Sport, Education and Society, 2004
The purpose of the study described in this paper was to determine 15 American preservice teachers' (PTs) conceptions of the teaching-learning process while teaching Sport Education and Multi-activity units during an early field experience. Data were collected using the critical incident technique and a reflective questionnaire and analyzed by…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Athletics