Reflects on various forces that have shaped who the author has become as a scholar and professional educator, relating 10 stories that describe lessons learned (e.g., have and use an explanatory system--be part of a tradition; all knowledge is provisional, so value inquiry; effective instruction is defined by sustained, deliberate practice; and do…

Provides a history of the development of a curriculum and instruction model called Sport Education (which provides authentic, educationally rich sport experiences in the context of school physical education), reviewing theoretical and practical connections of Sport Education to other curricular and instructional models and exploring issues related…

Critiques Daryl Siedentop's paper, "Sport Education: A Retrospective," providing background on play theory, which underpins Siedentop's play education theory and subsequently the sport education (SE) model, examining assumptions that Siedentop believes undergirds SE, suggesting a change in the definition of SE to be more global, and…

Critiques Daryl Siedentop's lecture, "In Search of Effective Teaching: What We Have Learned From Teachers," addressing aspects of effective teaching research that appear to be missing from or less evident in Siedentop's work and commenting on Siedentop's overall contributions to the literature on effective teaching in physical education…

Examined preservice teacher knowledge during peer coaching activities, noting how the roles of teacher and coach contributed to the development of teacher knowledge during an elementary physical education field-based methods course. Pedagogical content knowledge developed differently in the teaching and coaching roles. Growth in the teaching role…

Discusses the definition of content knowledge for physical education, suggesting that teacher educators have largely given up the historic content knowledge of the field, thus eliminating the possibility of developing a serious body of pedagogical content knowledge for teaching. The paper examines the root problem in defining pre-professional…

Connects Daryl Siedentop's speech, "Content Knowledge for Physical Education," with two others: "Curriculum Innovation: Toward the 21st Century" and "Physical Activity Cultures for Children and Youth: Redefining Physical Education," responding to seven issues: the nature of content knowledge; status, professional…

Addresses junior sport and sport culture in New Zealand, recommending that it receive serious consideration for its crucial role in the future of New Zealand's sport culture. The paper presents three goals for junior sport programs (educative, public health, and elite development), describes characteristics of junior sport (e.g., youth want to…

Critiques Siedentop's keynote address, "Junior Sport and the Evolution of Sport Cultures," reviewing and rationalizing Siedentop's four goals for junior sport (educative, public health, elite development, and preserving, protecting, and enhancing specific sport practices), discussing Siedentop's views on sport as a collective cultural…

Presents a new version of the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) model in physical education which draws on a situated learning perspective, describing the TGfU approach, reviewing recent research on TGfU, discussing constructs for conceptualizing learning in games, and outlining a situated learning perspective. This perspective is applied to…

Reviews research on the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach in physical education, noting that many discussions of TGfU have focused on cognitive and psychomotor learning outcomes and neglected the affective domain. An extended TGfU model is presented, suggesting new avenues for future research and practice (e.g., consideration of…

Examines the history of behavioral analysis, particularly experimental research conducted in physical education settings, categorizing 34 studies by focus (preservice/inservice teacher behavior, student learning, classroom management, or learning among students with disabilities in inclusive or adapted settings). While findings have been robust…

Analyzed two physical education teacher education portfolio models regarding the impact on intern perceptions of the value of portfolios, intern professional growth, and portfolio representation in single and dual internship site placements. Data from surveys and reflection logs indicated that although interns showed no change in moral judgement…

Provides an overview of the field of teacher effectiveness research, describing the approaches one professor and his students have taken in their programmatic research examining teacher effectiveness from an ecological perspective of classroom life. The paper emphasizes methodologies, explaining that good data are the key to successful research,…

Investigated relationships between teachers' belief systems toward physical activity and fitness and what they taught. Researchers observed teachers with high and low physical activity and fitness beliefs, measuring instructional behaviors related to physical activity and fitness. No differences surfaced between groups in percent of class time…