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Direct linkFletcher, Tim; Beckey, Alex – European Physical Education Review, 2023
Learning how to develop lesson and unit plans is recognised as a priority for teacher education programmes; however, recent empirical research on planning is scarce, particularly in physical education. The purpose of this research was to analyse how and why we teach physical education pre-service teachers (PSTs) to plan in the ways we do. A…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Physical Education, Teacher Education Programs, Physical Education Teachers
Beni, Stephanie; Chróinín, Déirdre Ní; Fletcher, Tim – European Physical Education Review, 2021
Meaningful Physical Education (PE) is a pedagogical approach to PE instruction designed with the aim of helping teachers explicitly prioritise meaningful experiences for students. The purpose of the current study was to conduct a small-scale implementation of a preliminary version of Meaningful PE with a sample of five primary classroom teachers…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Experience, Curriculum Implementation, Elementary School Students
Fletcher, Tim; Chróinín, Déirdre Ní; O'Sullivan, Mary; Beni, Stephanie – European Physical Education Review, 2020
The purpose of this research was to examine pre-service teachers' articulation of their learning through the development of a shared professional language of teaching practice focused on meaningful physical education. Qualitative data gathered from 90 pre-service teachers over four years in Canada and Ireland were analysed. Framed by a didactical…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Fletcher, Tim; Jess, Mike; Corr, Méabh – European Physical Education Review, 2020
While there may be some broad agreement about the purposes of primary physical education, there is dramatic variance in how these purposes are prioritised and enacted. Primary physical education consequently focusses on multiple, often competing, priorities. To gain a better understanding of this issue we review how different stakeholders view the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Physical Education, Stakeholders, Role of Education
Beni, Stephanie; Fletcher, Tim; Chróinín, Déirdre Ní – European Physical Education Review, 2019
Providing meaningful experiences in physical education has long been identified as a key objective for teachers to strive toward. Supported by a critical friend, a beginning teacher used self-study methodology to analyse ways she drew from the features of meaningful experiences to guide her planning and instruction in primary physical education.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Elementary School Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Team Sports
Fletcher, Tim – European Physical Education Review, 2012
Shaping a professional identity is an important process in learning to teach. Case studies of Natasha and Julia, two pre-service elementary classroom teachers, were analysed to explore how they developed identities for teaching physical education during a pre-service teacher education programme. By critically analysing their physical education…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Case Studies
