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An Exploratory Study of Elementary Classroom Teachers' Physical Activity Promotion from a Social Learning Perspective
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Webster, Collin A.; Buchan, Heather; Perreault, Melanie; Doan, Rob; Doutis, Panayiotis; Weaver, Robert Glenn – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2015
Despite its recommended use, physical activity promotion in the academic classroom (PAPAC) has received little attention in terms of the factors that help to facilitate it. In this study, a social learning perspective was adopted to examine the role of physical activity biographies in generalist classroom teachers' (CTs) PAPAC. CTs (N = 213) were…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Discovery Processes, Physical Activities, Physical Education
Elementary Classroom Teachers' Adoption of Physical Activity Promotion in the Context of a Statewide Policy: An Innovation Diffusion and Socio-Ecologic Perspective
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Webster, Collin Andrew; Caputi, Peter; Perreault, Melanie; Doan, Rob; Doutis, Panayiotis; Weaver, Robert Glenn – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
Physical activity promotion in the academic classroom (PAPAC) is an effective means for increasing children's school-based physical activity. In the context of a South Carolina policy requiring elementary schools to provide children with 90 min of physical activity beyond physical education every week, the purpose of this study was to test a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Physical Activities, Educational Policy, Educational Innovation
Chapter 2: Toward a Consolidation of the Knowledge Base for Reform in Physical Education.
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Ward, Phillip; Doutis, Panayiotis – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1999
Presents a framework for interpreting educational reforms, situating existing reform efforts in physical education within that framework. The role of professional development in these reforms and implications for physical education are discussed. The paper also reviews workplace conditions in physical education and draws conclusions for reform in…
Descriptors: Accountability, College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Educational Change
Chapter 4: Teachers' and Administrators' Perceptions of the Saber-Tooth Project Reform and of Their Changing Workplace Conditions.
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Doutis, Panayiotis; Ward, Phillip – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1999
Describes changing workplace conditions encountered by middle school physical education teachers and administrators engaged in the Saber-Tooth Project, sharing data from interviews about their perspectives of this project. Findings are organized around the themes of collegiality, planning and assessment, and professionalism, all of which empowered…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Educational Change
Chapter 5: Curriculum Effects in Eighth-Grade Lacrosse.
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Ward, Phillip; Barrett, Tim M.; Evans, Sharon A.; Doutis, Panayiotis; Nguyen, Phong T.; Johnson, Melissa K. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1999
Examined how middle schools with different curricula differed in teaching the same lacrosse activity, describing a unit of the enacted curriculum in the Saber-Tooth school, comparing it to a similar unit in a school using a multi-activity curriculum, and examining effects on student variables. Schools were similar managerially. Differences between…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Grade 8, Lacrosse, Middle Schools
Chapter 6: Curriculum Effects in Seventh-Grade Pickleball.
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Evans, Sharon A.; Nguyen, Phong T.; Barrett, Tim M.; Johnson, Melissa K.; Doutis, Panayiotis; Brobst, Brandi; Shinoda, Yousike – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1999
Examined how different middle schools, with different curricula, differed in their approach to teaching the same pickleball activity, comparing the enacted curriculum of schools using a multi-activity curriculum to a school using curriculum developed through the Saber-Tooth Project. Schools were similar managerially. Differences were apparent when…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Grade 7
Chapter 7: Lessons, Conclusions, and Implications of the Saber-Tooth Project.
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Ward, Phillip; Doutis, Panayiotis; Evans, Sharon A. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1999
Summarizes findings from the Saber-Tooth Project related to systemic change and student learning, concluding that vision is everything; workplace conditions must be addressed at multiple levels; strong relationships exist among planning, teaching, and assessment; and improvement in reform may occur due to the cessation of business as usual. This…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Faculty Development