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Walseth, Kristin; Engebretsen, Berit; Elvebakk, Lisbeth – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2018
Background and purpose: The research literature in physical education (PE) is placing a growing focus on the need for research that can illuminate not only the challenges PE faces but also how we can develop PE to meet the needs of all students. The activist approach aims to study future possibilities in PE, and the goal is for all young people…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Experience, Student Attitudes, Relevance (Education)
Pang, Bonnie; Macdonald, Doune – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2016
Background: School Health and Physical Education (HPE) and sport has increasingly become a complex cultural contact zone. With global population shifts, schools need policies and strategies to attend to the interests and needs of diverse student populations. School HPE and sport is a particularly significant site as it is a touchpoint for a range…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Related Fitness, Health Activities, Student Needs
Whatman, Susan L.; Singh, Parlo – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Over the last 20 years, curriculum development in Health and Physical Education (HPE) (or Physical Education, Physical Education and Health, Sport Education as it is variously called) has repeatedly attempted to address issues of equity and social inclusion. Why then does systemic educational disadvantage persist, and why do the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Indigenous Populations, Health Education, Curriculum Development
McEvilly, Nollaig; Verheul, Martine; Atencio, Matthew – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Preschool physical education has been largely unexplored by researchers. This article examines the meaning of the term "physical education", in relation to preschool contexts, to 14 practitioners working at three preschool settings in Scotland. Our focus on preschool physical education reflects a change in the language…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation, Educational Policy
Vors, Olivier; Gal-Petitfaux, Nathalie – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Since 2010, French secondary schools with a high proportion of students in academic difficulty benefit from a compensatory education policy called "Ecoles Colleges et Lycees pour l'Ambition, l'Innovation et la Reussite" (ECLAIR). These students tend to behave poorly and frequently disengage from learning tasks, and thus one…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Physical Education Teachers
Lloyd, Rebecca – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Physical Education (PE) programmes are expanding to include alternative activities yet what is missing is a conceptual model that facilitates how the learning process may be understood and assessed beyond the dominant sport-technique paradigm. Purpose: The purpose of this article was to feature the emergence of a Function-to-Flow (F2F)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Learning Processes
Vandercleyen, François; Boudreau, Pierre; Carlier, Ghislain; Delens, Cécile – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2014
Background: Emotions play a major role in the learning of pre-service teachers. However, there is a lack of in-depth research on emotion in the context of physical education (PE), especially during the practicum. Lazarus's model and its concepts of appraisal and coping is a salient theoretical framework for understanding the emotional process.…
Descriptors: Coping, Case Studies, Physical Education, Interviews
McMullen, Jaimie M.; van der Mars, Hans; Jahn, Julie A. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2014
Background: Recently in education, the idea of promoting student ownership has emerged as a means of authentically engaging students in their own learning. Providing them with ownership over their experiences can lead to students making a greater connection with what they are learning. In teacher education, student ownership takes the form of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Ownership, Preservice Teachers
Whipp, Peter; Taggart, Andrew; Jackson, Ben – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2014
Background: This study was grounded in the differentiated instructional model where teachers tailor content, process/support, and product in response to their students' levels of readiness and interest. The value of differentiated teaching is well established; however, the implementation of such a technique is difficult due to differences in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Individualized Instruction, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Macdonald, Doune; Abbott, Rebecca; lisahunter; Hay, Peter; McCuaig, Louise – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2014
Background: The association between physical activity/fitness with cognitive and academic functioning has become a topic of considerable research interest. Increasingly, schooling systems are being expected to respond to these relationships through curricular and extra-curricular interventions. Purpose: This paper reports on the qualitative…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Stride, Annette – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2014
Background: Within physical education (PE) research in England, the focus on gender issues has predominantly been concerned with White, middle class, non-disabled girls' experiences, marginalizing girls falling outside these parameters. Purpose: Drawing on "middle ground" thinking, using Hill Collins' matrix of domination and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Muslims, Asians, Females
Lamb, Penny; Lane, Kathleen – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Pupils' views have been elicited in physical education over a long period, but is a comparatively under-examined area within literature on gifted and talented (G&T) in physical education concerns pupil voice and their accounts of being placed on their schools' G&T register. Purpose: This small-scale qualitative study consulted…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physical Education, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Fisette, Jennifer L. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Limited research has been conducted on student voice with students in physical education. Accessing and responding to student voice are relevant for researchers and physical education teachers to develop physical education programs that are meaningful and have a sense of purpose to the students themselves. It is through listening to…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Females, Gender Differences, Barriers
Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Cosgrave, Caitríona – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Incorporating assessment as a regular practice can enhance teaching and learning in primary physical education. However, there is little evidence to suggest primary teachers use assessment strategies regularly in their physical education classes. Purpose: To explore the impact of incorporating assessment into primary teachers' physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Elementary School Teachers
Ward, Stefan; Parker, Melissa – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2013
Background: Positive youth development (PYD) programs adhere to the notion that all children have strengths and assets to be promoted and nurtured rather than deficits that require "fixing." The study of PYD programs indicates three aspects which set them apart from other programs for youth: activities, goals, and atmosphere. Of these,…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Ethnography, Grade 4, Grade 5