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Beni, Stephanie; Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Fletcher, Tim – Sport, Education and Society, 2019
In line with recent calls for clearer connections to be made between the "why," "what" and "how" of physical education, there has been a renewed emphasis on the value of promoting meaningful experiences for young people. While attention had been paid to the "why" and "what" of meaningful physical…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Physical Education, Psychomotor Skills, Teaching Methods
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Ní Chróinín, Déirdre; Fletcher, Tim; O'Sullivan, Mary – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2018
Background: Concerns that current forms of physical education teacher education (PETE) are not adequately providing teachers with the tools necessary for working with the realities and challenges of teaching physical education in contemporary schools has led some scholars to advocate for an approach that prioritises meaningfulness in physical…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies
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Fletcher, Tim; Bullock, Shawn M. – Professional Development in Education, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to use collaborative self-study to analyze and describe our experiences of teaching about teaching in a digital, online environment. Data were gathered from reflective journal entries, emails and monthly Skype calls. Our findings indicate that the perceived disembodiment of teaching and learning online affected how we…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Chróinín, Déirdre Ni; Fletcher, Tim; O'Sullivan, Mary – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2015
This collaborative self-study examined the experiences of two teacher educators who developed and implemented a pedagogical approach that prioritised learning how to facilitate meaningful physical education (PE) experiences in their physical education teacher education programs. Data sources included 33 individual planning and reflection…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Innovation, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Programs