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Young Norwegian-Pakistani Women and Sport: How Does Culture and Religiosity Matter?
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Walseth, Kristin; Strandbu, Åse – European Physical Education Review, 2014
Studies from several countries show that girls with an immigrant background participate in organized sports to a lesser extent than other young people. Barriers related to culture and religion serve in many of these studies as explanations. In this article we suggest that the notions of culture and religion in this field of studies could be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Athletics, Barriers
Pre-Service Teacher Perspectives of Case-Based Learning in Physical Education Teacher Education
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Hemphill, Michael A.; Richards, K. Andrew R.; Gaudreault, Karen Lux; Templin, Thomas J. – European Physical Education Review, 2015
Case-based learning (CBL) is a constructivist pedagogy in which students read hypothetical accounts of real world situations and consider how they would respond if facing similar challenges. In physical education teacher education, research has shown that CBL has the potential to promote critical thinking, contribute to students' cognitive growth…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
Pre-Service Teachers' Experiences Implementing a Hybrid Curriculum: Sport Education and Teaching Games for Understanding
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Stran, Margaret; Sinelnikov, Oleg; Woodruff, Elizabeth – European Physical Education Review, 2012
A hybrid Sport Education (SE) and Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) pedagogical model shifts responsibilities to students and enhances game play by focusing on tactical problems. The purpose of this study was to (1) examine pre-service teachers' (PTs) perceptions teaching a SE-TGfU hybrid; and (2) identify facilitators and inhibitors that…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Physical Education, Interviews, Focus Groups
Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers' Perceptions of Subject Knowledge: Augmenting Learning to Teach
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Herold, Frank; Waring, Michael – European Physical Education Review, 2009
This paper explores pre-service teachers' perceptions of subject knowledge as they learn to teach during a one-year postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) programme in England. The article examines the impact of pre-service teachers' previous experiences and individual subject knowledge profiles on their development during their PGCE course.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Preservice Teacher Education, Physical Education Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Pedagogical Practices of Reflection in Tertiary Dance Education
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Leijen, Ali; Lam, Ineke; Simons, P. Robert-Jan; Wildschut, Liesbeth – European Physical Education Review, 2008
The three different perspectives on reflection in education are embedded in the philosophical traditions of pragmatism, critical social theory and Kant. We aimed to describe the pedagogical practices of reflection, and to develop a descriptive model of the practices of reflection in tertiary dance education which can be used by dance educators to…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Foreign Countries, Social Theories, Teaching Methods
The Implementation of Models-Based Practice in Physical Education through Action Research
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Casey, Ashley; Dyson, Ben – European Physical Education Review, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore the use of action research as a framework to investigate cooperative learning and tactical games as instructional models in physical education (PE). The teacher/researcher taught a tennis unit using a combination of Cooperative Learning and Teaching Games for Understanding to three classes of boys aged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Racquet Sports, Games