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Donal Howley; Ben Dyson; Seunghyun Baek – European Physical Education Review, 2025
Drawing on social constructivist learning theory and a conceptual framework for meaningful physical education (MPE), the purpose of this self-study was to present and explore how one teacher-researcher (TR) evolved their approach to implementing pedagogy promoting MPE in an alternative secondary/high school education setting. Utilizing self-study,…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Physical Education, Curriculum Implementation, Physical Education Teachers
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Marron, Susan; Coulter, Maura – Irish Educational Studies, 2021
Teachers today must not only be prepared to use technology but must also know how to use it (Butler, D., K. Marshall, and M. Leahy. 2015. "Shaping the Future: How Technology Can Lead to Educational Transformation, 1st ed." Dublin: Liffey Press). The purpose of this study was to explore two primary physical education initial teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary Education
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O' Brien, Wesley; Belton, Sarahjane; Issartel, Johann – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2016
Background: Literature suggests that physical education programmes ought to provide intense instruction towards basic movement skills needed to enjoy a variety of physical activities. Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are basic observable patterns of behaviour present from childhood to adulthood (e.g. run, skip and kick). Recent evidence indicates…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Adolescents, Youth, Physical Activities
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Armour, Kathleen M.; Chambers, Fiona C. – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
The European Union Sport Unit has identified the societal and educational role of sport as a central topic in its new research agenda. It is argued that European Union (EU) citizens should be supported to learn continuously across the life course. In the sport/physical activity (PA) context, the role of teachers, coaches and exercise instructors…
Descriptors: Exercise, Athletics, Physical Education, Teaching Methods