Purpose: While numerous studies have explored the challenges of teaching physical education during COVID-19, there is a gap in research on physical education post-COVID-19. Therefore, this study aimed to examine physical education practices post-COVID-19, focusing on the changes in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Method: A mixed method…

Guided by Situated Learning theory, the purpose of this article is to propose an extension to existing game-centered curricular models, named Situated Game Teaching through Set Plays (SGTSP). This proposed model fills in the gaps in the literature on game-centered curricular models by theorizing the concept of game scenarios/match conditions in…

This study considers the implications for teachers of physical education of adopting physical literacy as the focus of their work. These implications arise from the philosophical underpinning of the concept, from the definition of physical literacy and are in line with the mission of the International Physical Literacy Association. In the first…

Survey results are presented from a study which investigated purchasers (N=190) of the Basic Stuff Series, nine books which summarize physical education knowledge and give related teaching ideas. The purpose of the study was to determine if and how purchasers used the books. (IAH)

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…

A well-designed professional development (PD) program serves to deepen and extend teachers' subject matter knowledge and extend and refine their teaching practices. However, professional development programs often fail to achieve sustained change in teacher practices and improvement in student learning. In this study the authors attempt to find…

Although teachers' knowledge of student emotion is not typically integrated into studies of teachers' pedagogical content knowledge, this study uses the philosophy of emotion, recent teacher knowledge research, and a case study of one middle-school physical education teacher to illustrate the point that how teachers understand student emotion is…

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…

Study examined differences between self-contained and team teaching approaches when two groups of elementary teachers implemented a physical education curriculum during an inservice. Researchers collected lesson completion forms, specialists' reports, class observations, and teacher surveys. Results indicated those using self-contained approaches…