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Examining Common and Specialized Soccer Content Knowledge and Demographic Variables of Chinese Physical Education Teachers
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He, Yaohui; Ward, Phillip; Wang, Xiaozan; Yang, Guang – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2022
Purpose: To examine the relationships among demographic variables, common content knowledge (CCK), and specialized content knowledge (SCK) of Chinese physical education teachers in teaching soccer. Methods: One hundred twenty-nine physical education teachers' CCK was assessed using 27 multiple choice questions, and SCK was assessed using content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Physical Education Teachers
The Effect of a Content Knowledge Teacher Professional Workshop on Enacted Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Student Learning in a Throwing Unit
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Chang, Seung Ho; Ward, Phillip; Goodway, Jacqueline D. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2020
Background: Recent studies have found the effects of improvements in teachers' content knowledge (CK) on enacted pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and student learning outcomes. However, there is little research exploring the relationship between PCK and student learning in an individual fundamental motor skill-based elementary physical…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Faculty Development, Workshops, Psychomotor Skills
Changing Beginning Teachers' Content Knowledge and Its Effects on Student Learning
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Sinelnikov, Oleg A.; Kim, Insook; Ward, Phillip; Curtner-Smith, Mathew; Li, Weidong – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2016
Background: Lack of content knowledge (CK) is problematic in teaching in classroom subject areas and in physical education. There is a dearth of data-based research on interventions aimed at helping teachers acquire CK and, in turn, on the effects of CK on student learning. Aim: To investigate the effect of professional development, in the form of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Academic Achievement, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Physical Education
The Influence of Content Knowledge on Teaching and Learning in Traditional and Sport Education Contexts: An Exploratory Study
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Iserbyt, Peter; Ward, Phillip; Martens, Jonas – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2016
Background: Our understanding of the role in which content knowledge (CK) can strengthen instructional models and how that knowledge matters for professional development is limited. It is contended that mere use of an instructional model is insufficient to impact psychomotor learning in meaningful ways. Purpose: This study was conducted to…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 10
Effects of Improved Content Knowledge on Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Student Performance in Physical Education
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Iserbyt, Peter; Ward, Phillip; Li, Weidong – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2017
Background: Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is an interaction of several knowledge bases upon which the teacher makes decisions about what and how to teach. To date, there are no studies in physical education directly documenting relationships between specialized content knowledge (SCK) and PCK. Such relationships have not been empirically…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Physical Education, Knowledge Level, Specialization
Effects of Improving Teachers' Content Knowledge on Teaching and Student Learning in Physical Education
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Ward, Phillip; Kim, Insook; Ko, Bomna; Li, Weidong – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of a content knowledge (CK) workshop on the enacted pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of teachers and in turn the effects on student learning. Method: A quasiexperimental design was used to examine 4 questions: (a) How does student learning differ as a function of PCK? (b) How does…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Correlation, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
Chapter 4: Professional Development Workshops--What Do Teachers Learn and Use?
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Ko, Bomna; Wallhead, Tristan; Ward, Phillip – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2006
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…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Prior Learning, Workshops, Teaching Methods