The shift from traditional, teacher-led methods towards more student-centred approaches in many countries has positioned pedagogical models and Models-based Practice (MbP) as a potential future for...

The aim of the study is to analyse the experiences of 7 students (4 girls and 3 boys) from different continents (Africa, Asia and South America) in Physical Education, in order to know to what exte...

Early childhood is a critical period for the formation of physical literacy from an early age. Teachers play an important role in supporting the growth of children's physical literacy. Unfortunatel...

Although social justice has been a topic of interest in physical education for over 40 years, research still shows that physical education excludes and marginalises students based on various identi...

Background: In a published 2016 report, it was estimated that approximately 80% of public-school teachers identified as White (United States Department of Education 2016). The duality of the issue ...

Reflection plays a pivotal role in professional development, particularly in physical education teacher education (PETE). Research shows that student reflections in PETE often remain at a superfici...

Early childhood is a crucial time to develop fundamental motor skills (FMS) such as throwing, running and kicking (Goodway, J. D., J. C. Ozmun, and D. L. Gallahue. 2019. Understanding Motor Develop...

As an extension of adventure education in school physical education, parkour has the potential to develop problem-solving and creative thinking along with the development of curriculum linked motor...

Caloric-unbalanced lifestyle has been documented as one critical reason for childhood obesity. Educating students with the knowledge about caloric-balanced living with a focus on healthy eating and...

Worldwide, to play sports is proclaimed a right. Yet its sexist practices insist on cultivating a hegemonic gender culture to keep ‘others’ away and deprive them from its potential educational bene...

Physical education (PE) aims to promote health and strengthen students’ health resources, and the concept of health is a central part of PE.curricula. However, little is known about how students un...

The provision of inclusive education in schools is a global priority. However, provision in schools is often criticised for being varied and inconsistent, often perpetuating a rhetoric of exclusion...

The purpose of this accidental autoethnography was to create a performative script to help better present and understand the array of class-by-class experiences and associated emotions I, the first...

In recent years, the number of Japanese Language Learner (JLL) students, or children who speak a language other than Japanese and require Japanese language instruction, has been rapidly increasing ...

Physical Education (PE) is a space for both the reproduction and change of power relations, due to its close relationship with physical activities and sports (PAS) and its masculine tradition. It i...

Background: Single- and mixed-sex grouping have long been a focus of attention in physical education (PE) and are matters often at the fore of discussions about curriculum planning, teaching, and l...

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After-school programs (ASP) provide safe and enjoyable setting for youth to participate in sports and physical activities (PA). The flexibility in the structure of ASPs can facilitate non-tradition...

Early childhood physical education (ECPE) is crucial for children’s development and lifelong learning. Children need developmentally appropriate, structured, and systematic opportunities in physica...

Decreased involvement in physical education (PE) among children with disabilities can result from negative attitudes toward peers with impairment. School-based paralympic sports programs may improv...

Aotearoa New Zealand is about to embark on a re-write of the official, national, health and physical education curriculum for all primary and secondary schools. This is a significant moment in poli...

For quite some time now, physical education (PE) scholars have expressed concerns about objectifying tendencies within the school subject of PE, calling for a fresh design that foregrounds students...

Developing understanding, and tactical understanding in particular, is an important goal for coaches in high-level youth sport. Deeper understanding can be associated with metacognition, which in s...

Given the various social, physical, and environmental factors at play during a physical education (PE) class, some components of the PE experience can be overstimulating for individuals with neurod...

There are varied consequences of digital transformation processes within the fitness and health-related living environments of adolescents (e.g. increased physical activity through wearables, body ...

Enhancing perceived motor competence (PMC) is an important factor in increasing the physical activity and motor competence of children. Longitudinal research is needed to identify the factors that ...

There is a need for contemporary studies which establish a shared language to further analyze and develop pedagogies in the field of teacher education in physical education (PE). This includes both...

The state of research on unsettling experiences of students in physical education can be characterized as fragmented. The available studies focus on select emotions (e.g. fear), specific forms of d...

Fidelity is an essential component of research, theory and practice in pedagogical models in physical education [Hastie, P. A., and A. Casey. 2014. “Fidelity in Models-based Practice Research in Sp...

Promoting and developing health in Physical Education should not be limited to seeking to meet recommendations for physical activity and to increase motor competence or physical fitness, but should...

Background: Despite the benefits of physical activity, children’s compliance with physical activity recommendations is very low and this situation worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Physical li...

Background: The ability to adapt motor skill performance to a variety of conditions is vital to success in physical activity settings. Valid and reliable measurements of motor competence (MC) are c...

Background: Learning is a social, situational process. Effective coaches consistently apply situationally appropriate coaching knowledge to improve athletes’ developmental outcomes. Learning experi...

Research in teacher education practice explicitly highlights how learning to teach teachers is a complex, messy, sophisticated process, filled with uncertainty and perpetual challenges. While this ...

Background: National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) invest significant resources into the design and delivery of learning and development opportunities for sport...

The need for greater attention to Environmental Education (EE) is increasing as awareness of the environmental emergency grows. However, Physical Education (PE), through its physical dimension and ...

The predominant instructional method utilised by soccer coaches are verbal instructions that occur whilst (during) players are executing soccer-skill. However, little is known on the specificity of...

Background: The transition from primary school to secondary school has negative effects on a significant part of the student body, such as a substantial decrease in self-esteem, motivation, academi...

Movement Integration (MI) is widely recognized for its importance in promoting children's physical activity (PA) and academic achievement. Originating from different research traditions, two lines ...

Various student-centred teaching approaches have been promoted within physical education teacher education (PETE) courses for many years. However, building preservice teachers’ (PTs’) pedagogical s...

Extracurricular activities are an inexorable training complement to the curricular learning promoted at school. Among the spectrum of possibilities, physical and sports activities stand out. School...

Powered mobility devices include any battery-operated and motorized device such as powered wheelchairs or modified ride-on cars. Off-the-shelf and battery-operated ride-on cars are modified through...

Physical literacy (PL) is widely acknowledged as an integral component of high-quality physical education programmes. However, what constitutes appropriate assessment of PL remains a contested issu...

The Physical Literacy in Children Questionnaire (PL-C Quest) is a pictorial tool designed to measure children’s self-reported physical literacy. It measures 30 elements within the four domains (phy...

Physical education is seen as a subject that can both entrench but also challenge inequities. Within Spain, there is legislation requiring educators to teach about gender equity in schools across a...

Adequate levels of motor competence (MC) have been associated with multiple health outcomes. Despite the preponderance of effective MC interventions, globally, levels of MC in children and adolesce...

Effective youth sport coaching encompasses the promotion of personal, social, and athletic skills in a deliberate and consistent manner. Coach training protocols that highlight coaches’ best-practi...

Although the theory/practice dualism seems difficult to deal with in physical education (PE) practice, this paper posits that there are ways in which teachers can enable students to develop holisti...

Background: Outdoor Adventure Education (OAE) has a long history of being associated with the facilitation of affective learning experiences. This research explores this relationship between OAE an...

As one pedagogical approach, an Activist Approach to teaching offers a structure for inquiry-oriented, learner-centered processes for context-specific educational endeavors (Oliver and Kirk [2015]....

Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) programmes are expected to support future teacher learning about contemporary innovations and big ideas for teaching physical education. Teacher educator...

For over two decades, the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority (QCAA) has used Arnold’s tri-dimensional perspective of movement (1979, 1988) as a framework for its senior Physical Educati...

Background: Assessment plays a key role in quality physical education and health [PEH; Leirhaug and Annerstedt (2016. “Assessing with New Eyes? Assessment for Learning in Norwegian Physical Educati...

Determining intervention fidelity measures is a crucial methodologic requirement of any sound intervention; however, fidelity must be implemented within the intervention’s conceptual and operation ...

Motor competence (MC) has been recognized as a main goal in Physical Education (PE) and a determining element for the promotion of Physical Activity (PA). The interaction between MC and PA would be...

Background: Participation in communities of practice (CoPs) by physical education (PE) teachers as an effective learning strategy has gained widespread acceptance over the past three decades. Howev...

Background: Physical education (PE) teachers’ learning processes are one important factor influencing the quality of PE and the learning outcomes of their students. To conceptualise learning for th...

Various forms of social scientific approaches to the body, utilising concepts such as embodiment, embodied identity, and subjectivity have garnered increasing attention in physical education and ph...

In this globalized world with a predominantly Eurocentric/androcentric approach to physical education (PE) teaching, there is a need to broaden school curricula from a critical, decolonizing approa...

While PE has arguably changed little since the 1960s, there is a rich history of the development of innovations in PE pedagogy. A key challenge lies in the sustained and broad use of these innovati...