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Young adolescents’ lived experience with teacher-led classroom-based physical activity: A phenomenological study
Authors: Sabrina Krogh Schmidt, Solfrid Bratland-Sanda, Robert Bongaardt Abstract This study aims to identify and describe the general meaning structure of secondary school students’ experience… -
A profession in crisis? Teachers’ responses to England’s high-stakes accountability reforms in secondary education
Authors: Emma Towers, Sharon Gewirtz, Meg Maguire, Eszter Neumann Abstract There has been a tendency to construct the teaching profession through a narrative of ‘crisis’… -
Developing a pedagogy of teacher education using self-study: A rhizomatic examination of negotiating learning and practice
Authors: Mats Hordvik, Ann MacPhail, Lars Tore Ronglan Abstract This self-study of teacher education practices examines the processes of developing a pedagogy of teacher education.… -
PE Scholar Education and Training Impact Report 2022
The following report summarises professional development provided by PE Scholar in 2022 to include in-person training, conference keynotes/ workshops and our suite of online training… -
Understanding the impact of a teacher education course on attitudes towards gender equity in physical activity and sport: An exploratory mixed methods evaluation
Authors: Emma R. Pollock, Myles D. Young, David R. Lubans, Julia E. Coffey, Vibeke Hansen, Philip J. Morgan Abstract This study explored the impact of… -
Who’s included and Who’s not? An analysis of instruments that measure teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education
Authors: Stephan Kielblock and Stuart Woodcock Abstract In this paper, inclusive education was understood as the right of all students to access, presence, participation and… -
Stretched too thin? The relationship between insufficient resource allocation and physical education instructional time and assessment practices
Authors: Lindsey Turner, Tyler G. Johnson, Hannah G. Calvert, Frank J. Chaloupka Abstract With provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act, attention to physical education… -
‘The participation group means that I’m low ability’: Students’ perspectives on the enactment of ‘mixed-ability’ grouping in secondary school physical education
Authors: Shaun D. Wilkinson and Dawn Penney Abstract Mixed-ability grouping is widespread in primary schools and in several subject areas in secondary schools in England.… -
Meaningful Experiences in Physical Education and Youth Sport: A Review of the Literature
Authors: Stephanie Beni, Tim Fletcher and Déirdre Ní Chróinín Abstract The purpose of this research is to review the literature about young people’s meaningful experiences… -
Active Lives Children and Young People Survey -Academic year 2022-23
Introduction by Nick Pontefract, Chief Strategy Officer, Sport England This report summarises the sport and physical activity behaviours of 5-16-year-olds in England over the 2022-23… -
The benefits of sport participation and physical activity in schools
Executive Summary Prior research documents that sport participation among secondary school children is associated with various benefits, including enhanced physical, cognitive, behavioural, social, and educational… -
Portuguese Physical Literacy Assessment – Observation (PPLA-O) for adolescents (15–18 years) from grades 10–12: Development and initial validation through item response theory
Authors: João Mota, João Martins and Marcos Onofre Abstract Introduction: Aims of these studies were to develop the Portuguese Physical Literacy Assessment Observation instrument (PPLA-O) to…
