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Gonçalves, Luiza; Parker, Melissa; Luguetti, Carla; Carbinatto, Michele – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2022
Background: Physical Education (PE) teachers around the world often struggle with different experiences of precarity such as job insecurity, high workloads, lack of infrastructure in schools, and others. Communities of practice (CoP) are recognised as an important democratic strategy for teachers' continuing professional development (CPD). A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Communities of Practice, Facilitators (Individuals)
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Gonçalves, Luiza Lana; Parker, Melissa; Luguetti, Carla; Carbinatto, Michele – Sport, Education and Society, 2022
Physical education (PE) researchers demonstrate the benefits of collaborative continuing professional development (CPD) through the cultivation of professional learning communities (PLCs). Furthermore, this body of research reflects teachers' empowerment as a current concern in the literature about PLCs. Although the importance of teachers'…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Empowerment, Facilitators (Individuals), Communities of Practice
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Ferreira, Heidi J.; Gonçalves, Luiza; Parker, Melissa – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: Drawing on the concept of community of practice, the purpose of this study was to explore Brazilian physical education teachers' experiences of nurturing a community of practice online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This was an action research project, and the participants were 13 high school physical education teachers (one of…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Communities of Practice, COVID-19, Pandemics