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Direct linkDamián Iglesias; Javier Fernandez-Rio; Pablo Rodríguez-González – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aimed to examine moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) levels in physical education. Method: A review of reviews was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. The screening process, data extraction, assessment of the risk of bias, and analysis of the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Huhtiniemi, Mikko; Salin, Kasper; Lahti, Jukka; Sääkslahti, Arja; Tolvanen, Asko; Watt, Anthony; Jaakkola, Timo – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: Fitness testing is a commonly applied learning and teaching practice implemented in both secondary and elementary school physical education (PE). Many teachers believe that by using a variety of different tests, they are able to provide students with feedback regarding their fitness status, and furthermore, increase students'…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Fitness, Student Attitudes, Psychological Patterns
Gråstén, Arto; Kokkonen, Juha; Kokkonen, Marja – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
Homogeneous teaching efficacy profiles of in-service physical education (PE) teachers (N = 175) from a variety of educational institutions, elementary to higher education, were examined. In addition, associated gender bias and equality beliefs in PE were investigated. Three profiles (Low, Intermediate, High) were identified using cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Mäkelä, Kasper; Hirvensalo, Mirja – Physical Educator, 2015
In the physical education (PE) teachers' profession, physical tasks comprise a large part of the job. PE teachers identify their health as good, and they are satisfied with their job. Nevertheless, the work ability of PE teachers may be decreasing. Purpose: The purpose of this article was to explore the work ability of Finnish PE teachers. What…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Job Skills
Froiland, John Mark; Mayor, Päivi; Herlevi, Marjaana – School Psychology International, 2015
Numerous studies indicate that intrinsic motivation predicts academic achievement. However, relatively few have examined various subtypes of intrinsic motivation that predict overall achievement, such as motivation for exercise and physical activity. Based upon the 16 basic desires theory of personality, the current study examined the motives of…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, High School Students, Physical Activities, Student Motivation
Mäkelä, Kasper; Hirvensalo, Mirja; Laakso, Lauri; Whipp, Peter R. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2014
Background: Teacher turnover has been identified as a major problem that represents instability in teaching. Teacher turnover can be divided into three components: attrition means that the teacher is leaving the profession; "area transfer" means that the teacher is changing his/her subject area and "migration" means that the…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Labor Turnover, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility
Pitkanen, Pentti – 1968
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a report on an investigation started in 1957 by Martti Takala and Penti Pitkanen at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, to examine the connections between physical fitness and other measures of individual difference. The report deals with the structure and development…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Age Differences, Athletics, Body Height
