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Sato, Takahiro; Kataoka, Chie; McKay, Cathy; Izumi, Ayaka – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
The purpose of this study was to describe in-service health education teachers' experiences teaching sexuality education to students in secondary schools in Japan. The study was informed by the theory of teacher development. The methodology used in this study was qualitative and descriptive and adopted a case study design. Participants were five…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Health Education, Teaching Experience
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Sato, Takahiro; McKay, Cathy; Kataoka, Chie; Tomura, Takafumi; Mitabe, Isamu; Miyazaki, Akiyo – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain Japanese middle school physical education teacher workplace experiences at urban city school districts. Participants were seven middle school physical education teachers (five males and two females) teaching physical education and coaching athletic teams in Japanese middle schools. Data sources…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Middle Schools, Urban Schools
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Sato, Takahiro; Ellison, Douglas W.; Eckert, Kevin – Education 3-13, 2020
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain Japanese elementary teacher development experiences in teaching physical education (PE). Participants were eight elementary classroom teachers (six males and two females) (within their first five years of teaching) teaching PE for the first time in Japanese elementary schools. Data sources…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Physical Education, Foreign Countries
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Tsuda, Emi; Sato, Takahiro; Wyant, James D.; Hasegawa, Etsushi – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary teachers' experiences of physical education professional development in depopulated rural school districts in Japan to provide future directions to offer effective support for teachers in unique teaching contexts. The study was situated in the framework of andragogy theory. Participants were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Experience, Physical Education
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Sato, Takahiro; Tsuda, Emi; McKay, Cathy; Furuta, Yu; Kajita, Kazuhiro – Teacher Educator, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate Japanese elementary teachers' professional development experiences in physical education in Japan. Participants were nine teachers from four public elementary schools. Data sources included semi-structured face-to-face interviews and annual physical education professional development portfolios. Three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Physical Education, Faculty Development
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Sato, Takahiro; Suzuki, Naoki; Eckert, Kevin; Ellison, Douglas W. – Journal of Dance Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate Japanese secondary physical educators' professional development experiences teaching Japanese traditional dance education at a private secondary school. This study used a descriptive-qualitative research method, using in-depth interviewing within andragogy theory. Four physical education teachers (three…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Dance Education, Folk Culture, Asian Culture
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Furuta, Yu; Sato, Takahiro; Miller, Ryan T.; Kataoka, Chie; Tomura, Takafumi – European Physical Education Review, 2022
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain Japanese generalist elementary teachers' experiences teaching physical education (PE) to Japanese language learner (JLL) children in public schools in Japan. Participants were seven public elementary school teachers (two females and five males) who had experience teaching JLL children. Data…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Physical Education, Japanese, Teaching Experience
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Sato, Takahiro; McKay, Cathy – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate Japanese graduate students' research skill learning experiences in physical education teacher education at a public university. In this study, andragogy theory was utilised, which allowed the researchers to understand Japanese graduate students' learning experiences. Five Japanese physical education…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Research Skills, Skill Development, Physical Education
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Hodge, Samuel; Ammah, Jonathan O. A.; Casebolt, Kevin M.; LaMaster, Kathryn; Hersman, Bethany; Samalot-Rivera, Amaury; Sato, Takahiro – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to analyse the beliefs about inclusion and teaching students with disabilities of physical education teachers from various countries and cultures. The participants were 29 physical education teachers from Ghana (Africa), Japan, the US and Puerto Rico. The research method was explanatory multiple-case study situated in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Sato, Takahiro; Hodge, Samuel R. – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to analyse Japanese physical education teachers' beliefs on teaching students with disabilities in integrated classes. The participants were five physical education teachers in Japan. Situated in planned behaviour theory developed by Icek Ajzen in 1985, the research method was descriptive-qualitative case study as…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Physical Education, Disabilities, Foreign Countries