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Physical Education Teaching as a Caring Act--Techniques of Bodily Touch and the Paradox of Caring
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Andersson, Joacim; Öhman, Marie; Garrison, Jim – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
In this article, we investigate 'no touch policies' as a practical teacher concern that includes the body as a location, a source and a means in educational activity. We argue that to understand issues regarding physical touch within school practice we must conceive it as deeply associated with specific teaching techniques. Thus, the didactical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Instruction, Caring
"It Doesn't Matter How They Move Really, as Long as They Move." Physical Education Teachers on Developing Their Students' Movement Capabilities
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Larsson, Håkan; Nyberg, Gunn – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2017
Background: Movement is key in physical education, but the educational value of moving is sometimes obscure. In Sweden, recent school reforms have endeavoured to introduce social constructionist concepts of knowledge and learning into physical education, where the movement capabilities of students are in focus. However, this means introducing a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Motion, Physical Education
"We Should Assess the Students in More Authentic Situations": Swedish PE Teacher Educators' Views of the Meaning of Movement Skills for Future PE Teachers
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Backman, Erik; Pearson, Phil – European Physical Education Review, 2016
The question of what knowledge a student of Physical Education (PE) needs to develop during PE teacher education (PETE) was recently discussed. One form of knowledge is the movement practices that students must meet during their education. Given the limited time, a delicate matter is whether to prioritize movement knowledge and consider it as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Educators
Exploring Capability to Move--Somatic Grasping of House-Hopping
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Nyberg, Gunn Birgitta; Carlgren, Ingrid Maria – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Purpose: The aim of this study is to explore what it means to be able to move in different ways. What does it mean, from the perspective of the learners, to know how to carry out a specific movement? What is there to know and how could this insight contribute to the planning of developing learners' capability to move in different ways? As an…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, High School Students, Physical Education, Foreign Countries
Screening of Infants at Eight Months for Atypical Development in Primary Health Care in Southern Sweden
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Sivberg, Bengt; Lundqvist, Pia; Johanson, Ingmarie; Nordström, Berit; Persson, Bengt A. – Early Child Development and Care, 2016
Screening studies of a population in primary health care are sparsely reported. The aim was to describe observed atypical behaviours that may be associated with autism spectrum conditions, in a population (n?=?4,329) of infants at eight months. Observations were performed by paediatric nurses. An observational instrument, named SEEK developed for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Primary Health Care, Screening Tests, Child Development
Stretching Capabilities: Children with Disabilities Playing TV and Computer Games
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Wasterfors, David – Disability & Society, 2011
Intervention studies show that if children with disabilities play motion-controlled TV and computer games for training purposes their motivation increases and their training becomes more intensive, but why this happens has not been explained. This article addresses this question with the help of ethnographic material from a public project in…
Descriptors: Play, Video Games, Disabilities, Foreign Countries