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Direct linkValeria Varea; Ana Riccetti; Gustavo González-Calvo; Marcela Siracusa; Alfonso García-Monge – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2024
The aim of this paper is to explore what we have learned during the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of Physical Education in three different countries: Argentina, Spain and Sweden. Data were generated through semi-structured interviews, and the concept of field agency is used to make sense of the data. Differences were found among the three…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Physical Education, Comparative Education
Matilda Lindberg; Torun Mattsson – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2024
Introduction: Research has indicated that Physical Education (PE) is often characterized by teacher-centred teaching (e.g. Byra 2006; Tinning 2010), where the pupils follow instruction and perform pre-established movements (Karlefors and Larsson 2018). Pupils are expected to listen, do as they are told, and follow rules (Fitzpatrick and Russell…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Preadolescents, Student Centered Learning
Mattsson, Torun; Larsson, Håkan – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2021
Background: Research has indicated that an aesthetic perspective on movement is lacking in physical education and that exploratory teaching assignments are rare. Purpose: The aim of the paper is to explore how PE teachers approach the issue of teaching expressive dance and which learning processes students are involved in while dancing.…
Descriptors: Dance, Self Expression, Creativity, Physical Education Teachers
Tolgfors, Björn; Barker, Dean – Sport, Education and Society, 2023
Educational discourse is becoming increasingly globalized. This trend is particularly pronounced in the area of assessment, where notions of accountability, comparability, and competition have become prevalent in many countries. Scholars have critiqued this trend. They contend that global assessment discourse provides educators with…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Global Approach, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Öhman, Marie; Quennerstedt, Ann – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
In this paper we question the rationality of "no-touch policies" and offer an alternative approach to the matter of physical contact between teachers and students in the context of physical education (PE) in schools. Earlier research has drawn attention to how a discourse of child protection is starting to affect how physical contact is…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Physical Education, Educational Policy, Teacher Student Relationship
Backman, Erik – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2011
Research indicates that outdoor teaching practices within a physical education (PE) context are controlled by several factors with the potential to weaken or strengthen PE teachers' communication of pedagogic messages. Drawing on 12 qualitative interviews with PE teachers in compulsory schools in Sweden, the findings in this study suggest that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Influences, Physical Education, Outdoor Education
Webb, Louisa; Quennerstedt, Mikael; Ohman, Marie – Sport, Education and Society, 2008
In physical education, bodies are not only moved but made. There are perceived expectations for bodies in physical education to be "healthy bodies"--for teachers to be "appropriate" physical, fit, healthy and skillful "role models" and for students to display a slim body that is equated with fitness and health. In…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Role Models, Child Health, Foreign Countries
