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Louise Lindkvist – Sport, Education and Society, 2024
Previous research has addressed how societal demands shape ideas about appropriate practices in physical education (PE) and the consequences for those involved and for society at large. It has also highlighted the influential role of groups and organisations, including PE teachers, in shaping PE practices. However, the significance of school…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Physical Education, Government School Relationship, Educational Practices
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Anna Rosén; Håkan Larsson – Sport, Education and Society, 2024
The interest in yoga, mindfulness or similar yoga-based practices (YBP) has grown exponentially in the western world, also within education, including physical education (PE). Although some studies have been conducted on YBP in PE, yoga has not yet been researched in the framework of physical education teacher education (PETE). Using a regional…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Physical Activities, Student Experience, Physical Education
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Kjerland, Glenn Øvrevik; Annerstedt, Claes – Sport, Education and Society, 2022
The aim of our study was to explore how collaborative learning processes unfold when teacher education students apply learning theories in order to learn how to teach Physical Education in a project carried out in addition to the regular teaching in PETE. In the project's social practice, 46 student teachers worked in groups to complete four tasks…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Caldeborg, Annica – Sport, Education and Society, 2022
Physical contact is common in physical education (PE) and is often also perceived as necessary in the subject. At the same time, no-touch discourses in sport and PE affect both teachers and students in many western countries. Teachers in the subject have for example become increasingly reluctant to touch their students due to risks of allegations.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Cultural Differences, Immigrants
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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
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Nyberg, Gunn; Backman, Erik; Larsson, Håkan – European Physical Education Review, 2020
Scholars argue that movement content knowledge in physical education teacher education (PETE) needs to be revisited and problematised. In this paper we develop the concept of movement capability representing a widened view of movement content knowledge. If teacher educators want to teach movement capability as an intrinsic educational goal in PETE…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Psychomotor Skills
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Alexander Jansson; Gunilla Brun Sundblad; Suzanne Lundvall; Johan R. Norberg – Sport, Education and Society, 2024
School grades are among the most common measurements used to analyze equality of outcome in education. Large or increasing 'gaps' in school grades between boys and girls and between students with different migration background are considered strong indicators of inequality. Based on students' school grades, several studies have shown that equality…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Migration, Equal Education, Outcomes of Education
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Larsson, Håkan; Mattsson, Torun; Ferry, Magnus – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2022
Research about physical education teacher education (PETE) indicates that the education program attracts homogeneous groups of students, consisting mainly of young men originating from the country in question and who have academic backgrounds. The purpose of this article is, through a case study of one Swedish PETE institution, to explore a cohort…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
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Lundin, Katarina; Schenker, Katarina – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2022
The overall aim of this paper is to introduce a new way of analysing and understanding the framing and potential of Physical Education and Health (PEH) practice. Focusing on subject-specific literacy, which is defined as an abstract and generalising language, containing words and concepts typical for a specific subject [Nestlog, B. E. (2019).…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Health Education, Literacy
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Westerlund, Runa; Eliasson, Inger – European Physical Education Review, 2022
Novice teachers face several challenges during their first years of socialization in schools, often feeling unprepared in managing the full range of teaching duties. If teacher retention and attrition are to be improved, research on the difficulties encountered by novice teachers in diverse contexts and cultures is required. There is a lack of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Physical Education Teachers, Teaching Experience
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Dean Barker; Hakan Larsson; Gunn Nyberg – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2024
Purpose: To (a) present a theoretical framework that describes how learners' movement habits become relevant in the development of movement capability and (b) present data that illustrate how this process occurs in practice. Method: An investigation with preservice physical education teachers was conducted in two phases. The first phase involved…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Tolgfors, Björn; Quennerstedt, Mikael; Backman, Erik; Nyberg, Gunn – European Physical Education Review, 2022
In many countries, assessment for learning (AfL) is recommended in both policy and research as a concept that should be integrated into the teaching of physical education (PE) in schools. AfL is also part of physical education teacher education (PETE) programs in several countries and, consequently, something future PE teachers are expected to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physical Education, Teacher Education Programs, School Community Relationship
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Göran Gerdin; Katarina Lundin; Rod Philpot; Ellen Berg; Amanda Mooney; Ansie Kitching; Laura Alfrey; Katarina Schenker; Susanne Linnér – European Physical Education Review, 2025
This paper draws on critical discourse analysis to examine how health and physical education (HPE) curricula from Sweden, Norway, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand may influence possibilities for the enactment of social justice in schools. The findings highlight the presence of social justice intentions across the five curricula as related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Health Education, Physical Education
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Lelinge, Balli – International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies, 2023
Purpose: This study determines which aspects of the intended object of learning (planned by teachers during the first phase of a learning study) is made discernible from a learners' perspective. In a learning study, the intended, enacted, and lived object of learning are considered. This study focuses on the learning material used by teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Lesson Plans, Planning
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Philpot, Rod; Smith, Wayne; Gerdin, Göran; Larsson, Lena; Schenker, Katarina; Linnér, Susanne; Moen, Kjersti Mordal; Westlie, Knut – European Physical Education Review, 2021
In this paper, we describe and reflect on the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) methodology used to explore how secondary school health and physical education (HPE) teachers address social justice in their teaching practice. The paper is informed by data generated as part of an ongoing three-year international research project involving eight…
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Health Education, Physical Education, Social Justice
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