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Fröberg, Andreas; Wiklander, Petter; Lundvall, Suzanne – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2023
In this paper, we add to the literature by exploring how sustainable development (SD) and sustainability-oriented learning, are reflected in the Swedish compulsory school and upper secondary school physical education and health (PEH) syllabi. The source of data was the PEH syllabi and the commentary material, as produced by the Swedish National…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Course Descriptions, Elementary Secondary Education, Outdoor Education
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Petter Wiklander; Andreas Fröberg; Suzanne Lundvall – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2024
Purpose: Literature suggest that physical education and health (PEH) may contribute to the sustainable development (SD) agenda, yet little is known how PEH teachers relate SD to their teaching practices. This paper explores Swedish upper secondary PEH teachers' experiences and perceived competence regarding teaching SD as part of PEH. Method: An…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Health Education, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Karin Sjödin; Mikael Quennerstedt; Johan Öhman – Sport, Education and Society, 2024
The aim with this article is to contribute knowledge about the meanings of "friluftsliv" in educational practice. This is done by investigating what "friluftsliv" becomes in the ongoing practices of PETE in Sweden and "how" these meanings are established in the studied activities. The empirical material consists of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries
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Hansen, Elisabeth; Nordén, Helena; Ohlsson, Marie Lund – Sport, Education and Society, 2023
Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) are less physically active than individuals without ID, and rarely reach the recommended daily level of physical activity (PA). It is understood that both social interaction and the ability to perform physical work affect participation in daily activity as well as PA. Individuals with ID generally have…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Attitudes
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Tolgfors, Björn; Backman, Erik; Nyberg, Gunn; Quennerstedt, Mikael – European Physical Education Review, 2021
The purpose of this study is to explore the recontextualisation of Assessment for Learning (AfL) as a particular content area in the transition between a university course and a school placement course within Swedish physical education teacher education (PETE). By combining Basil Bernstein's pedagogic device and Stephen Ball's performativity…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Student Placement
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Joanne Hill; J. L. Walton-Fisette; M. Flemons; R. Philpot; S. Sutherland; S. Phillips; S. B. Flory; A. Ovens – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2024
Background: The imperative for social justice in education means that pre-service teachers should learn how to teach for and about social justice, including pedagogical and content knowledge. Understanding how physical education (PE) pre-service teachers and teacher educators construct and develop their knowledge of social justice pedagogies and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Knowledge Level, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Educators
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Backman, Erik; Tolgfors, B.; Nyberg, G.; Quennerstedt, M. – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2023
Background: In this paper, we will address the question of how physical education teacher education (PETE) matters and suggest one way to explore the potential impact of PETE. A distinguishing feature of the studies of PETE's impact on physical education is that they either include perspectives from preservice teachers involved in PETE courses or…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Professionalism
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Caldeborg, Annica; Maivorsdotter, Ninitha; Öhman, Marie – Sport, Education and Society, 2019
A growing anxiety around intergenerational touch in educational settings has both emerged and increased in recent years. Previous research reveals that Physical Education (PE) teachers have become more cautious in their approaches to students and they avoid physical contact or other behavior that could be regarded as suspicious [Fletcher, 2013.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Nonverbal Communication
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Björn Tolgfors; Erik Backman; Gunn Nyberg; Mikael Quennerstedt – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2024
Background: Scholars have suggested that students' views of what is important for them to know as Physical Education (PE) teachers are a result of what is assessed in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE). Thus, there is a risk that students will reproduce content areas such as sports and assess sport-techniques without much critical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teachers, Movement Education, Team Sports
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J. T. McKeever; L. E. Runceanu – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2024
Background: Combining Game-Based Approaches, video feedback, and debate of ideas "(débat d'idées)" constitutes an emerging field within pedagogical literature in Physical and Health Education. Nevertheless, more work is needed to understand how this digital tool can be effectively integrated into the teaching and learning process.…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Video Technology, Visual Aids, Student Centered Learning
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Caldeborg, Annica; Öhman, Marie – European Physical Education Review, 2020
Research within the field of intergenerational touch has shown that there is a tension between the need to use physical contact as an obvious pedagogical tool, and the no-touch discourse. Within this tension physical contact between physical education teachers and students has also been shown to be a gender/ed issue with heteronormative points of…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Females, Age Differences, Gender Differences
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Apelmo, Elisabet – Sport, Education and Society, 2019
The aim of this article was to explore, from a gender perspective, how young sporting women with physical impairments experience physical education (PE), and which strategies they use to manage situations that arise in the everyday interaction in connection with those lessons. Phenomenology provides a theoretical framework that includes the body.…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Gender Differences, Females, Athletes
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Tolgfors, Björn – European Physical Education Review, 2019
This article focuses on assessment processes in the school subject of physical education (PE). Inspired by Torrance, the overarching research question is: 'What might assessment involve if it focuses on the development and identification of collective understanding, collaboratively produced through educational experiences?' The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Suzanne Lundvall; Thordis Gisladottir; Åge Lauritzen; Annemari Munk Svendsen; Kasper Salin; Runa Stefansdottir; Andreas Fröberg – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2024
In the present study, we present a cross-country comparison of the status and condition of sustainable development (SD) in the Nordic physical education (PE) curricula. The aim of the study was to increase knowledge of how SD perspectives are represented and conceptualised in the Nordic PE curricula. An expert-driven research approach was used…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Curriculum, Sustainable Development, Cross Cultural Studies
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Modell, Nina; Gerdin, Göran – European Physical Education Review, 2022
The overall aim of this study was to explore how upper secondary school students (age 16-19) in Sweden perceive physical education and health (PEH) through the assessment practices they experience in this subject. In particular, the study aimed to examine the students' experiences of what can be considered as valid knowledge and what the students…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Education, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
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