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Sgrò, Francesco; Coppola, Roberto; Schembri, Rosaria; Lipoma, Mario – European Physical Education Review, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a tactical games model instructional plan on game-play volleyball performances of elementary school students, taking into account their skill level. In total, 39 fourth-grade students (average age: 8.9 years) participated in a 13-week unit, in which each lesson exaggerated the use of…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Psychomotor Skills
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Tannehill, Deborah; Demirhan, Giyasettin; Caplová, Petra; Avsar, Züleyha – European Physical Education Review, 2021
This paper reports on an investigation examining provision of physical education continuing professional development (CPD) in European countries undertaken to identify the types of practices being employed. We begin by providing a brief overview of what we currently know about CPD internationally in general education and physical education. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Professional Continuing Education, Faculty Development
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Bardaglio, Giulia; Marasso, Danilo; Magno, Francesca; Rabaglietti, Emanuela; Ciairano, Silvia – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2015
Background: Standard physical education (PE) programs and the team-teaching methodology have rarely been evaluated to investigate their real efficacy in changing children's motor skills. Aims: The aims of this study are two-fold: The first aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of a PE program for improving coordinative motor skills in the team…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Teaching Methods, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers
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Tsangaridou, Niki; Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Liukkonen, Jarmo; Gråstén, Arto; Kokkonen, Marja – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in children's social skills after their participation in a physical education programme named ESPEC ("Early Steps" Physical Education Curriculum). The evaluators of the children's social skills were the trained educators who implemented the curriculum as well as parents of the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Physical Education, Units of Study, Preschool Children