Tag: David Kirk

The purpose of PESP is to provide a forum for high quality educational research for a national and international readership. We intend this research to have a high impact on both policy and practice. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Exploring pedagogies of embodiment in physical education teacher education by Øyvind F. Standal, Vegard Faanes Aaring & David Kirk (open access).

The anthology Martial Arts in Latin Societies, edited by Augusto Rembrandt Rodríguez-Sánchez, Joaquín Piedra and George Jennings (Routledge), is the first book to explore martial arts and combat sports in Latin societies. We asked martial arts expert Anna Kavoura for a review, and her thorough reading and critical analysis is a clever companion to this sprawling collection of martial arts practices and national and cultural contexts within the Latin societies and the Philippines. Not without its flaws this is still an insightful and timely addition to the expanding body of martial arts scholarship.

The purpose of PESP is to provide a forum for high quality educational research for a national and international readership. We intend this research to have a high impact on both policy and practice. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Healthy lifestyle, physical education, and sports for Saudi women by Amani Khalaf. H. Alghamdi & Ali Aldossari.

The purpose of PESP is to provide a forum for high quality educational research for a national and international readership. We intend this research to have a high impact on both policy and practice. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Sensitivity, shared purpose, and learning community: a case study of a Brazilian sport program with children and young people from socially vulnerable backgrounds by Eduardo Roberto Uhle, Bartira Pereira Palma, Carla Luguetti & Larissa Rafaela Galatti.

EPER is a journal that stimulates and presents scholarly enquiry in the broad field of physical education, including sport and leisure issues and research. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Spectrum of Teaching Styles and models-based practice for physical education by Shane Pill, Brendan SueSee, and Michael Davies (open access).

Håkan Larsson’s edited collection Learning Movements: New Perspectives of Movement Education (Routledge) provides a societal and epistemological background for new approaches in movement theory and practice. Gunn Helene Engelsrud’s review offers an insightful and elucidative reading, and critical points notwithstanding she concludes her review by asserting that the qualified selection of research makes the book rich and well worth studying and investigating.

CSHPE has a particular focus on social science research-based articles that make reference to other critical work in the field and/or discuss particular issues of practice-focused research within the specific professional field. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Menstrual health education in Australian schools by Christina Curry, Tania Ferfolja, Kathryn Holmes, Kelly Parry, M. Sherry & Mike Armour (open access).

RQES publishes research in the art and science of human movement that contributes significantly to the knowledge base of the field. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Effects of Core Strength Training on Skiing Economy in Elite Junior Cross-Country Skiers by Terese Therell, Daniel Jansson & Apostolos Theos (open access).

Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: ‘Pain that hides’: poetic envisionment and the impact of COVID-19 on a runner’s final college season by Sarah J. Donovan.

Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society, The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Dual careers and academic achievements: does elite sport make a difference? by Rasmus K. Storm & Mette Eske.