Tag: Deirdre Ní Chróinín

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: Formative assessment in physical education: teachers’ experiences when designing and implementing formative assessment activities by Menno Slingerland, Gwen Weeldenburg, and Lars Borghouts.

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: Understanding (and extending) the conceptual boundaries of policy research in physical education: A scoping review by Dylan Scanlon, Jenna Lorusso, and Melody Viczko (open access).

In Meaningful Physical Education: An Approach for Teaching and Learning (Routledge) the authors outline an approach to teaching and learning in physical education that prioritizes meaningful experiences for pupils, using case studies to illustrate how practitioners have implemented this approach across international contexts. Peter Carlman is our reviewer, and he is sympathetic to the basic premises of meaningful PE; however, he feels that emphasis lies on methods of teaching at the expense of learning objectives.

The aim of the journal is to promote scientific dialogue, deliver information, and contribute to developing the field of early childhood education. JECER is an open access journal; as such, all its content is available for the user or their background organization freely and without cost. The Forum Editor’s choice from the current issue: Is physical activity a pathway to culturally and linguistically diverse children’s participation in early childhood education and care? by Outi Arvola, Pia Liljeroth, Jyrki Reunamo.

The purpose of JTPE is to communicate national and international research and stimulate discussion, study, and critique of teaching, teacher education, and curriculum as these fields relate to physical activity in schools and sport. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Long-Term Effects of a Movement Intervention Program for Children With Probable Developmental Coordination Disorder by Ilana Santos de Oliveira, Bárbara Coiro Spessato, Dayana da Silva Oliveira, Romulo José César Lins, Silvia Wanick Sarinho.

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: Stakeholder perceptions of physical literacy assessment in primary school children by Hannah R. Goss, Cara Shearer, Zoe R. Knowles, Lynne M. Boddy, Elizabeth J. Durden-Myers & Lawrence Foweather (open access).

The purpose of JTPE is to communicate national and international research and stimulate discussion, study, and critique of teaching, teacher education, and curriculum as these fields relate to physical activity in schools and sport. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Physical Education Teachers and Competing Obesity Discourses: An Examination of Emerging Professional Identities by Dean Barker, Mikael Quennerstedt, Anna Johansson, Peter Korp (open access).

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: Ecological correlates of Spanish preschoolers’ physical activity and sedentary behaviours during structured movement sessions by Sara Lahuerta-Contell, Javier Molina-García, Ana Queralt, María del Mar Bernabé-Villodre, Vladimir E Martínez-Bello

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: COOPERATIVE LEARNING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION ENCOUNTERING DEWEY’S EDUCATIONAL THEORY by Ashley Casey, Mikael Quennerstedt.

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: ‘FINDING THE IMAGE’: USING PHOTOS TO GIVE VOICE TO TEACHER EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING by Melissa Parker, Déirdre Ní Chróinín, Maura Coulter, Paul McFlynn & Ciaran Walsh.