Tag: physical culture

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: Learning to cycle: a constraint-led intervention programme using different cycling task constraints by Cristiana Mercê, Keith Davids, David Catela, Marco Branco, Vanda Correia & Rita Cordovil (open access).

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: How ball games experts legitimate ball games knowledge within Swedish physical education teacher education by J. Mustell, S. Geidne & D. Barker (open access).

The Stark Center defines physical culture as “the various activities people have employed over the centuries to strengthen their bodies, enhance their physiques, increase their endurance, improve their health, fight against aging, and become better athletes”. Our focus remains on historical and other humanities-based approaches to the study of exercise, strength, sport training, strength athletes, competitive lifting, the healthful benefits of exercise, and all other aspects of what we call “physical culture” across the millennia.

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.

Given the popularity of sport, it is clear to see why strongman political leaders (e.g., Bolsonaro, Orbán, or Trump), who harken to hegemonic masculine forms, have looked to the sporting realm as a means of augmenting their popular appeal. However, beyond sport, in the broader realm of physical culture - encompassing traditional games, fitness and calisthenics, dance forms, and recreational activities - little has been explored or scrutinized.

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: Teachers’ actor-oriented transfer of movement pedagogy knowledge in physical education by H. Bergentoft, C. Annerstedt, D. Barker & M. Holmqvist )open access).

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: Physical education podcasts: a thriving community of practice or a one-way mode of communication? by Scott McNamara, Victoria Larocca & Rebecca Bassett-Gunter.

The International Journal of the History of Sport welcomes submissions of up to 8000 words that discuss and examine the history of sport in the Balkans from the emergence of Sokol movements to the introduction of the concept of physical culture throughout self-management socialism. Special issue editor in Marko Begovoc.

Anchored in the realms of sport and fitness, this collection will delve into the intricate choreographies of movement, performance, and physical breakdowns. Contributors shall examine the body not merely as a biological entity, but as a vessel of cultural, artistic, and communicative expressions. Drawing references from theatre and the arts, as well as sport and popular culture, an essay will illuminate the performative dimensions of athleticism, juxtaposing them with theatrical embodiments.

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: Perseverance in motor tasks: the impact of different types of positive feedback by An De Meester, Julie Galle, Bart Soenens & Leen Haerens.