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Bridging the gap – but mind you don't fall. Primary physical education teachers' perceptions of the transition process to secondary school
Paul Rainer,Brendan Cropley +1 more
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In this article, a mixed method design was used employing both focus groups and interviews with primary PE teachers to assess their perceptions of the transition process to secondary school and its impacts on children's physical education.Abstract:
Currently there is a large variation in the quality of children's experiences, both across and within primary schools and concerns regarding the quality of physical education (PE) teaching. Significantly, a failure to engage children at this critical time in appropriate high quality PE provision, prior to the transition to secondary education, is likely to result in inadequate development of basic movement competence and motivation to be physically active. Critical to this is the collaboration between primary and secondary PE teachers and ensuring that programmes of study for PE are progressive and provide continuity to promote future lifelong physical fitness. A mixed method design was used employing both focus groups and interviews with primary PE teachers to assess their perceptions of the transition process to secondary school and its impacts on children's physical education. Findings would suggest that primary PE teachers receive little support from their secondary counterparts and are often viewed u...read more
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Routledge handbook of primary physical education
Gerald Griggs,Kirsten Petrie +1 more
TL;DR: Routledge handbook of primary physical education, Routledge Handbook of Primary Physical Education (RHPE) as discussed by the authors, Routledge Handbook of PPE (RPE).
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A reconceptualisation of experience in sport and its relationship with competitive anxiety
TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of experience on the interpretation of anxiety-related symptoms in elite performers was investigated, based on a preliminary inductive generalization (Patton, 2002), consisting of a focus group interview and individual interviews.
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Naturalistic inquiry: Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1985, 416 pp., $25.00 (Cloth)
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Understanding Motor Development: Infants, Children, Adolescents, Adults
David L. Gallahue,John C. Ozmun +1 more
TL;DR: Theoretical models of human development have been used to understand motor development, including the development of motor development in infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood as discussed by the authors, and adult development.
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