A new publication by Jenna Lorusso and colleagues explores how health and physical education professionals can better understand complex policy processes and develop the skills needed to engage confidently with policy in practice. Summary How […]
Category: Publications
PUBLICATION: Game-Based Approaches in Football Academy Coaching: Designing Environments for Decision-Making, Skill, and Understanding
New publication from Sport & Human Performance Research Centre members Paul Kinnerk and Phil Kearney, in collaboration with Carmen Barquero-Ruiz (Universidad de Murcia) and Alex Inglethorpe (Academy Director, Liverpool Football Club): Game-Based Approaches in Football Academy Coaching: Designing […]
PERCEPTIONS OF LIFELONG PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND THE PHYSICAL LITERACY JOURNEY: THE VOICES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE ISLAND OF IRELAND.
Photo by Amber Faust on Unsplash Research Impact: In recent years, there’s been growing interest in how children and young people (CYP) develop physical literacy (PL) through physical activity, PE and sport. While adults’ perspectives […]
PUBLICATION: REFLECTIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL LITERACY IN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND.
Photo by Jochen van Wylick on Unsplash Research Impact: Physical literacy has become a central concept in supporting lifelong participation in physical activity, health and well-being. In Ireland, its development since the early 2000s reflects […]
PUBLICATION: LOWERING THE TACKLE HEIGHT IN RUGBY – A GAME-CHANGER FOR PLAYER SAFETY? – DR KILIAN BIBBY.
Concerns around injury risk in rugby union are well established, with the tackle consistently identified as the phase of play most associated with injury incidence. Concussion remains a key issue across all levels of the […]
PUBLICATION: “I WAS FORMING A THOUGHT AS WE WERE CHATTING” : NARRATIVE PEDAGOGY STIMULATES COACH DEVELOPERS LEARNING ABOUT PERSONAL EPISTEMOLOGY.
Research Impact: The topic of personal epistemology – beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing – might sound far removed from sports coaching, but we think it’s an important foundation. Why? Because your actions […]
PUBLICATION: EMBEDDING PRACTITIONER RESEARCH AS A PEDAGOGY FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION.
Research impact: This study contributes to the growing field of social justice in PETE by positioning practitioner research as a pedagogy for social justice with potential to support PSTs in navigating the complex journey from […]
PUBLICATION: THE ‘SIGNATURE’ AND THE ‘PEDAGOGY’ WITHIN SIGNATURE PEDAGOGIES: REFINING (AUTO)BIOGRAPHICAL PEDAGOGIES AND PEDAGOGIES OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TO TEACH ABOUT AND THROUGH SOCIAL JUSTICE.
Research impact: This paper provides a further example of evidence-informed teaching and assessment in the BSc in Physical Education at the University of Limerick. Research on teaching and learning in the programme is extensive, and […]
LEARNING IN MOTION: NOVEL PEDAGOGIES IN TEACHER EDUCATION IN CONTEXTS OF ONGOING ADVERSITY – PROF ELAINE MURTAGH.
The recently published article in The Teacher Educator represents the latest peer reviewed output from the four-year Learning in Motion project, an ambitious international programme funded by Research Ireland through the COALESCE scheme. Read alongside […]
THE ‘BEAR NECESSITIES’ OF MUSCLE SURVIVAL: WHAT HIBERNATING BEARS TEACH US ABOUT MITOCHONDRIA – DR JOHN NOONE.
Each winter, Scandinavian brown bears retreat into hidden dens and enter one of nature’s most extraordinary physiological states: hibernation. For up to six months, they do not eat, drink, or exercise. Their heart rate slows, […]
