Research Impact: This study represents the first comprehensive review of multiple components of health-related fitness among a stratified sample of adolescents in the Republic of Ireland. The purpose of this study was twofold; 1) to examine […]
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The PE Hall is a classroom, but not for tables and chairs – Brendan O’Keeffe
The theme of this blog post stemmed from recent conversations I have had with teachers at both secondary and, in particular, primary level regarding the place of Physical Education in advance of the re-opening of […]
Publication: Students’ attitudes towards and experiences of the Youth-fit health-related fitness test battery
Research Impact: There is a scarcity of pragmatic experimental investigations examining the effects of specific changes to how physical education is delivered on the quality of the experience that students derive. Analysing students’ attitudes and […]
Publication: Test-retest reliability of student administered health-related fitness tests in school settings
Research Impact: This was the first study internationally to examine the reliability of student assessed measures of health related fitness in school settings. A two group study design was used in which students were randomly […]
Publication: Health-related fitness monitoring practices in secondary school-based physical education programs
Research Impact: The aim of the current study was to examine the prevalence of and approaches to monitoring health-related physical fitness (HRPF) among a nationally representative sample of physical education teachers in the Republic of […]
A Citizen Science approach to monitoring powerful predictors of health? Brendan O’Keeffe
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime Citizen science is a very simple concept. It involves research carried […]
Appropriate & Inappropriate Uses of Fitness Tests in School Settings – Brendan O’Keeffe
Let’s all gather round and guess Johnny’s weight… I spoke in a previous blog about the divisive, often vociferous, nature of the debate that surrounds fitness testing in physical education. I put forward that, provided […]
