Research Impact: This chapter explores the identification and construction of a social justice teacher educator identity through a community of learners. It has been suggested that teacher educators develop their knowledge of a pedagogy of […]
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Publication:Emotional intelligence programs for in-service and pre-service teachers of Preschool and Elementary Education: a systematic review
Research Impact: Currently, there is an increase in publications on socio-emotional training programs, justified in that they imply an improvement in teacher well-being and the creation of higher quality learning environments. The objectives of this […]
recruitment: Research Assistant opportunity with the ‘justice ed’ project – professor elaine murtagh.
Research Assistant Opportunity Education for global justice, solidarity and interconnectedness: Developing and disseminating social justice approaches across physical education teacher education programmes (Justice Ed) The Justice Ed project is looking to recruit a Research Assistant (half day […]
Publication: Psychometric Validation of the Tactical Assessment Instrument in Football for Use in Physical Education and with Youth Sport Teams
Research Impact: Recently, the Tactical Assessment Instrument in Football (TAIS) was developed to address football’s tactical requirements. In this study, TAIS obtained psychometric support for assessing learning of football tactics in PE and youth sport […]
Publication: Teachers’ professional development needs: a critical analysis of TALIS through structural equation modelling
Research Impact: This paper aims to contribute to TALIS corpus of critical research literature by exploring teachers’ voice through structural equation modelling, to challenge teachers’ professional development needs based on TALIS 2018. 153,674 teachers from […]
Publication: If ‘the medium is the message’, what do students learn to do in NLP and GBAs within physical education?
Research Impact: There is a proliferation of Game Based Approaches (GBAs) and Non-Linear Pedagogy (NLP) approach in research literature. Although comparisons between approaches have arisen at a theoretical level, there is no comparison of the […]
Publication: Understanding (and extending) the conceptual boundaries of policy research in physical education: A scoping review
RESEARCH IMPACT: The purpose of this scoping review is to map the international peer-reviewed empirical literature detailing policy research in school-based physical education between 2010 and 2020 to understand (and extend) the conceptual boundaries of […]
Publication: The lived experience of a primary physical education teacher educator engaging in action research: cycling into change
Research impact: This paper presents the lived experience of a practitioner researcher working as a teacher educator engaging in action research with primary pre-service teachers (PSTs). It is hoped that it may serve as a […]
Publication: Physical education teachers’ reality and experience from teaching during a pandemic
Research Impact: Most physical education (PE) research pertaining to COVID-19 has focused on the (negative) implications and difficulties PE teachers face during this pandemic period. In fact, despite informed calls for reform and radical change […]
Five Physical Education students embark on innovative Research Internships – Professor Elaine Murtagh.
Five students from the BSc Physical Education / PME Physical education programmes have been awarded research internships in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (PESS). Projects range from topics relating to social justice, […]
