Irish Primary School Teachers' Experiences with Sport Education

Autor/inn/en	Kinchin, Gary D.; MacPhail, Ann; Chroinin, Deirdre Ni
Titel	Irish Primary School Teachers' Experiences with Sport Education
Quelle	In: Irish Educational Studies, 31 (2012) 2, S.207-222 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0332-3315
DOI	10.1080/03323315.2011.649403
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Foreign Countries; Specialists; Physical Education Teachers; Learning Experience; Teacher Attitudes; Elementary School Teachers; Focus Groups; Teaching Experience; Elementary School Curriculum; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Ausland; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Lernerfahrung; Lehrerverhalten; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Irland
Abstract	Recent reviews illustrate the considerable literature on Sport Education. However, research on the experiences of non-specialist physical education teachers attempting Sport Education is limited. The focus of this research was to investigate non-specialist teachers' views on Sport Education and identify what possibilities might exist regarding Sport Education in the context of primary schooling. Eight teachers (four males and four females) from four primary schools in Ireland volunteered to take part in this study. Following in-service in Sport Education, all teachers delivered a unit of work in their schools. Data were collected using individual teacher and focus-group interviews, and each was visited during implementation. Findings indicated Sport Education was an entirely new teaching and learning experience for these teachers which they found to be professionally rewarding and pedagogically refreshing. Teachers discussed high levels of enjoyment displayed by their pupils. An enthusiasm for exploring the integrative potential for Sport Education was evident, and many teachers wished for more examples of how the characteristics of Sport Education could be further integrated across the primary curriculum. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10