Arts Education & Physical Education (Peer-reviewed publications): Recent submissions
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Exploring student learning and leadership through a university-community choral initiative (Pre-published version)
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)Within a rapidly changing higher education landscape, there is an increased need for universities to look beyond their ‘ivory towers’ and into their surrounding communities in preparing students for the ‘real world’. ... -
‘In their shoes’: exploring a modified approach to peer observation of teaching in a university setting (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)Peer observation of teaching (POT) has become common practice in many universities. However, it could be argued that existing models often have limited scope for understanding the student experience. This study presents a ... -
Practice as learning
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Using features of meaningful experiences to guide primary physical education practice (Pre-published version)
(Sage, 2018)Providing meaningful experiences in physical education has long been identified as a key objective for teachers to strive toward. Supported by a critical friend, a beginning teacher used self-study methodology to analyse ... -
Teacher educators’ enactment of pedagogies that prioritise learning about meaningful physical education (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2018)This research focused on supporting pre-service teachers’ (PSTs’) learning through the development of pedagogical principles of learning about meaningful physical education (LAMPE) in two physical education teacher education ... -
Multiple layers of interactivity in self-study of practice research: an empirically-based exploration of methodological issues (Pre-published version)
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A layered approach to critical friendship as a means to support pedagogical innovation in pre-service teacher education (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2016)In this paper we describe and interpret how two distinct layers of critical friendship were used to support a pedagogical innovation in pre-service teacher education. The innovation (called Learning About Meaningful Physical ... -
Implementing formative assessment in primary physical education: teacher perspectives and experiences (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)Background: Incorporating assessment as a regular practice can enhance teaching and learning in primary physical education. However, there is little evidence to suggest primary teachers use assessment strategies regularly ... -
Teacher educators’ perspectives on the implementation of Beginning Teacher Standards for Physical Education in Ireland: developing and regulating the profession? (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)The physical education teacher education community in Ireland has developed Beginning Teacher Standards for Physical Education (BTSfPE) at the post-primary (secondary) level. This study explored teacher educators' perspectives ... -
Beginning teacher standards for physical education: promoting a democratic ideal? (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2012)The framing of teaching standards within restrictive managerial or collaborative democratic ideologies impacts significantly on initial teacher education. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore teacher educators’ ... -
What is PE? (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013)Physical education is a socially constructed activity that forms one component of a wider physical culture that includes sport and health/physical activity (Kirk, 1999, Lake, 2001a: 69, Penney, 1998). The terms sport and ... -
Assessment tools in primary physical education: enhancing teaching and learning
(afPE [Association for Physical Education], 2011) -
Arts in education within Irish cultural policy: the “ins” and “outs” (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2017) -
Becoming an educator in and through the arts: forming and informing emerging teachers' professional identity (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2015)This article examines student experience and identity formation within an arts education module (involving music, drama and visual arts) on an initial teacher education programme in Ireland. Student reflections (n ¼ 106) ... -
‘Collaborative creativity’ within a jazz ensemble as a musical and social practice (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2014)This article seeks to explore ‘collaborative creativity’ within the musical and social practices of a local jazz ensemble in Ireland. Within this study, concepts of creativity are firmly rooted within socio-cultural contexts ... -
Teachers’ and students’ perspectives of participating in the ‘Active Classrooms’ movement integration programme (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2017)This paper evaluates perceptions of 5 teachers and 129 students of participating in an 8-week primary school movement integration intervention. Following training and provision of resources, teachers were asked to teach 2 ... -
Effect of active lessons on physical activity, academic and health outcomes: A systematic review (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2017)Purpose. To conduct a systematic review of classroom-based PA interventions which integrate academic content and assess the effectiveness of the interventions on PA, learning, facilitators of learning, and health outcomes. ... -
Preliminary findings of Active Classrooms: An intervention to increase physical activity levels of primary school children during class time (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2015)This study evaluates the effects of a behaviour change intervention, which encourages the integration of PA into the teaching of academic lessons, on PA levels of students. The main outcome is mean minutes of moderate-to-vigorous ... -
An intervention to improve the physical activity levels of children: Design and rationale of the ‘Active Classrooms’ cluster randomised controlled trial (Pre-published version)
(Elsevier, 2015)Background: Recent evidence demonstrates that children are not engaging in the recommended 60mins of moderate to vigorous PA per day. PA interventions have been acknowledged by the WHO (2010) as a key strategy to increase ... -
Self-rated walking pace and all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality: Individual participant pooled analysis of 50,225 walkers from 11 population British cohorts (Pre-published version)
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2018)Background/Objectives: Walking pace is associated with risk of premature mortality. However, whether this relationship is independent of total volume of physical activity and highest physical activity intensity reached ...