Browsing Arts Education & Physical Education (Peer-reviewed publications) by Title
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Reviewing literature on gender using found poetry and dramatic script
(The Qualitative Report, 2016)In this article, derived from the literature review chapter of her doctoral dissertation, the author presents a variation on what Prendergast (2006) calls found poetry as literature review. Her writing experiment is intended ... -
School-based interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in children: A systematic review
(AIMS Press, 2016)Prolonged, uninterrupted periods of sedentary time may be associated with increased risk of Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality even if the minimum recommended levels of daily physical activity ... -
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 ... -
Selling Scotland? Selling women’s golf? The 2019 Solheim Cup in the ‘Home of Golf’ (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2021-07-10)In 2019, Scotland played host to the Solheim Cup, a competition contested by leading women professional golfers representing Europe and the United States. The event was given further political significance by the fact that ... -
Session 1: Public health nutrition physical activity prescription for public health
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)The increased prevalence of CVD deaths in the past 60 years is a result in considerable part of the influence of environmental and lifestyle changes, including decreased daily energy expenditure through physical exertion. ... -
Shifting hegemony in a "man's world": incremental change for female golf professional employment (Pre-published)
(Routledge, 2017-02-08)There is much evidence to suggest that the golf environment is unequal in terms of gender. This study examines female golf professionals’ understanding of the barriers and opportunities to employment in the golf industry. ... -
The Solheim Cup: media representations of golf, gender and national identity (Pre-published)
(Emerald publishing, 2021-11-29)The increasing inclusion of women in sport has been mediated by societal gendered expectations. It is an oft-cited notion that sport is “an institution created by and for men” (Messner and Sabo, 1990: 9), and sport is ... -
Speed and exercise intensity of recreational walkers
(American Health Foundation and Elsevier Science (USA), 2002)Brisk walking has been identified as an activity suited to meet American College of Sport Medicine/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for moderate intensity exercise (55– 69% HRmax, 40–59% VO2R). ... -
Stay active: The physical activity, ageing and health study
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Too cool for school? Musicians as partners in education (Pre-published version)
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'Top of the tree': examining the print news portrayal of the world's best female amateur golfer during her transition to professional golf (Pre-published)
(Cork University Press, 2020-05-20)Sport occupies a central position in Irish social and cultural life, yet has been relatively marginal within the academy. Significant research has been undertaken by individual scholars, and various important books have ... -
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 ... -
Walking and cardiovascular risk: A meta-analysis of randomised, controlled trials 2361 board #93 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM (Pre-published version)
(American College of Sports Medicine, 2006)Walking is the most popular physical activity among the EU population, and has become an important cornerstone in many physical activity promotion campaigns. Despite this, interventions that have considered the effects of ... -
Walking: The first steps in cardiovascular disease prevention
(Wolters Kluwer Health Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010)Purpose of review Health professionals are presented with the challenge of prescribing physical activity that is likely to be sustained by the sedentary majority. Walking is eminently suited to physical activity ... -
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 ...