OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Teaching in Physical Education is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Physical Education Teachers’ Experiences With Remote Instruction During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic	50
Physical Education in the COVID Era: Considerations for Online Program Delivery Using the Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program Framework	45
The Success and Struggles of Physical Education Teachers While Teaching Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic	34
Affective Learning in Physical Education: A Systematic Review	27
A Study of Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Content Knowledge of Health-Related Fitness	19
Exploring Movement Learning in Physical Education Using a Threshold Approach	18
Core Practices for Teaching Physical Education: Recommendations for Teacher Education	17
Chapter 2: Perceived Benefits and Challenges of Physical Educators’ Use of Social Media for Professional Development and Learning	16
Chapter 2: Reversing Policy Neglect in U.S. Physical Education: A Policy-Focused Primer	15
Impact of a Sustained TPSR Program on Students’ Responsibility, Motivation, Sportsmanship, and Intention To Be Physically Active	15
Middle School Students’ Perceptions of Physical Education: A Qualitative Look	15
Chapter 4: Twitter as a Professional Development Platform Among U.S. Physical Education Teachers	14
PETE Faculty Preferences and Responsibilities for Research, Teaching, and Service in the United States	14
Expanding the Boundaries of TPSR and Empowering Others to Make Their Own Contributions	12
Effects of a Concept-Based Physical Education on Middle School Students’ Knowledge, Motivation, and Out-of-School Physical Activity	12
Factors Associated With High School Physical Education Teachers’ Adoption of a Supplemental Online Instructional System (iPE)	12
“What’s Worth Doing?”: A Qualitative Historical Analysis of the TPSR Model	12
Psychological and Behavioral Correlates of Early Adolescents’ Physical Literacy	11
Wearable Digital Technology in PE: Advantages, Barriers, and Teachers’ Ideologies	11
A Primer on Content Knowledge in Physical Education Research	11
Chapter 5: Using Social Media: One Physical Education Teacher’s Experience	11
Toward a More Comprehensive Picture of Physical Education Teaching Quality: Combining Generic and Content-Specific Practices	11
Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Perceived Physical Literacy and Teaching Efficacy	11
“It’s a Lot Less Hassle and a Lot More Fun”: Factors That Sustain Teachers’ Enthusiasm for and Ability to Deliver Sport Education	10
The Status of Physical Education Within a Nationally Recognized School Health and Wellness Program	10

Chapter 1: Introduction to Social Media for Professional Development and Learning in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy	10
“You’re Not Going to Get It Right Every Time”: Teachers’ Perspectives on Giving Voice to Students in Physical Education	10
The Influence of a Methods Course in Physical Education on Preservice Classroom Teachers’ Acquisition of Practical Knowledge	10
The Evolution of Hellison’s Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model in Out-of-School Contexts	10
Preservice Physical Education Teacher’s Development of Adaptive Competence	10
Don Hellison’s Scholarship Reconsidered	9
Chapter 3: PK–12 School Physical Education: Conditions, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions	9
Physical Education Teachers and Competing Obesity Discourses: An Examination of Emerging Professional Identities	9
Turkish Physical Education Teachers’ Use of Teaching Styles: Self-Reported Versus Observed	9
Professional Development for Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility: Past, Present, and Future	9
Can Movement Games Enhance Executive Function in Overweight Children? A Randomized Controlled Trial	9
Understanding Emotional Labor in Relation to Physical Educators’ Perceived Organizational Support, Affective Commitment, and Job Satisfaction	8
Examining the Contribution of a Professional Development Program to Elementary Classroom Teachers’ Content Knowledge and Student Achievement: The Case of Basketball	8
Effect of a TARGET-Based Intervention on Students’ Motivational Change: A Study Throughout an Academic Year in Physical Education	8
Work Pressures Stemming From School Authorities and Burnout Among Physical Education Teachers: The Mediating Role of Psychological Needs Thwarting	8
Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions of a Flipped Basketball Course: Benefits, Challenges, and Recommendations	8
Chapter 7: An Investigation Into Sports Coaches’ Twitter Use	8
Using a Game Sense Approach to Teach Buroinjin as an Aboriginal Game to Address Social Justice in Physical Education	8
Chapter 6: Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Twitter for Health and Physical Education Teacher Education: A Self-Determination Theoretical Approach	8
Influence of Internal and External Controlling Teaching Behaviors on Students’ Motivational Outcomes in Physical Education: Is There a Gender Difference?	8
Examining Common and Specialized Soccer Content Knowledge and Demographic Variables of Chinese Physical Education Teachers	7
One Physical Educator’s Struggle to Implement Restorative Practices in an Urban Intensive Environment	7
The Role of an Empowering Motivational Climate on Pupils’ Concentration and Distraction in Physical Education	7
My, How You Have Changed, PETE: An Updated Demographic Profile of U.S. Teacher Education Faculty	7
Interdisciplinary Teaching of Physics in Physical Education: Effects on Students’ Autonomous Motivation and Satisfaction	7
Chapter 3: Genesis and Change in Physical Educators’ Use of Social Media for Professional Development and Learning	7
Physical Education Teachers’ Use of Digital Game Design Principles	7
What Kind of Interpersonal Need-Supportive or Need-Thwarting Teaching Style Is More Associated With Positive Consequences in Physical Education?	7
Facilitation as an Act of Love: A Self-Study of How a Facilitator’s Pedagogy Changed Over Time in the Process of Supporting a Community of Learners	7
The Man Behind the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model: A Life History of Don Hellison	7
Developing Preservice Teachers’ Adaptive Competence Using Repeated Rehearsals, Opportunities to Reflect, and Lesson Plan Modifications	7
Chapter 8: Collective Action for Learning, Improvement, and Redesign	7
“We Took Pictures”: Children’s Meaning-Making in Physical Education	7
Comparing Canadian Generalist and Specialist Elementary School Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Barriers Related to Physical Education Instruction	6
Exploring Game Performance and Game Involvement: Effects of a Sport Education Season and a Combined Sport Education—Teaching Games for Understanding Unit	6
The Influence of Socialization Factors on Physical Educators’ Conceptions of Assessment and Perceived Quality of Assessment	6
A Sustainable Service-Learning Program Embedded in PETE: Examining the Short-Term Influence on Preservice Teacher Outcomes	6
Community of Practice: Preparing Preservice Teachers to Lead Movement Integration in a School–University Partnered Program	6
Student Voice in Primary Physical Education: A 30-Year Scoping Review of Literature	6
Predicting Changes in Physical Education Teachers’ Behaviors Promoting Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic Using an Integrated Motivational Model	6
#HealthyKidsQuarantined: Supporting Schools and Families With Virtual Physical Activity, Physical Education, and Nutrition Education During the Coronavirus Pandemic	6
Students’ Knowledge and Behaviors for Active Living: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study	6
Chapter 8: Research Ruminations and New Frontiers for Social Media Use for Professional Development and Learning in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy	5
Changes in the Content Development and Adaptive Competence of Teachers Following a Specialized Content Knowledge Workshop	5
Chapter 1: 21st Century Physical Education in the United States: Introduction to the Special Issue	5
U.S. Physical Education Teacher Education Faculty Members’ Workplace Perceptions Across Gender and Institution Type	5
Technology-Enhanced Learning Physical Education? A Critical Review of the Literature	5
A Systematic Analysis of Research on Teaching in Physical Education: Two Decades of Progress	5
Achievement Emotions, Intention to Be Physically Active, and Academic Achievement in Physical Education: Gender Differences	5
Associations of Physical Activity Enjoyment and Physical Education Enjoyment With Segmented Daily Physical Activity in Children: Exploring Tenets of the Trans-Contextual Model of Motivation	5

Implementation and Effectiveness of a CSPAP-Informed, Online Secondary Methods Course With Virtual Field Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
How the Lack of Content Validity in the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy Is Undermining Quality Physical Education	4
Examining Marginality, Isolation, and Emotions and Their Relationship With Physical Educator Intrapersonal Job Beliefs	4
“I Wish I Had Had You as a PE Teacher”: Physical Educators’ Experiences in a Professional Learning Community	4
High-Intensity Interval Training and Health Optimizing Physical Education: Achieving Health and Educative Outcomes in Secondary Physical Education—A Pilot Nonrandomized Comparison Trial	4
Physical Activity Leadership Development Through a Physical Education Teacher Education Service-Learning Course	4
“Getting the Tip of the Pen on the Paper”: How the Spectrum of Teaching Styles Narrows the Gap Between the Hope and the Happening	4
Peer-to-Peer Learning: The Impact of Order of Performance on Learning Fundamental Movement Skills Through Video Analysis With Middle School Children	4
Generalization From Physical Education to Recess During an Elementary Sport Education Season	4
Physical Education Teachers’ Embracement of Alternative Environment Activities	4
Dancing Queer Tango: An Experience of Queer Pedagogy in PESTE	4
Relationship Between Personal and Social Responsibility and the Roles Undertaken in Sport Education	4
Generalization of Participation in Fitness Activities From Physical Education to Lunch Recess by Gender and Skill Level	4
School-Based High-Intensity Interval Training Programs for Promoting Physical Activity and Fitness in Adolescents: A Systematic Review	4
An Analysis of Chinese Preservice Physical Education Teachers’ Beliefs About the Physical Education Profession	4
What Occupational Socialization Factors Influence Preservice Teachers to Possess Fitness Orientations?	4
High-Intensity Interval Training-Based Fitness Education in Middle School Physical Education: A Limited-Efficacy Study	4
Barriers to Implementation of Physical Activity in Danish Public Schools	4
Developing a Pedagogy of Restorative Physical Education	4
Chapter 6: Perspectives on the Future of Doctoral Programs	4
Adapted Physical Education Collaborative Consulting: A Systematic Literature Review	4
The Effects of Play Practice Instruction on the Badminton Content Knowledge of a Cohort of Chinese Physical Education Majors	4
Predictive Strength of Physical Education-Centered Physical Literacy Indicators on Physical Activity	4
The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Physical Education Teacher Education Faculty Perceived Mattering	4
An Actor-Oriented Perspective on Implementing a Pedagogical Innovation in a Cycling Unit	4