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Papers

(The median citation count of European Physical Education Review is 3. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Challenges faced by preservice and novice teachers in implementing student-centred models: A systematic review	26
The (virtual) teaching of physical education in times of pandemic	26
The effect of the Sport Education Model on basic needs, intrinsic motivation and prosocial attitudes: A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis	25
Learning communities and physical education professional development: A scoping review	22
Physical education in a post-COVID world: A blended-gamified approach	19
A comparative analysis of discourses shaping physical education provision within and across the UK	18
‘Health First’ and curriculum reform in China: The experiences of physical education teachers in one city	17
Spanish physical education teachers’ perceptions of talent development	15
Students’ perceptions of visibility in physical education	15
Moving from physical literacy to co-existing physical literacies: What is the problem?	14
Perceived teachers’ autonomy support, positive behaviour, and misbehaviour in physical education: The roles of advantageous comparison and non-responsibility	14
The effects of service-learning on physical education teacher education: A case study on the border between Africa and Europe	14
Effects of the Sport Education model on adolescents’ motivational, emotional, and well-being dimensions during a school year	14
Principals’ involvement in comprehensive school physical activity programmes: A social-ecological perspective	13
Enacting assessment for learning in the induction phase of physical education teaching	13
Examination of elementary students’ emotions and personal and social responsibility in physical education	13
See the forest by looking at the trees: Physical education teachers’ interpersonal style profiles and students’ engagement	12
Teaching physical education in ‘paradise’: Activity levels, lesson context and barriers to quality implementation	12
Understanding students’ novelty satisfaction in physical education: Associations with need-supportive teaching style and physical activity intention	11
Development of the Pre-service Physical Education Teachers' Teacher Identity Scale	11
Antecedents of primary school teachers’ need-supportive and need-thwarting styles in physical education	11
Flipped learning in physical education: A scoping review	11
Motivation, basic psychological needs and intention to be physically active after a gamified intervention programme	11
Trans-Contextual Model Predicting Change in Out-of-School Physical Activity: A One-Year Longitudinal Study	11
Teachers’ and students’ perceptions of factors influencing the adoption of information and communications technology in physical education in Singapore schools	11

‘Same, same, but different?!’ Investigating diversity issues in the current Austrian National Curriculum for Physical Education	11
Primary field experiences: Critical for primary generalist physical education teachers?	10
The influence of a teacher-designed and -implemented disability awareness programme on the attitudes of students toward inclusion	10
A systematic review exploring body image programmes and interventions in physical education	10
Teachers’ perceptions of a lesson study intervention as professional development in physical education	9
Bildung: A German student-centered approach to health and physical education	9
A contingency perspective on learning and instruction in physical education	9
The (im)possibilities of praxis in online health and physical education teacher education	9
Developing the practice of pre-service physical education teachers through a dyad model of lesson study	9
Relationships between students’ individual interest, achievement goals, perceived competence and situational interest: A cluster analysis in swimming	9
Ecological correlates of Spanish preschoolers’ physical activity and sedentary behaviours during structured movement sessions	8
‘Why don't you really learn anything in PEH?’ – Students’ experiences of valid knowledge and the basis for assessment in physical education and health (PEH)	8
Professional networks, collegial support, and school leaders: How physical education teachers manage reality shock, marginalization, and isolation in a decentralized school system	8
The tennis common content knowledge measure validation	8
‘Let them do PE!’ The ‘becoming’ of Swedish physical education in the age of COVID-19	8
‘It’s how PE should be!’: Classroom teachers’ experiences of implementing Meaningful Physical Education	8
The relationships between the 3 × 2 achievement goal model and test anxiety in Physical Education	8
Motivating students for physical activity: What can we learn from student perspectives?	7
The effects of a tactical games model unit on students’ volleyball performances in elementary school	7
‘Involve me, and I learn’: Effects of social status on students’ physical activity, skill, and knowledge during group work	7
Adoption and fidelity of Sport Education in Spanish schools	7
Video modeling examples are effective tools for self-regulated learning in physical education: Students learn through repeated viewing, self-talk, and mental rehearsal	7
“I hate that education is a business”: Influence of occupational socialization on sport pedagogy doctoral students’ intended PETE programs	7
Promotion of physical activity-related health competence in physical education: A person-oriented approach for evaluating the GEKOS intervention within a cluster randomized controlled trial	7
The relationships among motivational climate, perceived competence, physical performance, and affects during physical education fitness testing lessons	7
Students’ experiences and learning of social inclusion in team activities in physical education	7
Cross-cultural comparison of fundamental movement skills in 9- to 10-year-old children from England and China	7
The health and educational impact of removing financial constraints for school sport	6
The curriculum took a back seat to huff and puff: Teaching high school health and physical education during Covid-19	6
Physical education student teachers’ wellbeing during Covid-19: Resilience resources and challenges from school placement	6
The association of perceived mattering and emotions with physical educator teacher resilience	6
Body image(s): Problematizing future physical education teachers’ beliefs about the body and physical activity through visual imagery	6
Exploring the impact of a student-centred survival swimming programme for primary school students in Australia: the perceptions of parents, children and teachers	6
“It's more about building trust”: Physical education teachers’ experiences with trauma-informed practices	6
Middle school students’ attitudes toward physical activity and physical education, intentions, and physical activity behavior	6
Searching for the alternative: A scoping review of empirical studies with holistic perspectives on health and implications for teaching physical education	6
Adaptation and testing of the factorial structure of the Achievement Emotional Questionnaire-Short to the Spanish context of physical education classes	6
Under a growth-centered accountability system: A job demand and resource perspective for physical educators	5
A relational perspective on students' experiences of participation in an ‘Interest-based physical education’ programme	5
‘I am finding my path’: A case study of Swedish novice physical education teachers’ experiences when managing the realities and challenges of their first years in the profession	5
Relationships between university instructors’ and preservice teachers’ content knowledge	5
The relationships among personal accomplishment, resilience and teachers’ experience of teaching multiple school subjects role conflict	5
Developmental sequences for observing and assessing forceful kicking	5
The dynamics of external provision in physical education	5
The association of children's motivation and physical activity levels with flipped learning during physical education lessons	5
Enacting a new curriculum models-based framework supported by digital technology within a learning community	5
Physical activity opportunities for secondary school students: International best practices for whole-of-school physical activity programs	5
Physical literacy in children: Exploring the construct validity of a multidimensional physical literacy construct	5
Public elementary school teachers’ positioning in teaching physical education to Japanese language learners	5
Learning on the fly: Transitioning from doctoral student to physical education teacher educator	4

Does Sport Education promote equitable game-play participation? Effects of learning context and students’ sex and skill-level	4
Effects of a two-stage physical education teacher education programme on preservice teachers’ specialised content knowledge and students’ game-play in a student-centred Sport Education-Step Game appro	4
Examining high school student perceptions of physical education	4
Providing physical education preservice teachers with opportunities to interrogate their conceptions and practices of assessment	4
Online teaching and learning in physical education teacher education: A mixed studies review of literature	4
Journeying into the kinescape of unicycling: A Deleuzian perspective	4
An analysis of content development in physical education: Preschool teachers’ selection of instructional tasks	4
Acute enhancement of executive functions through cognitively challenging physical activity games in elementary physical education	4
The Spectrum of Teaching Styles and models-based practice for physical education	4
High- versus low-structured cooperative learning in secondary physical education: Impact on prosocial behaviours at different ages	4
Teaching health in physical education: An action research project	3
Including students with physical disabilities in physical education in Singapore: Perspectives of peers without disabilities	3
Students’ need satisfaction and frustration profiles: Differences in outcomes in physical education and physical activity-related variables	3
Physical education students’ usage and perceptions of a supplemental online health-related fitness knowledge curriculum (iPE)	3
Two physical educators’ sense of purpose as an indicator of teaching sustainability over time in a high-poverty school setting	3
Self-made material in physical education: Teacher perceptions of the use of an emerging pedagogical model before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
PE teachers’ perceived expertise and professional development requirements in the delivery of muscular fitness activity: PE Teacher EmPOWERment Survey	3
Why modify? Visually impaired students’ views on activity modifications in physical education	3
Principals’ attitudes and intentions toward supporting adapted physical education	3