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Papers

(The median citation count of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy is 2. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Constructing the ‘healthy’ student: a narrative review of the re-legitimisation of the biomedical discourse in physical education	34
‘The elephants in the room’: the multiple challenges that limit the impact of school-based professional learning for physical education teachers	32
Active school uniform wear: British primary school children’s perceptions	29
Enriching organisational design for games: the case of badminton in physical education	24
The influence of physical education on the use of healthy lifestyle technologies: insights from young adults’ digital PE experiences and future recommendations	22
Facilitating loose parts play with elementary school staff: professional development and implementation from the perspective of the facilitator	20
Assessing physical literacy domains in Polish children aged 8–12: results from a national cross-sectional study	20
Sowing sport integrity: co-creation of an educational module for fraud prevention in elite sport schools	20
An in-depth analysis of two physical education teachers’ individual and collaborative reflective practices while learning to implement the SKIP curriculum	20
Educating in spaces of refuge: pedagogical transformation through Situated Olympism	19
Reimagining school-university partnerships in physical education: a collaborative design to approach democratic professionalism	19
The lived experience of sport education: a web of interconnected experiences	19
Producing the well and skilled body: a critical discourse analysis of health and physical education curriculum policy in Aotearoa New Zealand	19
A longitudinal investigation of the reciprocal associations between motivational climate and need satisfaction in Finnish high school students	18
Exploring practitioner inquiry among health and physical education teachers: insights from teachers’ perspectives	18
Coach as youth development specialist: developing a TPSR-based coach training program and examining participants’ experiences	16
Curricular intervention in physical education to prevent bullying: A-Judo programme	16
A hope and a prayer: first-year experiences of a Black male physical educator	16
Associations between students’ perceptions of teachers’ transformational leadership, enjoyment and boredom in physical education: the mediating role of prosocial climate and motor self-efficacy	15
Exploring teachers’ experiences of secondary school physical education in England	15
Enacting a pedagogy of love in a physical education teacher education critical service-learning program: insights from visual ethnography	14
Intervention fidelity: multiple strategies to design, implement, and assess mastery motivational climate behavioral interventions	14
Student choice and barriers to physical activity in Latino boys in the REACH after-school program	14
Urban–rural differences in TGfU-based physical education at Taiwanese primary schools from the perspective of cultural capital	13
Positive youth development through sport and physical education: a systematic review of empirical research conducted with grade 5 to 12 children and youth	13

Gender preference of conceptions toward caloric-balanced living	13
The paradox of experience: generational analysis of AI integration in physical education using the iTPACK framework	12
Walk the walk or talk the talk: elite coaches espoused thoughts and actions	12
deportigualízate: enacting critical intersectional feminist pedagogy in Spanish PESTE	11
Health-based physical education in an elementary school: effects on physical self-concept, motivation, fitness and physical activity	11
Physical Education teachers’ assessment of student performance in invasion games in Victorian secondary schools: a mixed methods study	11
‘Socially afraid of talking about social justice’: K–12 physical education teachers’ experiences of enacting a socially-just teaching personal and social responsibility (SJ-TPSR) approach	11
A pre-longitudinal screen of performance in an integrated assessment of throwing and catching competence	11
National curriculum guidelines of Brazil (2018) and Uruguay (2022): a comparative view from the perspective of physical education	11
Effects of a unit of circus activities through a hybridization of cooperative learning and self-made material: a students, teachers and parents combined perspective	11
Developing social and school facilitators for a positive school transition through a Sport Education and Service-Learning programme	11
A qualitative examination on the preparation of preservice physical education teachers for assessment in secondary teaching methods courses in the US	10
Two teachers’ positioning toward Meaningful PE: agency, sensemaking, and ownership	10
Teachers’ perceptions of implementing sport education in Saudi middle schools	10
An uphill struggle: an exploration of parents’, carers’, and support workers’ impressions of inclusivity for pupils with learning disabilities in Physical Education	9
Teachers’ experiences of enacting pedagogical models and models-based practice: a systematic mixed study review	9
Generalization and maintenance of skill trials from physical education to recess in elementary school	9
Exploring students experiences of secondary school Physical Education in England	9
Governing school physical education through discursive technologies: a Foucauldian archaeology of policy in South Korea	8
All physical and no education? – Gender, sexuality and the ‘affective atmosphere’ in physical education	8
Developing a love for playing games: a clarification of why Digital Video Games Approach is not Gamification	8
Sport pedagogy and feminism: what is known and what is missing? Findings from a scoping review	8
Everyone is welcome under the big top: a multiple case study on circus arts instruction in physical education	8
Healthy lifestyle, physical education, and sports for Saudi women	8
Developing embodied competence while becoming a PE teacher: PETE students’ embodied experiences and reflections after micro-teaching	8
Educational gymnastics as objectual practice: reflections on content knowledge	7
Environmental constraints: a comparative analysis of children’s swimming competence in different aquatic environments	7
Addressing contemporary concerns in models-based practice: insights from Ireland’s national physical education curriculum	7
Learning sport: a site-ontological practice theory perspective	7
Developing experiential signature pedagogies for integrating theory and practice in PETE: teacher educator enactments and pre-service teachers’ engagement	7
Physical education to transgress: exploring an activist approach in a primary school setting	7
From immediate recognition to judgement stability: assessing declarative tactical learning in youth football	7
Students’ perception of dominant objectives in Physical Education: the Purpose of Physical Education Scale	7
Game is the teacher? Understandings and misunderstandings of games-based approaches	7
Critical application of TGfU in sports coaching	7
Reflection and reflective practice in high-performance sport coaching: a heuristic device	7
Exploring pedagogies of embodiment in physical education teacher education	7
Early childhood physical activity parenting and sport club participation as predictors of perceived motor competence – a three-year longitudinal study	7
The effects of using command, practice, and guided discovery teaching styles in the instruction of a basketball teaching unit	6
Game performance assessment instrument in physical education: a systematic review from 2015 to 2024	6
The suffering of students in physical education. Unsettling experiences and situational conditions	6
Embedding practitioner research as a pedagogy for social justice in physical education teacher education	6
Autistic adolescents and their experiences of physical education at school	6
Collaborative inquiry for change: enacting social justice in health and physical education	6
Does perceived physical literacy relate to academic achievement in Chinese university students? Insights from a cross-sectional study	6
Chinese students’ experiences of ‘high-stakes’ assessment: the role of fitness testing	6
The othering of trans, inter and non-binary students in physical education: an intersectional perspective	6
How ball games experts legitimate ball games knowledge within Swedish physical education teacher education	6
Towards an integration of physical activity and environmental awareness: analysis of students’ activity in physical education	5
Exploring core practices for dance educators: towards a practice-based pedagogy in Korean dance education	5

Making sense of the alignment of social justice beliefs, theory, and pedagogy: being and becoming a physical education teacher educator for social justice	5
Exploring elementary classroom teachers' practices of movement integration: the ten MI styles	5
Practising collaboration in model implementation in physical education	5
The critical thinking approach to tactical development in team sports: a review of the work of Jean Francis Gréhaigne	5
Digital technology in game-based approaches: video tagging in football in PE	5
Signature pedagogies of teacher education in physical education: a scoping review	5
How do we teach about ethnic and cultural diversity in PETE? A discourse analysis of interviews from Norway, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Canada	5
Practising the practice. Towards a theory of practising in physical education from a Bildung-theoretical perspective	5
Reflecting on student reflections in physical education practice: moving beyond a theory-and-practice divide	5
A multi-model approach to models-based practice: students’ learning experiences throughout lower-secondary school physical education	5
Critical contextual factors of sustainable online teaching: learning the lessons of pandemic times from physical education teachers’ and school administrators’ perspectives	5
‘They don’t have bad intentions.’ The disciplinary power of heteronormative communication in upper secondary Polish physical education – a case study	5
Initial fidelity of a powered mobility intervention: a case report	5
Exploring the impact of a coach development programme through the perspectives of Saudi Arabian sport coaches	5
Pre-service teachers' experiences of hobby horsing in physical education teacher education	5
Exploring Movement Composition in the transition from physical education teacher education to school PE	4
Towards a refined insight into physical education teachers’ autonomy-supportive, structuring, and controlling style to the importance of student motivation: a person-centered approach	4
‘Even with the craziness, it worked’: PE teachers working in and with an Activist Approach	4
The ‘signature’ and the ‘pedagogy’ within signature pedagogies: refining (auto)biographical pedagogies and pedagogies of professional learning to teach about and through social justice	4
Observing physical education teachers’ need-supportive and need-thwarting styles using a circumplex approach: how does it relate to student outcomes?	4
Association between high school physical education and physical activity in Missouri students	4
Keeping it real: fidelity as a heuristic device to scale activity design in sport coaching	4
Toward the virtuous mover: a neo-Aristotelian interpretation of physical education	4
Restorative justice as transformative practice in physical education scholarship	4
Pedagogical dynamics of language use in coach–athlete orchestration: insights from Wittgenstein’s language-game philosophy	4
Physical literacy is associated with children's adherence to physical activity guidelines during COVID-19	4
The enactment of the Socially-Just Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (SJ-TPSR) approach in physical education teacher education: Teacher educators’ and pre-service teachers’ perspectives	4
First-nation Australian children’s interpretation of a pictorial questionnaire designed to assess physical literacy	4
A didactic approach to the adjustments involved in physical and sports education. Comparison of examples on the use of forms-representations in the teaching of throws in athletics	3
Learning to cycle: a constraint-led intervention programme using different cycling task constraints	3
How pupils’ playfulness creates possibilities for pleasure and learning in physical education	3
Assessment for and of learning in nonlinear movement education practices	3
The emotional labor of physical education teachers in ‘difficult contexts’: an inductive analysis of the most significant moments of their career	3
Development of the situational emotional labor and deviance model: relevance in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy	3
The positive impact of an in-service training program in the prevention and management of indiscipline in secondary school physical education in the Maghreb region	3
Stakeholder perceptions of the feasibility of e-portfolio-based assessment of physical literacy in primary health and physical education	3
Developing a socially-just teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) approach: a pedagogy for social justice for physical education (teacher education)	3
Six teaching strategies to support meaningful PE experiences in early primary schools – results from an action research project	3
Selecting (or not) physical education as an elective subject: Spanish high school students’ views	3
Co-creating strategies for enacting trauma-aware pedagogies with pre-service physical education teachers	3
Making physical education popular: the impact of the constraints-led approach on physical education students’ intrinsic motivation	3
Meaningful physical education versus autonomy support: effects on self-determined motivation and affectivity during a fitness unit	3
Opinions on grading and difficulties encountered by physical education and health teachers in relation to assessment	3
Cognitive activation in preservice physical education teachers’ beliefs–insights into different stages of professional socialization	3
Prioritising meaningful physical education experiences: linking teachers’ participation in a contemporary professional development initiative with student experiences and outcomes	3
Impact of a model-based paralympic sports project in physical education on primary school pupils’ attitudes, self-efficacy, and intentions toward inclusion of peers with physical disabilities	3
Evaluating the impact of physical literacy interventions on physical activity and physical literacy in physical education: a systematic review	3
What about physical education and Sustainable Development Goals? A scoping review	3
Promoting the veridicality of physical self-concept through self-assessment: an intervention study in primary school physical education	3
On the other side of advocacy: stories from non-physical education decision-makers	2
Discontinuity, risk, patience, and appeal: existential aspects of practising in physical education	2
‘I have normalised being treated differently’. Analysis of the experiences of foreign students in Physical Education	2
A mixed methods analysis of a yearlong intercultural competence curriculum strand	2
Coach experiences of formal coach education developed by national governing bodies: a systematic review	2
A national survey of gendered grouping practices in secondary school physical education in England	2
A pilot study of early childhood teachers’ views on teaching a structured physical education curriculum: challenges and recommendations	2
Teachers’ enactment of contextualized instruction in primary physical education	2
Stakeholders’ perceptions of within-class ability grouping in a primary school physical education unit	2
Lessons learned teaching social and emotional learning in physical education teacher education: a self-study	2
Bildung encountering core reflection: an outline of a theoretical framework to guide reflective processes in physical education teacher education (PETE)	2
‘There’s nothing wrong with me’: experiencing Physical Education at the intersections of disability, ethnicity and gender	2
Implementation of the renewed PE curriculum in Norway: examining alignment between curriculum enactment, pedagogy and assessment in upper secondary school	2
Evaluating the impact of a coach development intervention for improving coaching practices and player outcomes in football: the MASTER Coaching randomised control trial	2
The relationship between physical, technical, and tactical skills, perceived competence, and decision-making and execution during small-sided games in youth grassroots footballers	2
A narrative inquiry into the physical education and youth sport experiences of gay male rugby players: a Bourdieuian perspective	2
Relationships between (de-)motivating teaching approaches with students’ need-based experiences and affective outcomes in physical education: a circumplex approach	2
Who influences whom: do students' perceptions of physical education teacher's (de)motivating styles shape student motivation, vice versa, or both?	2
Preparing pre-service physical education teachers as practitioner researchers	2
Modifying physical activities for maximizing learning opportunities: perspectives of Finnish physical educators and special educators on inclusive teaching strategies	2
Enhancing early childhood motor skills through teacher-focused video-based instruction and expert consultations: A mixed methods study	2