OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy is 7. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring the changes of physical education in the age of Covid-19	80
Perceived teachers’ behavior and students’ engagement in physical education: the mediating role of basic psychological needs and self-determined motivation	57
Pedagogical principles that support the prioritisation of meaningful experiences in physical education: conceptual and practical considerations	41
The influence of online physical activity interventions on children and young people’s engagement with physical activity: a systematic review	35
Heteronormativity meets queering in physical education: the views of PE teachers and LGBTIQ+ students	35
An ecological dynamics conceptualisation of physical ‘education’: Where we have been and where we could go next	27
Development of a self-report scale to assess children’s perceived physical literacy	26
Experiences of teaching and learning in K-12 physical education during COVID-19: an international comparative case study	25
Mental imagery training programs for developing sport-specific motor skills: a systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Advocating for Service-Learning as a pedagogical model in Physical Education: towards an activist and transformative approach	23
The use of digital media in primary school PE – student perspectives on product-oriented ways of lesson staging	20
Infusing disability into coach education and development: a critical review and agenda for change	20
Promoting instructional alignment in physical education teacher education	19
The effects of gamification on the motivation and basic psychological needs of secondary school physical education students	18
Nonlinear Pedagogy and its implications for practice in the Singapore PE context	17
Developing evidence-informed principles for trauma-aware pedagogies in physical education	16
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) for professional development: meeting the needs and expectations of physical education teachers and youth sport coaches	16
What do we know about pedagogical models in physical education so far? An umbrella review	16
Motor competence assessment in physical education – convergent validity between fundamental movement skills and functional movement assessments in adolescence	14
‘Feeling better’: embodied self-knowledge as an aspect of movement capability	14
PE at Home: keeping the ‘E’ in PE while home-schooling during a pandemic	14
Games-based movement education: developing a sense of self, belonging, and community through games	12
Synthesis and literature review of different mixed methods designs in pedagogical research in physical education	12
Examining the concept of engagement in physical education	12
Rethinking the classification of games and sports in physical education: a response to changes in sport and participation	12

Learning in the educational landscapes of juggling, unicycling, and dancing	12
Cognitively enriched physical activity may foster motor competence and executive function as early as preschool age: a pilot trial	11
‘We united to defend ourselves and face our struggles’: nurturing a physical education teachers’ community of practice in a precarious context	11
The importance of satisfying children’s basic psychological needs in primary school physical education for PE-motivation, and its relations with fundamental motor and PE-related skills	11
Differences in perceived physical literacy between teachers delivering physical education in schools: classroom teachers vs physical education teachers	11
The relations between students’ causality orientations and teachers’ interpersonal behaviors with students’ basic need satisfaction and frustration, intention to physical activity, and well-being	11
Mapping the physical literacy controversy: an analysis of key actors within scholarly literature	10
Coaching in the shadows: critically examining the unintended (non)influence of pedagogical practice	10
Physical education from LGBTQ+ students’ perspective. A systematic review of qualitative studies	10
The gendered social representation of physical education and sport science higher education in Spain	10
Coaching player decision making in rugby union: exploring coaches espoused theories and theories in use as an indicator of effective coaching practice	9
‘Free but not free-free’: teaching creative aspects of dance in physical education teacher education	9
Exploring Australian teachers’ perceptions of physical literacy: a mixed-methods study	9
Taking action for social justice in HPE classrooms through explicit critical pedagogies	9
The art of the question: the structure of questions posed by youth soccer coaches during training	9
Social justice knowledge construction among physical education teacher educators: the value of personal, professional, and educational experiences	9
Regulation of tactical learning in team sports – the case of the tactical-decision learning model	9
What about physical education and Sustainable Development Goals? A scoping review	8
‘The teacher makes us feel like we are a family’: students from refugee backgrounds’ perceptions of physical education in Swedish schools	8
Fit for the job? How corporeal expectations shape physical education teachers’ understandings of content, pedagogy, and the purposes of physical education	8
Service-learning experiences for pre-service teachers: cultural competency and behavior management challenges when working with a diverse low-income community	8
Feminists against fad, fizz ed: a poetic commentary exploring the notion of Joe Wicks as physical education	8
Stakeholder perceptions of physical literacy assessment in primary school children	8
How do high-level youth soccer players approach and solve game problems? The role of strategic understanding	8
Physical activity during physical education in elementary school in China: the role of teachers	8
Evaluating the impact of a coach development intervention for improving coaching practices and player outcomes in football: the MASTER Coaching randomised control trial	7
How is embodiment in physical education theoretically conceptualised? A concept analysis	7
Motor competence, motivation and enjoyment in physical education to profile children in relation to physical activity behaviors	7
‘Can we play the real sport?’ Co-creating a student-centered after-school sports club	7
Physical activity during school-time and fundamental movement skills: a study among preschoolers with and without physical education classes	7
Understanding the complexity of learning through movement	7
Practising the practice. Towards a theory of practising in physical education from a Bildung-theoretical perspective	7
Effects of a training course on creation of an empowering motivational climate in physical education: a quasi-experimental study	7
Mixed-methods approaches to learning strategies and self-regulation in Physical Education: a literature review	7
Effectiveness of a lesson study intervention on teacher behaviour and student motivation in physical education lessons	7
Reflection and reflective practice in high-performance sport coaching: a heuristic device	7