OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy is 8. 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
Exploring the changes of physical education in the age of Covid-19	65
Perceived teachers’ behavior and students’ engagement in physical education: the mediating role of basic psychological needs and self-determined motivation	48
Pedagogical principles that support the prioritisation of meaningful experiences in physical education: conceptual and practical considerations	36
An integrated blended learning approach for physical education teacher education programmes: teacher educators’ and pre-service teachers’ experiences	35
Examining early adolescents’ motivation for physical education: associations with actual and perceived motor competence	33
Between hope and happening: Problematizing the M and the P in models-based practice	30
The influence of online physical activity interventions on children and young people’s engagement with physical activity: a systematic review	30
Time to SHAPE Up: developing policies, standards and practices that are socially just	29
Effects of the iPad and mobile application-integrated physical education on children’s physical activity and psychosocial beliefs	28
LGBTQ Research in physical education: a rising tide?	28
An ecological dynamics conceptualisation of physical ‘education’: Where we have been and where we could go next	25
Experiences of teaching and learning in K-12 physical education during COVID-19: an international comparative case study	25
Heteronormativity meets queering in physical education: the views of PE teachers and LGBTIQ+ students	25
Advocating for Service-Learning as a pedagogical model in Physical Education: towards an activist and transformative approach	23
Exploring primary pre-service teachers’ use of ‘assessment for learning’ while teaching primary physical education during school placement	23
Development of a self-report scale to assess children’s perceived physical literacy	21
#SHAPEsoWhite	19
Investigating the impact of a Freirean informed coach education programme	18
Nonlinear Pedagogy and its implications for practice in the Singapore PE context	17
‘There is no right or wrong way': exploring expressive dance assignments in physical education	16
Physical education teachers’ perceptions of the successes, constraints, and possibilities associated with implementing the sport education model	16
Cooperative learning in physical education: a study of students’ learning journey over 24 lessons	16
Infusing disability into coach education and development: a critical review and agenda for change	16
A national analysis of the content knowledge of Turkish physical education teacher education students	16
Impact of a physical education-based behavioural skill training program on cognitive antecedents and exercise and sport behaviour among adolescents: a cluster-randomized controlled trial	15

Mental imagery training programs for developing sport-specific motor skills: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
The use of digital media in primary school PE – student perspectives on product-oriented ways of lesson staging	15
‘Being a team, working together, and being kind’: Primary students’ perspectives of cooperative learning's contribution to their social and emotional learning	15
‘Feeling better’: embodied self-knowledge as an aspect of movement capability	14
Student outcomes of the physical education and physical literacy (PEPL) approach: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a multicomponent intervention to improve physical literacy in prima	13
Developing evidence-informed principles for trauma-aware pedagogies in physical education	13
Using the meaningful physical education features as a lens to view student experiences of democratic pedagogy in higher education	12
How do competitiveness and previous contact with people with disabilities impact on attitudes after an awareness intervention in physical education?	12
Academics’ perspectives on the future of sport education	12
Motor competence assessment in physical education – convergent validity between fundamental movement skills and functional movement assessments in adolescence	12
PE at Home: keeping the ‘E’ in PE while home-schooling during a pandemic	12
Promoting instructional alignment in physical education teacher education	12
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) for professional development: meeting the needs and expectations of physical education teachers and youth sport coaches	12
Finnish students’ enjoyment and anxiety levels during fitness testing classes	11
Mapping the physical literacy controversy: an analysis of key actors within scholarly literature	11
Sport education as a cooperative learning endeavour	11
Aligning the principles of assessment for learning to learning in physical education: A review of literature	11
Synthesis and literature review of different mixed methods designs in pedagogical research in physical education	10
The relations between students’ causality orientations and teachers’ interpersonal behaviors with students’ basic need satisfaction and frustration, intention to physical activity, and well-being	10
Learning in the educational landscapes of juggling, unicycling, and dancing	10
Equity and diversity in health, physical activity, and education: connecting the past, mapping the present, and exploring the future	10
Effects of an 8-week school-based intervention programme on Irish school children's fundamental movement skills	10
What do we know about pedagogical models in physical education so far? An umbrella review	10
The effects of gamification on the motivation and basic psychological needs of secondary school physical education students	10
In(di)visable: inquiring into being ‘othered’ as a means to teach social justice in PHETE	10
Do goal clarification and process feedback positively affect students’ need-based experiences? A quasi-experimental study grounded in Self-Determination Theory	10
Intervention programme to prevent bullying in adolescents in physical education classes (PREBULLPE): a quasi-experimental study	10
Coaching in the shadows: critically examining the unintended (non)influence of pedagogical practice	9
Games-based movement education: developing a sense of self, belonging, and community through games	9
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	9
Examining the concept of engagement in physical education	9
Differences in perceived physical literacy between teachers delivering physical education in schools: classroom teachers vs physical education teachers	9
Rethinking the classification of games and sports in physical education: a response to changes in sport and participation	9
Association between gross motor competence and health-related quality of life in (pre)schoolchildren: the mediating role of cardiorespiratory fitness	9
‘I was always made fun of for being fat’: first-hand accounts of bullying in children’s football	9
Cognitively enriched physical activity may foster motor competence and executive function as early as preschool age: a pilot trial	9
A national study on the state and status of physical education in South African public schools	9
Physical education from LGBTQ+ students’ perspective. A systematic review of qualitative studies	8
Using Flipgrid to improve reflection: a collaborative online approach to coach development	8
Stakeholder perceptions of physical literacy assessment in primary school children	8
Exploring Australian teachers’ perceptions of physical literacy: a mixed-methods study	8