OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy is 6. 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
An in-depth analysis of two physical education teachers’ individual and collaborative reflective practices while learning to implement the SKIP curriculum	20
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
Producing the well and skilled body: a critical discourse analysis of health and physical education curriculum policy in Aotearoa New Zealand	19
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
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
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
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
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
How ball games experts legitimate ball games knowledge within Swedish physical education teacher education	6
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