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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
‘The elephants in the room’: the multiple challenges that limit the impact of school-based professional learning for physical education teachers	47
Replay the game and teach for understanding: exploring the use of video tagging in an invasion games unit	31
Physical education podcasts: a thriving community of practice or a one-way mode of communication?	26
Merging observational and interview data to study and improve the adaptability of the products of didactic engineering to ordinary teaching in physical education	24
Enriching organisational design for games: the case of badminton in physical education	24
Exploring practitioner inquiry among health and physical education teachers: insights from teachers’ perspectives	21
Producing the well and skilled body: a critical discourse analysis of health and physical education curriculum policy in Aotearoa New Zealand	20
The influence of physical education on the use of healthy lifestyle technologies: insights from young adults’ digital PE experiences and future recommendations	18
The lived experience of sport education: a web of interconnected experiences	18
Reimagining school-university partnerships in physical education: a collaborative design to approach democratic professionalism	17
Facilitating loose parts play with elementary school staff: professional development and implementation from the perspective of the facilitator	17
Student choice and barriers to physical activity in Latino boys in the REACH after-school program	16
A hope and a prayer: first-year experiences of a Black male physical educator	15
Positive youth development through sport and physical education: a systematic review of empirical research conducted with grade 5 to 12 children and youth	15
A longitudinal investigation of the reciprocal associations between motivational climate and need satisfaction in Finnish high school students	15
Mixed-methods approaches to learning strategies and self-regulation in Physical Education: a literature review	15
Intervention fidelity: multiple strategies to design, implement, and assess mastery motivational climate behavioral interventions	14
Developing social and school facilitators for a positive school transition through a Sport Education and Service-Learning programme	14
Coach as youth development specialist: developing a TPSR-based coach training program and examining participants’ experiences	14
Effects of a unit of circus activities through a hybridization of cooperative learning and self-made material: a students, teachers and parents combined perspective	13
Urban–rural differences in TGfU-based physical education at Taiwanese primary schools from the perspective of cultural capital	13
deportigualízate: enacting critical intersectional feminist pedagogy in Spanish PESTE	12
The paradox of experience: generational analysis of AI integration in physical education using the iTPACK framework	12
Gender preference of conceptions toward caloric-balanced living	12
Two teachers’ positioning toward Meaningful PE: agency, sensemaking, and ownership	11

Health-based physical education in an elementary school: effects on physical self-concept, motivation, fitness and physical activity	11
Teachers’ perceptions of implementing sport education in Saudi middle schools	11
Transforming physical education: an analysis of context and resources that support curriculum transformation and enactment	11
A pre-longitudinal screen of performance in an integrated assessment of throwing and catching competence	11
Walk the walk or talk the talk: elite coaches espoused thoughts and actions	11
Exploring students experiences of secondary school Physical Education in England	10
A qualitative examination on the preparation of preservice physical education teachers for assessment in secondary teaching methods courses in the US	10
Teachers’ experiences of enacting pedagogical models and models-based practice: a systematic mixed study review	10
Generalization and maintenance of skill trials from physical education to recess in elementary school	10
An uphill struggle: an exploration of parents’, carers’, and support workers’ impressions of inclusivity for pupils with learning disabilities in Physical Education	9
Developing a love for playing games: a clarification of why Digital Video Games Approach is not Gamification	9
Healthy lifestyle, physical education, and sports for Saudi women	9
Sport pedagogy and feminism: what is known and what is missing? Findings from a scoping review	9
Environmental constraints: a comparative analysis of children’s swimming competence in different aquatic environments	8
Exploring coping strategies in physical education. A qualitative case study	8
Addressing contemporary concerns in models-based practice: insights from Ireland’s national physical education curriculum	8
Everyone is welcome under the big top: a multiple case study on circus arts instruction in physical education	8
Developing embodied competence while becoming a PE teacher: PETE students’ embodied experiences and reflections after micro-teaching	8
Students’ perception of dominant objectives in Physical Education: the Purpose of Physical Education Scale	8
All physical and no education? – Gender, sexuality and the ‘affective atmosphere’ in physical education	8
Exploring pedagogies of embodiment in physical education teacher education	8
Critical application of TGfU in sports coaching	8
Collaborative inquiry for change: enacting social justice in health and physical education	7
The suffering of students in physical education. Unsettling experiences and situational conditions	7
Synthesis and literature review of different mixed methods designs in pedagogical research in physical education	7
Reflection and reflective practice in high-performance sport coaching: a heuristic device	7
How ball games experts legitimate ball games knowledge within Swedish physical education teacher education	7
Chinese students’ experiences of ‘high-stakes’ assessment: the role of fitness testing	7
Autistic adolescents and their experiences of physical education at school	7
Early childhood physical activity parenting and sport club participation as predictors of perceived motor competence – a three-year longitudinal study	7
Mapping the physical literacy controversy: an analysis of key actors within scholarly literature	7
The othering of trans, inter and non-binary students in physical education: an intersectional perspective	7
How physical education teachers are positioned in models scholarship: a scoping review	7
Game performance assessment instrument in physical education: a systematic review from 2015 to 2024	6
‘They don’t have bad intentions.’ The disciplinary power of heteronormative communication in upper secondary Polish physical education – a case study	6
Digital technology in game-based approaches: video tagging in football in PE	6
The association between physical education and academic achievement in other curriculum learning areas: A review of literature	6
Towards an integration of physical activity and environmental awareness: analysis of students’ activity in physical education	6
The student's experience of teacher support in French vocational high-school classes with difficulties in school engagement in physical education: interest of mixed methods research	6
Signature pedagogies of teacher education in physical education: a scoping review	6
Exploring the impact of a coach development programme through the perspectives of Saudi Arabian sport coaches	6