OOIR: Observatory of International Research

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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Replay the game and teach for understanding: exploring the use of video tagging in an invasion games unit	53
Physical education podcasts: a thriving community of practice or a one-way mode of communication?	32
Enriching organisational design for games: the case of badminton in physical education	27
Constructing the ‘healthy’ student: a narrative review of the re-legitimisation of the biomedical discourse in physical education	25
‘The elephants in the room’: the multiple challenges that limit the impact of school-based professional learning for physical education teachers	20
The lived experience of sport education: a web of interconnected experiences	19
Exploring practitioner inquiry among health and physical education teachers: insights from teachers’ perspectives	19
The influence of physical education on the use of healthy lifestyle technologies: insights from young adults’ digital PE experiences and future recommendations	18
Facilitating loose parts play with elementary school staff: professional development and implementation from the perspective of the facilitator	17
Producing the well and skilled body: a critical discourse analysis of health and physical education curriculum policy in Aotearoa New Zealand	16
Reimagining school-university partnerships in physical education: a collaborative design to approach democratic professionalism	15
Student choice and barriers to physical activity in Latino boys in the REACH after-school program	15
Sowing sport integrity: co-creation of an educational module for fraud prevention in elite sport schools	15
Intervention fidelity: multiple strategies to design, implement, and assess mastery motivational climate behavioral interventions	14
A longitudinal investigation of the reciprocal associations between motivational climate and need satisfaction in Finnish high school students	14
A hope and a prayer: first-year experiences of a Black male physical educator	14
Coach as youth development specialist: developing a TPSR-based coach training program and examining participants’ experiences	13
Developing social and school facilitators for a positive school transition through a Sport Education and Service-Learning programme	12
Positive youth development through sport and physical education: a systematic review of empirical research conducted with grade 5 to 12 children and youth	12
Transforming physical education: an analysis of context and resources that support curriculum transformation and enactment	11
Gender preference of conceptions toward caloric-balanced living	11
The paradox of experience: generational analysis of AI integration in physical education using the iTPACK framework	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
Health-based physical education in an elementary school: effects on physical self-concept, motivation, fitness and physical activity	11
Walk the walk or talk the talk: elite coaches espoused thoughts and actions	11

Urban–rural differences in TGfU-based physical education at Taiwanese primary schools from the perspective of cultural capital	11
Teachers’ experiences of enacting pedagogical models and models-based practice: a systematic mixed study review	10
Two teachers’ positioning toward Meaningful PE: agency, sensemaking, and ownership	10
Teachers’ perceptions of implementing sport education in Saudi middle schools	10
A pre-longitudinal screen of performance in an integrated assessment of throwing and catching competence	10
Exploring students experiences of secondary school Physical Education in England	10
deportigualízate: enacting critical intersectional feminist pedagogy in Spanish PESTE	10
A qualitative examination on the preparation of preservice physical education teachers for assessment in secondary teaching methods courses in the US	10
Sport pedagogy and feminism: what is known and what is missing? Findings from a scoping review	9
Generalization and maintenance of skill trials from physical education to recess in elementary school	9
An uphill struggle: an exploration of parents’, carers’, and support workers’ impressions of inclusivity for pupils with learning disabilities in Physical Education	9
Everyone is welcome under the big top: a multiple case study on circus arts instruction in physical education	9
Healthy lifestyle, physical education, and sports for Saudi women	9
Environmental constraints: a comparative analysis of children’s swimming competence in different aquatic environments	8
All physical and no education? – Gender, sexuality and the ‘affective atmosphere’ in physical education	8
Critical application of TGfU in sports coaching	8
Developing a love for playing games: a clarification of why Digital Video Games Approach is not Gamification	8
Developing embodied competence while becoming a PE teacher: PETE students’ embodied experiences and reflections after micro-teaching	7
Addressing contemporary concerns in models-based practice: insights from Ireland’s national physical education curriculum	7
Students’ perception of dominant objectives in Physical Education: the Purpose of Physical Education Scale	7
Exploring pedagogies of embodiment in physical education teacher education	7
Reflection and reflective practice in high-performance sport coaching: a heuristic device	7
The association between physical education and academic achievement in other curriculum learning areas: A review of literature	6
How ball games experts legitimate ball games knowledge within Swedish physical education teacher education	6
Collaborative inquiry for change: enacting social justice in health and physical education	6
How physical education teachers are positioned in models scholarship: a scoping review	6
Autistic adolescents and their experiences of physical education at school	6
Chinese students’ experiences of ‘high-stakes’ assessment: the role of fitness testing	6
Early childhood physical activity parenting and sport club participation as predictors of perceived motor competence – a three-year longitudinal study	6
The suffering of students in physical education. Unsettling experiences and situational conditions	6
Digital technology in game-based approaches: video tagging in football in PE	6
Game performance assessment instrument in physical education: a systematic review from 2015 to 2024	6
Learning sport: a site-ontological practice theory perspective	6
Does perceived physical literacy relate to academic achievement in Chinese university students? Insights from a cross-sectional study	6
The othering of trans, inter and non-binary students in physical education: an intersectional perspective	6
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
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
Making sense of the alignment of social justice beliefs, theory, and pedagogy: being and becoming a physical education teacher educator for social justice	5
Initial fidelity of a powered mobility intervention: a case report	5
Towards an integration of physical activity and environmental awareness: analysis of students’ activity in physical education	5
Exploring the impact of a coach development programme through the perspectives of Saudi Arabian sport coaches	5
Social and emotional learning for underserved children through a sports-based youth development program grounded in teaching personal and social responsibility	5
The critical thinking approach to tactical development in team sports: a review of the work of Jean Francis Gréhaigne	5
Reflecting on student reflections in physical education practice: moving beyond a theory-and-practice divide	4
A multi-model approach to models-based practice: students’ learning experiences throughout lower-secondary school physical education	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
Association between high school physical education and physical activity in Missouri students	4
What do we know about pedagogical models in physical education so far? An umbrella review	4

Practising collaboration in model implementation in physical education	4
Restorative justice as transformative practice in physical education scholarship	4
Physical literacy is associated with children's adherence to physical activity guidelines during COVID-19	4
Practising the practice. Towards a theory of practising in physical education from a Bildung-theoretical perspective	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
Exploring elementary classroom teachers' practices of movement integration: the ten MI styles	4
‘Even with the craziness, it worked’: PE teachers working in and with an Activist Approach	4
Toward the virtuous mover: a neo-Aristotelian interpretation of physical education	3
Observing physical education teachers’ need-supportive and need-thwarting styles using a circumplex approach: how does it relate to student outcomes?	3
Developing a socially-just teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) approach: a pedagogy for social justice for physical education (teacher education)	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
How pupils’ playfulness creates possibilities for pleasure and learning in physical education	3
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
Six teaching strategies to support meaningful PE experiences in early primary schools – results from an action research project	3
Learning to cycle: a constraint-led intervention programme using different cycling task constraints	3
First-nation Australian children’s interpretation of a pictorial questionnaire designed to assess physical literacy	3
Tracking relations between development of tactical knowledge and tactical behaviour: a season-long action research study	3
Stakeholder perceptions of the feasibility of e-portfolio-based assessment of physical literacy in primary health and physical education	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
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
Cognitive activation in preservice physical education teachers’ beliefs–insights into different stages of professional socialization	3
Sensitivity, shared purpose, and learning community: a case study of a Brazilian sport program with children and young people from socially vulnerable backgrounds	3
Exploring Movement Composition in the transition from physical education teacher education to school PE	3
Prioritising meaningful physical education experiences: linking teachers’ participation in a contemporary professional development initiative with student experiences and outcomes	3
Assessment for and of learning in nonlinear movement education practices	3
Opinions on grading and difficulties encountered by physical education and health teachers in relation to assessment	3
The emotional labor of physical education teachers in ‘difficult contexts’: an inductive analysis of the most significant moments of their career	3
Two ways teachers can develop greater harmonious passion	2
Exploring the ‘teachable moments’ of questioning during training: a work-based coach development programme affecting behaviour change	2
‘Facilitating change from within’: investigating students’ experiences of using core reflection in physical education teacher education	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
A pilot study of early childhood teachers’ views on teaching a structured physical education curriculum: challenges and recommendations	2
Pre-service teachers content-related analyses of a physical education learning task	2
Teachers’ actor-oriented transfer of movement pedagogy knowledge in physical education	2
Exploring Australian teachers’ perceptions of physical literacy: a mixed-methods study	2
Development of the situational emotional labor and deviance model: relevance in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy	2
Coach experiences of formal coach education developed by national governing bodies: a systematic review	2
Bildung encountering core reflection: an outline of a theoretical framework to guide reflective processes in physical education teacher education (PETE)	2
A model fidelity check in cooperative learning research in physical education	2
Parental engagement and implementation fidelity in a mHealth motor skills intervention for young children	2
Pedagogical touch: exploring the micro-realities of coach–athlete sensory interactions in high-performance sports	2
Social-ecological and biographical perspectives of principals’ involvement in comprehensive school physical activity programs: a person-centered analysis	2
On the other side of advocacy: stories from non-physical education decision-makers	2
A mixed methods analysis of a yearlong intercultural competence curriculum strand	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
Making physical education popular: the impact of the constraints-led approach on physical education students’ intrinsic motivation	2
A narrative inquiry into the physical education and youth sport experiences of gay male rugby players: a Bourdieuian perspective	2
Modifying physical activities for maximizing learning opportunities: perspectives of Finnish physical educators and special educators on inclusive teaching strategies	2
Embodied learning in physical education: making space for aesthetic cultivation in yoga pedagogy	2
Supporting preservice teachers to implement an alternative physical education pedagogy on practicum	2
Effects of cooperative learning in youth athletics’ motivational climate, peer relationships and self-concept	2
A national survey of gendered grouping practices in secondary school physical education in England	2
‘There’s nothing wrong with me’: experiencing Physical Education at the intersections of disability, ethnicity and gender	2
Discontinuity, risk, patience, and appeal: existential aspects of practising in physical education	2
Promoting the veridicality of physical self-concept through self-assessment: an intervention study in primary school physical education	2
‘I have normalised being treated differently’. Analysis of the experiences of foreign students in Physical Education	2
What about physical education and Sustainable Development Goals? A scoping review	2
Preparing pre-service physical education teachers as practitioner researchers	2