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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Physical education podcasts: a thriving community of practice or a one-way mode of communication?	56
Enriching organisational design for games: the case of badminton in physical education	42
Merging observational and interview data to study and improve the adaptability of the products of didactic engineering to ordinary teaching in physical education	36
Replay the game and teach for understanding: exploring the use of video tagging in an invasion games unit	26
The influence of online physical activity interventions on children and young people’s engagement with physical activity: a systematic review	26
The lived experience of sport education: a web of interconnected experiences	22
Reimagining school-university partnerships in physical education: a collaborative design to approach democratic professionalism	22
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	19
Facilitating loose parts play with elementary school staff: professional development and implementation from the perspective of the facilitator	18
Mixed-methods approaches to learning strategies and self-regulation in Physical Education: a literature review	17
The influence of physical education on the use of healthy lifestyle technologies: insights from young adults’ digital PE experiences and future recommendations	17
Positive youth development through sport and physical education: a systematic review of empirical research conducted with grade 5 to 12 children and youth	16
Coach as youth development specialist: developing a TPSR-based coach training program and examining participants’ experiences	16
Student choice and barriers to physical activity in Latino boys in the REACH after-school program	16
Intervention fidelity: multiple strategies to design, implement, and assess mastery motivational climate behavioral interventions	16
Urban–rural differences in TGfU-based physical education at Taiwanese primary schools from the perspective of cultural capital	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	14
Walk the walk or talk the talk: elite coaches espoused thoughts and actions	13
Health-based physical education in an elementary school: effects on physical self-concept, motivation, fitness and physical activity	13
Developing social and school facilitators for a positive school transition through a Sport Education and Service-Learning programme	13
Chess training for improving executive functions and invasion game tactical behavior of college student athletes: a preliminary investigation	12
A pre-longitudinal screen of performance in an integrated assessment of throwing and catching competence	12
deportigualízate: enacting critical intersectional feminist pedagogy in Spanish PESTE	12
Gender preference of conceptions toward caloric-balanced living	11

Two teachers’ positioning toward Meaningful PE: agency, sensemaking, and ownership	11
Transforming physical education: an analysis of context and resources that support curriculum transformation and enactment	11
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	10
A qualitative examination on the preparation of preservice physical education teachers for assessment in secondary teaching methods courses in the US	10
Exploring students experiences of secondary school Physical Education in England	10
Developing a love for playing games: a clarification of why Digital Video Games Approach is not Gamification	10
Teachers’ experiences of enacting pedagogical models and models-based practice: a systematic mixed study review	10
Healthy lifestyle, physical education, and sports for Saudi women	10
All physical and no education? – Gender, sexuality and the ‘affective atmosphere’ in physical education	10
Moving Well-Being Well: a process evaluation of a physical literacy-based intervention in Irish primary schools	9
Sport pedagogy and feminism: what is known and what is missing? Findings from a scoping review	9
Everyone is welcome under the big top: a multiple case study on circus arts instruction in physical education	9
Exploring coping strategies in physical education. A qualitative case study	9
Environmental constraints: a comparative analysis of children’s swimming competence in different aquatic environments	8
Early childhood physical activity parenting and sport club participation as predictors of perceived motor competence – a three-year longitudinal study	8
Critical application of TGfU in sports coaching	8
Exploring pedagogies of embodiment in physical education teacher education	8
How does physical education teacher education matter? A methodological approach to understanding transitions from PETE to school physical education	8
Developing embodied competence while becoming a PE teacher: PETE students’ embodied experiences and reflections after micro-teaching	8
Reflection and reflective practice in high-performance sport coaching: a heuristic device	8
The suffering of students in physical education. Unsettling experiences and situational conditions	8
The othering of trans, inter and non-binary students in physical education: an intersectional perspective	7
How ball games experts legitimate ball games knowledge within Swedish physical education teacher education	7
The association between physical education and academic achievement in other curriculum learning areas: A review of literature	7
Game performance assessment instrument in physical education: a systematic review from 2015 to 2024	7
How physical education teachers are positioned in models scholarship: a scoping review	7
Chinese students’ experiences of ‘high-stakes’ assessment: the role of fitness testing	7
Rethinking pedagogical practices with care-experienced young people: lessons from a sport-based programme analysed through a Freirean lens	7
Signature pedagogies of teacher education in physical education: a scoping review	7
Towards an integration of physical activity and environmental awareness: analysis of students’ activity in physical education	7
Cognitively enriched physical activity may foster motor competence and executive function as early as preschool age: a pilot trial	7
Synthesis and literature review of different mixed methods designs in pedagogical research in physical education	7
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	7
Students’ perceptions of fitness testing in physical education across primary, secondary, and pre-university school levels: a motivational profiles perspective	7
Mapping the physical literacy controversy: an analysis of key actors within scholarly literature	7