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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Replay the game and teach for understanding: exploring the use of video tagging in an invasion games unit	49
The ‘ Écolo’coteaux ’ programme: an outdoor and cycling school-based intervention on daily physical activities opportunities	38
What keeps FLAME lit? Comparing two modes of implementation of a physical education-based intervention to improve motor competence among Irish adolescents	27
Enriching organisational design for games: the case of badminton in physical education	25
Practising the practice. Towards a theory of practising in physical education from a Bildung-theoretical perspective	22
Learning in high-performance action sports: insights into new and evolving contexts	21
Relationships between social interactions and acquisitions: do mixed methods provide added value in physical education contexts?	20
Physical education podcasts: a thriving community of practice or a one-way mode of communication?	17
Secondary school students’ perception of health and teaching of health dimensions in physical education	16
The hows and whys of gendered grouping practices in primary physical education in England	16
Exploring Australian teachers’ perceptions of physical literacy: a mixed-methods study	16
Versatility and pedagogical models in physical education	15
Initial fidelity of a powered mobility intervention: a case report	15
How do high-level youth soccer players approach and solve game problems? The role of strategic understanding	14
How do we teach about ethnic and cultural diversity in PETE? A discourse analysis of interviews from Norway, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Canada	14
Critical contextual factors of sustainable online teaching: learning the lessons of pandemic times from physical education teachers’ and school administrators’ perspectives	13
Are gender-stereotyped attitudes and beliefs in fathers and daughters associated with girls’ perceived motor competence?	13
Emergence of physical literacy in physical education: some curricular repercussions	13
Developing embodied competence while becoming a PE teacher: PETE students’ embodied experiences and reflections after micro-teaching	11
Exploring the impact of a coach development programme through the perspectives of Saudi Arabian sport coaches	11
Merging observational and interview data to study and improve the adaptability of the products of didactic engineering to ordinary teaching in physical education	11
A gymnastics coaches’ professional development program: exploring a needs-focused social learning space	11
‘They don’t have bad intentions.’ The disciplinary power of heteronormative communication in upper secondary Polish physical education – a case study	10
Basketball shorts, plantation food, and ponytail weaves: Black teachers’ experiences of becoming and being a Physical Education teacher	10
Positive and negative effects of close-knit relationships among teachers in a community of practice	10

Pedagogical approaches to health-related physical education (PE) in the context of digitalisation – a scoping review	10
Operationalizing physical literacy through sport education in a university physical education program	10
Reflection and reflective practice in high-performance sport coaching: a heuristic device	9
Critical application of TGfU in sports coaching	9
Motor competence, motivation and enjoyment in physical education to profile children in relation to physical activity behaviors	9
Exploring pedagogies of embodiment in physical education teacher education	9
PE at Home: keeping the ‘E’ in PE while home-schooling during a pandemic	9
Experiences of teaching and learning in K-12 physical education during COVID-19: an international comparative case study	9
Reflecting on student reflections in physical education practice: moving beyond a theory-and-practice divide	9
The effects of gamification on the motivation and basic psychological needs of secondary school physical education students	9
What about physical education and Sustainable Development Goals? A scoping review	8
Social and emotional learning for underserved children through a sports-based youth development program grounded in teaching personal and social responsibility	8
Exploring elementary classroom teachers' practices of movement integration: the ten MI styles	8
What do we know about pedagogical models in physical education so far? An umbrella review	8
‘I have normalised being treated differently’. Analysis of the experiences of foreign students in Physical Education	7
Exploring student reflection in physical education practice	7
A mixed methods analysis of a yearlong intercultural competence curriculum strand	7
The influence of online physical activity interventions on children and young people’s engagement with physical activity: a systematic review	7
What can Freire bring to a hybrid approach of Teaching Games for Understanding and Sport Education? Exploring a social justice perspective	7
The critical thinking approach to tactical development in team sports: a review of the work of Jean Francis Gréhaigne	7
Practising collaboration in model implementation in physical education	6
Discontinuity, risk, patience, and appeal: existential aspects of practising in physical education	6
Pre-service teachers content-related analyses of a physical education learning task	6
Lessons learned teaching social and emotional learning in physical education teacher education: a self-study	6
Early childhood physical activity parenting and sport club participation as predictors of perceived motor competence – a three-year longitudinal study	6
A narrative inquiry into the physical education and youth sport experiences of gay male rugby players: a Bourdieuian perspective	6
Motor skills intervention: conceptual and operational model and the determination of fidelity indexes	6
Coach experiences of formal coach education developed by national governing bodies: a systematic review	6
How is embodiment in physical education theoretically conceptualised? A concept analysis	6
The lived experience of sport education: a web of interconnected experiences	6
An outdoor educator’s self-study of enacting a pedagogical model for outdoor adventure education to facilitate affective learning experiences	6
Analysis of a community club coach developer project	6
How much circus is allowed? – Challenges and hindrances when embracing risk in physical education	6
Producing the well and skilled body: a critical discourse analysis of health and physical education curriculum policy in Aotearoa New Zealand	6
Facilitating loose parts play with elementary school staff: professional development and implementation from the perspective of the facilitator	6