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Playing with Research in Health and Physical Education
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We discuss research, theory and current issues in the fields of health and physical education in an easy to understand way. Our aim is to make research accessible to educators and university students from all over the globe.
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417: Implementing Restorative Approaches in the Irish Primary Physical Education Classroom
3w ago00:49:27Tap to summarizeGráinne Regan from Mary Immaculate College, Ireland, joins guest host Dr. Michael Hemphill to discuss the article Restorative Practice in PE? Implementing Restorative Approaches in the Irish Primary Physical Education Classroom, published with Michelle Dillon and Richard Bowles. They discuss how one Irish primary school teacher used restorative practice (RP) to support children's social wellbeing in PE, and what this meant for the teacher's own professional identity and development.Full Cite: Regan, G., Dillon, M., & Bowles, R. (2026). Restorative practice in PE? Implementing restorative approaches in the Irish primary physical education classroom. European Physical Education Review, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X261423791
Transcribe →416: Teaching Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in PETE (Scandinavian Article Club)
4w ago00:45:07Tap to summarizeThis Scandinavian Article Club is with Professor Kristin Walseth and we (Robin Fjellner and Dean Barker) are talking about indigenous knowledge in PE as it has become mandatory in Norway. We are discussing a paper produced by Walseth and her PhD student and colleagues that is called:Teaching Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in physical education teacher education (PETE): discursive tensions at the cultural interface. It appeared in Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education in 2024. The authors are Sandro Claudio Vita, LeAnne Petherick, and Hayley McGlashin Fainu.
Transcribe →415: AIESEP Connect Technology SIG Early Career Perspectives
Jun 201:02:01Tap to summarizeMay 2026 – #AIESEPConnect #CoffeeWithColleagues Early Career Perspectives on Digital Technology in Health, Physical Education, and Physical Activity: A Community Dialogue Featuring Pablo Lope García – PhD Candidate, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Dr. Hung-Ying Lee – Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Dr. Xiaolu Liu – Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University, USA Dr. Omar Albaloul – Faculty Member, College of Education, Kuwait University, KuwaitSession Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi2slj6ZK7E
Transcribe →414: AIESEP Connect April 2026
May 2601:05:26Tap to summarizeApril 2026 – #AIESEPConnect #CoffeeWithColleagues Navigating EU Funding Opportunities in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Research Featuring Ana Filipa Silva – Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (Erasmus+) António L Palmeira – Universidade Lusófona (Horizon Europa Calls) Wolfgang Laschet – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Erasmus Capacity Building of Global Mobility)Session Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpBygVuW2j8
Transcribe →413: Aussie Book Club Spectrum of Coaching Styles
May 2401:11:58Tap to summarize“Creating Coaching episodes for retrieval and creativity using the Spectrum of Coaching Styles and Game Based Approaches”. We discuss how the Spectrum of Coaching Styles can assist coaches alignment between intention and their coaching behaviour and do this through practical examples. The chapter is from the:“Handbook of Sports Coaching (2026)” – Eds Bettina Callary, Gordon A. Bloom, Steven B. Rynne & Brian T. Gearity. This enlightening Handbook draws on a broad array of interdisciplinary fields to provide a nuanced exploration of contemporary research in sports coaching.Esteemed scholars assess cutting edge scholarship, uncovering potential tensions and contestations while encouraging future debate.
Transcribe →412: Technology, Physical Activity, and Schools — A Conversation with Dr. Taemin Ha
May 500:50:24Tap to summarizeDr. Taemin Ha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences at Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY). His research focuses on promoting physical activity and health among children and adolescents through a whole-of-school approach, with a particular interest in how technology can be integrated into K–12 school communities to facilitate and encourage physical activity. Dr. Ha is an AIESEP Early Career Scholar, an award he will receive at the AIESEP World Congress in Taipei.---## Episode OverviewIn this episode, host Risto Marttinen sits down with Dr. Taemin Ha to explore his growing program of research on technology integration and school-based physical activity. From the origins of his research agenda to his most recent systematic review, Dr. Ha walks us through the landscape of how — and how well — schools are using technology to get kids moving.Ha, T., Dauenhauer, B., Krause, J., McMullen, J., & Farber, M. (2025). Comprehensive school physical activity program technology practice questionnaire (CSPAP-TPQ). *Educational Technology Research and Development*, *73*(1), 283–300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-024-10399-1Ha, T., Dauenhauer, B., McMullen, J., & Krause, J. (2025). Attributes contributing to the use of technology in school-based physical activity promotion: A diffusion of innovations approach. *Journal of Teaching in Physical Education*, *44*(2), 366–376. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2024-0052Ha, T., Chey, W. S., Fan, X., Oh, J., & Bernstein, E. (2025). Technology use in physical education: Insights from New York State teachers. *Journal of Teaching in Physical Education*. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2024-0343Ha, T., Moon, J., Yu, H., Fan, X., & Paulson, L. (2025). A systematic review of technology-infused physical activity interventions in K-12 school settings: Effectiveness, roles, and implementation strategies. *International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity*, *22*, 113. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01811-x---## About Dr. Taemin HaDr. Ha is an Assistant Professor at Queens College, CUNY. His scholarship centers on promoting physical activity and health among children and adolescents through whole-of-school approaches, with a specific focus on technology integration in K–12 school communities.taemin.ha@qc.cuny.edu
Transcribe →411: Evaluating the Impact of Content Knowledge Instruction on Preservice Teacher Content Knowledge of Volleyball and Basketball
Apr 2801:02:26Tap to summarizeEvaluating the Impact of Content Knowledge Instruction on Preservice Teacher Content Knowledge of Volleyball and Basketballhttps://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jtpe/45/1/article-p118.xmlChey, W. S., Ward, P., Meyerhoff, S., Watanabe, R., Dillon, L., Arroyo-Rojas, F., & Trainer, S. (2026). Evaluating the Impact of Content Knowledge Instruction on Preservice Teacher Content Knowledge of Volleyball and Basketball. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 45(1), 118-128. This article targeted Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) coursework significantly improves preservice teachers' subject mastery in volleyball and basketball, though posttest scores only reached moderate proficiency. The research indicates that while targeted instruction boosts specialized content knowledge—particularly error analysis and task sequencing—it should be prioritized over general activity courses for effective teacher training. We think this article is really thought provoking if you work in the PETE space and defiantly food for thought about what we are doing to prepare our students.
Transcribe →410:Heard from the Source: LGBTQ+ Youth and the Barriers in PE
Apr 2100:49:32Tap to summarizeWhat do LGBTQ+ young people actually experience in PE and sport — and what are they telling us about why they disengage? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Craig Nieman and Dr. Sara Flory from the University of South Florida to discuss their groundbreaking mixed-methods study, "LGBTQ+ Youth Perceptions of Barriers to Physical Activity in Sport," published in Sport Education and Society (March 2026).Rather than relying on adult recollections or teacher perceptions, Nieman and Flory went directly to LGBTQ+ youth themselves — at Camp Rainbow, an inclusive summer camp in a conservatively legislated southeastern state. What they found should reshape how every PE teacher, administrator, and professional organization thinks about their work.In this episode, we cover:How three years of relationship-building made an 87% participation rate possible — and what that model means for researchers working with marginalized communitiesWhy community mapping (drawing safe and unsafe spaces) became an unexpectedly powerful research tool — and almost cathartic for participantsThe two dominant barriers LGBTQ+ youth identified: surveillance and body dysphoria during physical activity, and being stuck in a gender binary that leaves no safe optionThe student who was failing PE — not because of ability, but because they refused to change clothes in a hostile locker roomHow accommodations designed for LGBTQ+ students benefit all students (the curb-cut principle in PE)Small, immediate changes teachers can make right now — starting with the words they useWhat the removal of SHAPE America's transgender inclusion resources signals to teachers on the groundA reminder of the real stakes: one participant in the study linked exclusion from a recreational running group to suicidal ideationGuests:Dr. Craig Nieman, University of South FloridaDr. Sara Flory, University of South FloridaFull CitationNieman, C. V., Barnard Flory, S., Cavazos-Wylie, R., & Burger, L. R. (2026). LGBTQ+ youth perceptions of barriers to physical activity and sport: A mixed methods study. Sport, Education and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2026.2639532
Transcribe →409: Using Critical Friends in Research, A systematic review
Apr 1400:38:20Tap to summarizeDr. Lee and Dr. Kim join me in discussing their recent paper about the use of critical friends in S-STEP.Yongjin Lee is a doctoral student in Kinesiology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research focuses on physical education teacher education and self-study methodology.Dr. Youngjoon Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University Fullerton, with interests in teacher motivation and physical education teacher education.Hyungsik Min is a doctoral student at the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation at Arizona State University, specializing in student-centered pedagogy.Dr. Wonhee Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Education at Lindsey Wilson University in Kentucky, with expertise in physical education and teacher preparation and teacher reflection.Full CitationLee, Y., Kim, Y., Min, H., & Lee, W. (2026). How are critical friends utilized? A systematic review of self-study in physical education teacher education. Quest. https://doi.org/10.1080/00336297.2026.2642801
Transcribe →408: Let us wear our own goddamn clothes!
Apr 700:38:04Tap to summarizeThis line is from the paperO’Keeffe, B. T., Grady, C., McHale, F., & Murtagh, E. (2026). ‘Let us wear our own Goddamn clothes’: Students’ perceptions of school uniform as a barrier to physical activity and physical education participation in schools. European Physical Education Review, 1356336X261422164.Dr. Brendan O'Keefe joins me to discuss an article that was recently published in EPER and it is all about school uniformsHere is the position statement we discussedhttps://www.peai.org/latest-news/peai-position-statement-on-school-uniforms/
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