Introduction: Effective teaching should demonstrate a match between what learners are
intended to know and be able to do, the opportunities they receive to learn and practice, and …

Examining how teacher education influences preservice teachers'(PSTs) application of
content knowledge, decision making when planning for teaching, creation of innovative …

The purpose of the study was to examine the ecologies of two teachers and the extent that
each teacher's agenda aligned with instructional activities and assessments for each unit of …

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate the instructional alignment of unit and
lesson plans in physical education. Methods: Unit and lesson plans of 31 student teachers …

45 JOPERD• Volume 79 No. 7• September 2008 respond and adapt to physical activity.
Quality programs would also develop skills and dispositions essential to the acquisition of …

Purpose: This study had two purposes. One purpose was to explore preservice physical
education teachers' development of adaptive competence in six core practices during …

This book is about the PE lesson at key stages 3 and 4. It serves to enhance teaching and
learning in physical education by showing trainee teachers how to understand and apply the …

Teaching signifies action taken with the purpose of realizing learning in another (Dewey,
1933; Robertson, 1987; Smith, 1987). The aim of teaching is to engage students in …

This paper provides a rationale for The Spectrum of Teaching Styles (The Spectrum) as a
pedagogical model in teaching physical education (PE). Building on prior …

There is increasing interest in how philosophy or overarching aims are articulated through
the various planning stages to eventual teaching methodology. Accordingly, this paper …