The purpose of this qualitative study was to assess the effectiveness of a disability sport unit in shaping perceptions of disability. Data from interviews, observations, and documents were collected on 87 elementary-aged students, one physical education teacher, and one teaching intern. Comparisons were drawn between fifth graders engaged in a five-week disability sport unit to fourth graders ...

U. P. R. Soci, T. Fernandes, N. Y. Hashimoto, G. F. Mota, M. A. Amadeu, K. T. Rosa, M. C. Irigoyen, M. I. Phillips, and E. M. Oliveira Laboratory of Biochemistry of the Motor Activity, School of Physical Education and Sport, Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Laboratory of Stem Cells, Keck Graduate Institute of Applied...

The Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) and Sport Education (SE) pedagogical models share several objectives and pedagogical processes. Despite this seemingly uncanny relationship, few studies have examined the efficacy of a hybrid TGfU/SE pedagogical model, particularly how a teacher's utilization of such a model impacts on student motivation. The purpose of the current study was to invest...

In order to plan and enact appropriate learning environments in physical education (PE) teachers are increasingly directed to models based practice. The Sport Education model is one of these models for PE curriculum and teaching design that informs the content and pedagogical direction of sport teaching in PE. Despite Sport Education being well researched internationally, there are few examples...

Ann MacPhail is with the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Kirk is with the Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, U.K; and Griffin is with the School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Throwing and Catching as Relational Skills in Game Play: Situated Learning in a Modified...