Pedagogy Research Through the Years inRQES

Abstract

This paper examines the growth in research on teaching, curriculum, and teacher education in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, describing how this body of work has evolved over the past 75 years. The research stream progressed from "expert" discourses about what physical education should be to scientific approaches that have generated a body of knowledge based on evidence rather than beliefs. Investigations focused on the teaching and learning process have evolved to provide research-based benchmarks for designing teacher education programs and evaluating instruction as well as informing effective teaching practice. We advocate for a broad view of pedagogy and argue that pedagogical researchers can make an important contribution to efforts to increase levels of physical activity through interdisciplinary projects.

Three Frameworks to Predict Physical Activity Behavior in Middle School Inclusive Physical Education: A Multilevel Analysis

“…The second conceptual framework of the teaching-learning mechanism is the student mediation framework that extends the process-product framework by including cognitive mediator between teacher behavior and student achievement (Lee & Solmon, 2005). Based on prior knowledge and past experience, students select cognitive operations to employ during PE lessons, and they choose the aspects of instruction to which they attend, as well as the degree to which they attend (Solmon & Lee, 1996).…”