Validation of a Questionnaire on Job Crafting of Physical Education Teachers of Tehran   S. Nazari, Ph.D.* M. Hallaaji, Ph.D.** K. Eidipoor***   Job crafting refers to a collection of self-initiating advancement behaviors of employees aimed at improving their occupation and their relationships with others. A questionnaire on how to achieve this among physical education teacher...

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...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore the relative contributions of perceived parent and physical education teacher autonomy support, involvement, and modeling to adolescent leisure-time physical activity motivation and behavior within the framework of self-determination theory. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Method: 161 Middle school students completed a paper survey which asse...

BACKGROUND The Self-determined Exercise and Learning For FITness (SELF-FIT) is a multi-component school-based intervention based on tenets of self-determination theory. SELF-FIT aims to increase students' moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during physical education lessons, and enhance their autonomous motivation towards fitness activities. Using a cluster randomized controlled trial...

The purpose of the current article is to highlight the potential of self-determination theory (SDT) to inform the teaching practices of physical education (PE) teachers. Such practices may enhance motivational levels for participation in physical activity (PA) for children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). First, we review the research in PE demonstrating links between teachers' i...

To identify the indices of competency for student-teachers in Physical Education and factors that influence them, 22 expert were interviewed and 324 student-teachers from all over the country were given a questionnaire. Data analyses revealed that competency has four sets of indices in the areas of subjective-educational, educational, subjective, and general. Factors affecting these competencie...

Using a three-part theoretical framework, the cultural relevance cycle-which consists of (a) knowing community dynamics, (b) knowing how community dynamics influence educational processes, and (c) implementing strategies that reflect cultural knowledge of the community--we examined teachers' and students' perspectives on culturally relevant physical education in urban settings. We observed and ...