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Clements, Dan; Morgan, Kevin; Harris, Kerry – Sport, Education and Society, 2022
The subject of talent in sport continues to fascinate and intrigue as organisations seek to identify and deliver an effective talent development programme in an effort to ensure systemic success. In the quest to deliver an optimal national governing body talent development programme, this paper investigates the role that Appreciative Inquiry can…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Program Development, Team Sports, Inquiry
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Morgan, Kevin – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2019
The purpose of this article is to critically apply the mastery TARGET structures (task, authority, recognition, grouping, evaluation and time) to the cooperative learning (CL) model in physical education. The premise is that the TARGET structures are highly applicable to the CL model and that combining both approaches will optimize student…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Cooperative Learning, Physical Education, Student Motivation
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Morgan, Kevin – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2019
A mastery motivational climate, emphasizing self-referenced and individualized learning in physical education (PE), is consistent with a personalized physical literacy disposition defined as the knowledge and understanding, perceived competence, confidence and motivation to remain physically active for a lifetime. The TARGET acronym (i.e., task,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Mastery Learning, Competence, Self Esteem
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Gray, Shirley; Sproule, John; Morgan, Kevin – European Physical Education Review, 2009
Team invasion games (TIG) make up a large part of the PE curriculum in Scottish schools. It is important, therefore, to understand the environmental conditions that contribute to pupils' motivation to learn to play TIG. Consequently, this study aimed to identify the teaching behaviours exhibited when teaching TIG using a game-based approach and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Team Sports, Learning Motivation
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Morgan, Kevin; Kingston, Kieran – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2008
Background: Two goal perspectives predominate in achievement settings such as physical education (PE), namely task involvement, focused on self-referenced effort and improvement, and ego involvement, focused on normative ability comparisons. A task (mastery) involving motivational climate is associated with adaptive motivational responses, whereas…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Teachers, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Physical Education Teachers
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Morgan, Kevin; Kingston, Kieran; Sproule, John – European Physical Education Review, 2005
This study investigated the effects of different teaching styles on the teaching behaviours that influence motivational climate and pupils' cognitive and affective responses in physical education. Four (two male, two female) initial teacher education (ITE) students and 92 pupils (47 boys, 45 girls), from two schools in the UK, participated in the…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Physical Education, Teaching Styles, Teacher Characteristics