Physical education and sport are often critically evaluated for the potential impact they can have on the development of children, both from the perspective of health and the development of sporting talent. Reflecting these two important goals, this paper presents an evaluation of the efficacy of an evidence-based, educational and inclusive…

The purpose of this study was to explore the use of action research as a framework to investigate cooperative learning and tactical games as instructional models in physical education (PE). The teacher/researcher taught a tennis unit using a combination of Cooperative Learning and Teaching Games for Understanding to three classes of boys aged…

This article focuses on a Sport Education project in Korea that has explored pedagogical issues during teachers' initial and developing implementation of Sport Education. Drawing on data gathered between 2004 and 2005 in collaboration with teachers in a middle school in Korea, the article presents a detailed analysis of developments in one case…