UnLock Research

These articles were translated by Ana West at the University of North Texas.

• June/July 2024
• Sex Differences in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children’s Motor Competence: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis of 6,241 Children
• April/May 2024
• Understanding Physical Education Teachers' Help-Seeking Behaviors in a Facebook Professional Learning Community
• February/March 2024
• “Female Undergraduate Students’ Experiences Facilitating an Out-of-School Physical Activity Program for Middle School Girls”
• December 2023 / January 2024
• “Is Meaningful Physical Education and Social Justice a Complimentary Combination? A Physical Education Teacher Educator Collaborative Self-Study”
• October/November 2023
• "Disability Simulation Design and Implementation in Adapted Physical Activity Coursework — Reports From Faculty"
• August/September 2023
• “Go Where the Big Challenges Are”: Preservice Physical Educators as Change Agents

These articles were translated by Ana West at the University of North Texas.

• June/July 2023
• Co-Creating Strategies for Enacting Trauma-Aware Pedagogies With Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers
• March 2023
• ‘Skinny Little Mexican Kid’: Life History of a Latino Immigrant Preservice Physical Education Teacher
• February 2023
• Improving Motivation for Physical Activity and Physical Education Through a School-Based Intervention
• January 2023
• SKIPping With PALS: Exploring Parental Engagement in a Motor Intervention for Their Preschool Children
• December 2022
• Need for Resuming Sports and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents Following COVID-19 Infection
• November 2022
• The Intersection of Class, Race, Gender, and Generation in Shaping Latinas’ Sport Experiences
• October 2022
• Global levels of fundamental motor skills in children: A systematic review
• September 2022
• What are fundamental motor skills and what is fundamental about them?
• August 2022
• An indoor physical activity area for increasing physical activity in the early childhood education classroom: An experience for enhancing young children's movement

These articles were translated by Ana West at the University of North Texas.

• July 2022
• Are gender-stereotyped attitudes and beliefs in fathers and daughters associated with girls’ perceived motor competence?
• June 2022
• Moving together: Understanding parent perceptions related to physical activity and motor skill development in preschool children
• April 2022
• Reclaiming the Conveyor Belt: Physical Education Teacher Education as a Pipeline to the Professoriate for Black Males
• March 2022
• Generalization of Participation in Fitness Activities From Physical Education to Lunch Recess by Gender and Skill Level
• February 2022
• Does Food and Health Education in School Influence Students’ Everyday Life?
• January 2022
• An Examination of Motor Competence Profiles in Preschool Children: A Latent Profile Analysis
• December 2021
• Barriers and Facilitators to Inclusion in Integrated Physical Education: Adapted Physical Educators’ Perspectives
• November 2021
• Evaluation of a Behavioral Self-Care Intervention Administered Through a Massive Open Online Course
• October 2021
• PK-12 School Physical Education: Conditions, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions
• September 2021
• Reconceptualizing and Operationalizing Seefeldt’s Proficiency Barrier: Applications and Future Directions
• August 2021
• School-Based Health Education Research: Charting the Course for the Future

These articles were translated by Caitlin Olive at the University of New Mexico.

• July 2021
• Physical Education Teachers’ Experiences With Remote Instruction During the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic
• June 2021
• Physical Education in the COVID Era: Considerations for Online Program Delivery Using the Comprehensive School Physical Education Framework
• May 2021
• Physical Education Policy Research in the United States: Setting a New Orientation
• April 2021
• Using Social Media: One Physical Education Teacher’s Experience
• March 2021
• Undergraduate Students’ Experiences with Educational Podcasts to Learn About Inclusive and Integrated Physical Education
• February 2021
• Power of the Curriculum: Content, Context and Learning in Physical Education
• January 2021
• Transforming PETE’s Initial Standards: Ensuring Social Justice for Black Students in Physical Education
• December 2020
• Effects of the iPad and Mobile Application-Integrated Physical Education on Children's Physical Activity and Psychosocial Beliefs
• November 2020
• Chapter 4: Twitter as a Professional Development Platform Among U.S. Physical Education Teachers
• October 2020
• Effects of a 16-Week Online Classroom Physical Activity Integration Course on Student-Level Outcomes
• September 2020
• Two Pathways Underlying the Effects of Physical Education on Out-of-School Physical Activity
• August 2020
• Flipped Learning, Pedagogy and Digital Technology: Establishing Consistent Practice to Optimise Lesson Time

These articles were translated by Caitlin Olive at the University of New Mexico.

• May 2020
• A Comparison of Activity Levels of Girls in Single-Gender and Mixed-Gender Physical Education
• April 2020
• Effects of an Interdisciplinary Approach Integrating Mathematics and Physical Education on Mathematical Learning and Physical Activity Levels
• March 2020
• Sedentary Time and Behavior During School: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
• February 2020
• Physical Literacy at the Start Line: Young Children’s Motor Competence, Fitness, Physical Activity, and Fitness Knowledge
• January 2020
• Examining the Pathway to Motor Skill Competence in a Mastery Motivational Climate: An Appreciative Inquiry
• December 2019
• Evaluation of a School-Community Linked Physical Activity Intervention Targeting 7- to 12-Year-Olds: A Sociocultural Perspective
• November 2019
• Physical Activity for Lent: Changes in and Associations Between Religiosity, Enjoyment, Motivation, and Physical Activity
• October 2019
• Intersectionality and Health Behaviors Among U.S.High School Students: Examining Race/Ethnicity, Sexual Identity, and Sex
• September 2019
• Students’ Perceptions of Technology Integration During the F.I.T. Unit
• August 2019
• Teachers’ Perspectives on Creating an Inclusive Climate in Middle School Physical Education for Overweight Students

These articles were translated by Ashley Phelps at the University of Texas-Austin.

• June 2019
• Adolescents’ Physical Activity Levels on Physical Education and Non-Physical Education Days According to Gender, Age and Weight Status
• May 2019
• Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model-based Programmes in Physical Education: A Systematic Review
• April 2019
• Physical Education Classes, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in Children
• March 2019
• Physical Education Students' Ownership, Empowerment, and Satisfaction With PE and Physical Activity
• February 2019
• Energy Expenditure and Intensity of Active Video Games in Children and Adolescents
• January 2019
• Engaging Students in Large Health Classes with Active Learning Strategies
• December 2018
• Instructional Assessment Strategies for Health and Physical Education
• November 2018
• School-Based Health Promotion Initiative Increases Children’s Physical Activity
• October 2018
• Motivators of and Barriers to Health-Promoting Behaviors Among Culturally Diverse Middle and High School Students
• September 2018
• An Integration of Mobile Applications Into Physical Education Programs
• August 2018
• Using Theory to Support Classroom Teachers as Physical Activity Promoters

These articles were translated by Shrehan Lynch at the University of Alabama.

• March 2018
• National Curriculum for Physical Education in the United States
• February 2018
• Captured on Film: A Critical Examination of Representations of Physical Education at the Movies
• January 2018
• Meaningful Experiences in Physical Education and Youth Sport: A Review of the Literature
• December 2017
• Professional learning places and spaces: The staffroom as a site of beginning teacher induction and transition
• November 2017
• Learning and instruction in social, cultural environments: Promising research agendas
• October 2017
• Revitalizing the physical education social-justice agenda in the global era: Where do we go from here?
• September 2017
• Educating Students for a Lifetime of Physical Activity: Enhancing Mindfulness, Motivation, and Meaning
• August 2017
• Why is there so little critical physical education scholarship in the United States? The case of Fitnessgram

These articles were translated by Shrehan Lynch at the University of Alabama.

• July 2017
• ‘I don't read fiction’: academic discourse and the relationship between health and physical education
• June 2017
• A Collaborative Approach to Self-Study Research in Physical Education Teacher Education
• May 2017
• Revisiting the national physical education content standards: What do we really know about our achievement of the physically educated/literate person?
• April 2017
• Effects of a sport education intervention on students' Motivational responses in physical education
• March 2017
• 'Can I do it in my pyjamas?' Negotiating a physical education curriculum with teenage girls
• February 2017
• An Eroding Social Justice Agenda: The Case of Physical Education and Health Edu-Business in Schools
• January 2017
• Contemporary issues of social justice: A focus on race and physical education in the United States
• December 2016
• 'I just remember rugby': Re-membering Physical Education as More Than a Sport
• November 2016
• A Qualitative Phenomenological Exploration of Teachers’ Experience With Nutrition Education
• October 2016
• Implementing Policies to Enhance Physical Education and Physical Activity in Schools