Transferring responsibility in primary school physical education : experiences of five teachers participating in a professional development programme
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- Katrijn Opstoel, Frans Prins, Leen Haerens (UGent) , Jan van Tartwijk and Kristine De Martelaer
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- Developing personal and social skills is an important educational goal and part of citizenship education. In physical education (PE), transferring responsibility for managing activities is a method to achieve this goal. For teachers, however, it is a challenge to relinquish control. This qualitative study investigated how five PE teachers experience a continuous professional development (CPD) programme aimed to help them deal with this challenge. Findings showed that a CPD programme can help teachers to make room for children to manage activities independently. However, teachers' beliefs about the purpose of PE and limited teaching time complicate their willingness to transfer responsibility.
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- Student-centred pedagogies, Social responsibility, Professional development, Teacher beliefs, Physical education, Primary education, SPORT EDUCATION: KNOWLEDGE, STUDENTS, BELIEFS, IMPACT, SKILLS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01JJ42ZDKDKJA2J9A7XYRW5KAY
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- Opstoel, Katrijn, et al. “Transferring Responsibility in Primary School Physical Education : Experiences of Five Teachers Participating in a Professional Development Programme.” TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION, vol. 153, 2025, doi:10.1016/j.tate.2024.104844.
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- Opstoel, K., Prins, F., Haerens, L., van Tartwijk, J., & De Martelaer, K. (2025). Transferring responsibility in primary school physical education : experiences of five teachers participating in a professional development programme. TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION, 153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104844
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- Opstoel, Katrijn, Frans Prins, Leen Haerens, Jan van Tartwijk, and Kristine De Martelaer. 2025. “Transferring Responsibility in Primary School Physical Education : Experiences of Five Teachers Participating in a Professional Development Programme.” TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION 153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104844.
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- Opstoel, Katrijn, Frans Prins, Leen Haerens, Jan van Tartwijk, and Kristine De Martelaer. 2025. “Transferring Responsibility in Primary School Physical Education : Experiences of Five Teachers Participating in a Professional Development Programme.” TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION 153. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2024.104844.
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- 1.Opstoel K, Prins F, Haerens L, van Tartwijk J, De Martelaer K. Transferring responsibility in primary school physical education : experiences of five teachers participating in a professional development programme. TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION. 2025;153.
- IEEE
- [1]K. Opstoel, F. Prins, L. Haerens, J. van Tartwijk, and K. De Martelaer, “Transferring responsibility in primary school physical education : experiences of five teachers participating in a professional development programme,” TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION, vol. 153, 2025.
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