Listed below are articles that have been published from the Meaningful PE and LAMPE research projects. You can also access (a) the publisher’s website for each article by clicking on the link or (b) the pre-print version of the manuscript.
Ní Chróinín, D., Iannucci, C., Luguetti, C., & Hamblin, D. (2024). Exploring teacher educator pedagogical decision-making about a combined pedagogy of social justice and meaningful physical education. European Physical Education Review, 30, 671-687.
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Cardiff, G., Beni, S., Fletcher, T., Bowles, R., & Ní Chróinín, D. (2024). Learning to facilitate student voice in primary physical education. European Physical Education Review, 30, 381-396.
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Cardiff, G., Ní Chróinín, D., Bowles, R., Fletcher, T., & Beni, S. (2023). ‘Just let them have a say!’ Students’ perspective of student voice pedagogies in primary physical education. Irish Educational Studies, 42, 659-676.
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Coulter, M., Gleddie, D., Bowles, R., Ní Chróinín, D., & Fletcher, T. (2023). Teacher educators’ experiences of pedagogies that promote meaningful physical education. Revue phénEPS/PHEnex Journal, 13(3), 19pp.
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Smith, Z., Carter, A., Fletcher, T., & Ní Chróinín, D. (2023). What is important? How one early childhood teacher prioritised meaningful experiences for children in physical education. Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, 12(1), 126-149.
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Ní Chróinín, D., Fletcher, T., Beni, S., Griffin, C., & Coulter, M. (2023). Children’s experiences of pedagogies that prioritise meaningful experiences in physical education. Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary, and Early Years Education, 51, 41-54.
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Ní Chróinín, D., & Fletcher, T. (2023). Teaching and coaching for meaningfulness and joy. In V. Girginov & R. Marttinen (Eds.). Routledge resources online: Sports studies. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
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Beni, S., Fletcher, T., & Ní Chróinín, D. (2022). Teachers’ engagement with professional development to support implementation of meaningful physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 41, 570-579.
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Fletcher, T. & Ní Chróinín, D. (2022). Pedagogical principles that support the prioritisation of meaningful experiences in physical education: Conceptual and practical considerations. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 27, 455-466.
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Beni, S., Fletcher, T., & Ní Chróinín, D. (2022). “It’s not a linear thing; there are a lot of intersecting circles”: Factors influencing teachers’ implementation of Meaningful Physical Education. Teaching and Teacher Education, 117, 103806.
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Vasily, A., Fletcher, T., Gleddie, D., & Ní Chróinín, D. (2021). An actor-oriented perspective of implementing a pedagogical innovation in a cycling unit. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 40, 652-661.
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Beni, S., Ní Chróinín, D. & Fletcher, T. (2021). “It’s how PE should be!” Classroom teachers’ experiences of implementing Meaningful Physical Education. European Physical Education Review, 27, 666-683.
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Beni, S. (2021). ‘It’s Messy and It’s Frustrating at Times, but It’s Worth It.’ Facilitating the Professional Development of Teachers Implementing an Innovation. Studying Teacher Education, 17(3), 273-291.
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Ní Chróinín, D., Bowles, R., Carse, N., Macmillan, P., Popeska, B., Hordvik, M., Solstad, B., & Fletcher, T. (2023). Coach resource: Getting started with meaningfulness in youth sport.
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Beni, S., Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, D. (2022) ‘It’s not a linear thing; there are a lot of intersecting circles’: Factors influencing teachers’ implementation of Meaningful Physical Education. Teaching and Teacher Education, 117, 103765.
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Beni, S. (2021). ‘It’s Messy and It’s Frustrating at Times, but It’s Worth It.’ Facilitating the Professional Development of Teachers Implementing an Innovation. Studying Teacher Education, 17(3), 273-291.
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Beni, S., Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, D. (2022) ‘Teachers’ engagement with professional development to support implementation of Meaningful Physical Education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 41, 570-579.
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Ní Chróinín, D., Fletcher, T., Beni, S., Griffin, C., & Coulter, M. (2021). Children’s experiences of pedagogies that prioritise meaningful experiences in physical education. Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary, and Early Years Education. Advance online publication. Doi: 10.1080/03004279.2021.1948584
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Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, D., Gleddie, D., & Beni, S. (Eds.) (2021). Meaningful physical education: An approach to guide teaching and learning. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
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Fletcher, T. & Ní Chróinín, D. (2022). Pedagogical principles that support the prioritisation of meaningful experiences in physical education: Conceptual and practical considerations. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 27, 455-466.
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Beni, S., Ní Chróinín, D. & Fletcher, T. (2021). “It’s how PE should be!” Classroom teachers’ experiences of implementing Meaningful Physical Education. European Physical Education Review, 27, 666-683.
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Vasily, A., Fletcher, T., Gleddie, D., & Ní Chróinín, D. (2021). An actor-oriented perspective of implementing a pedagogical innovation in a cycling unit. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 40, 652-661.
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Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, D., O’Sullivan, M., & Beni, S. (2020). Pre-service teachers articulating their learning about meaningful physical education. European Physical Education Review, 26, 885-902.
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Ní Chróinín, D., Beni, S., Fletcher, T., Griffin, C., & Price, C. (2019). Using meaningful experiences as a vision for physical education teaching and teacher education practice. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 24, 598-614.
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Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, D, & O’Sullivan, M. (2019). Developing deep understanding of teacher education through accessing and responding to pre-service teacher engagement with their learning. Professional Development in Education, 45, 832-847.
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Beni, S., Fletcher, T., & Ní Chróinín, D. (2019). Using features of meaningful experiences to guide primary physical education practice. European Physical Education Review, 25, 599-615.
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Beni, S., Ní Chróinín, D., & Fletcher, T. (2019). A focus on the how of meaningful physical education in primary schools. Sport, Education and Society, 24(6), 624-637.
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Ní Chróinín, D. Fletcher, T. & Griffin. C. A. (2018). Exploring pedagogies that promote meaningful participation in primary physical education. Physical Education Matters, 13(2), 70-73.
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Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, D., Price, C., & Francis, N. (2018). Teacher educators’ enactment of pedagogies that prioritise learning about meaningful physical education. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 9, 76-89.
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Ní Chróinín, D., Fletcher, T., & O’Sullivan, M. (2018). Pedagogical principles of learning to teach meaningful physical education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 23(2), 117-133.
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Beni, S., Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, D. (2017). Meaningful experiences in physical education and youth sport: A review of the literature. Quest, 69(3), 291-312.
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Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, D., & O’Sullivan, M. (2016). A layered approach to critical friendship and its role in supporting pedagogical innovation in teacher education. Studying Teacher Education, 12, 302-319.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17425964.2016.1228049
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Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, D., & O’Sullivan, M. (2016). Multiple dimensions of interactivity: An empirically-based investigation of methodological issues in self-study of practice research. In D. Garbett & A. Ovens (Eds.). Enacting self-study as methodology for professional inquiry. (pp. 19-25). Auckland, NZ: University of Auckland Press.
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Ní Chróinín, D., O’Sullivan, M., & Fletcher, T. (2016). Critical friendship and meta-critical friendship: Re-interrogating assumptions. In K. Ragoonaden & S. M. Bullock (Eds.). Mindfulness and critical friendship: A new perspective on professional development for educators. (pp. 77-90). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
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Ní Chróinín, D., Fletcher, T., & O’Sullivan, M. (2015). Using self-study to explore the processes of pedagogical innovation in physical education teacher education. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 6(3), 273-286.
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