This is the audio from the 28th of March, 2025 PETE Collaborative that was hosted to discuss critical issues in the PETE field, notably the future directions of the SHAPE America Research Council. Over 100 PETE scholars attended live.

This is a 15min presentation about my research on the Finnish Model for Leisure Activities. It was given at the Fulbright Education Forum March 26th, 2025 hosted by the Fulbright Finland Foundation which also has sponsored my stay in Finland this year to conduct the research.

The study is also supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture here in Finland and the University of Arts Helsinki as well as The University of Jyväskylä

You can find more information on the model here https://harrastamisensuomenmalli.fi/en/

And a description of my research is here:

https://www.uniarts.fi/en/projects/exploring-finlands-model-for-leisure-activities-hsm-childrens-experiences-and-evaluation-of-the-model/

If you want to chat more about this model, you can always reach out!

This article club discusses Swedish researchers who asked secondary school students/Gymnasium to discuss their perceptions of HPE through their assessment experiences. Some interesting but not surprising perceptions were shared, and as is true for the Australian Article Club... good discussion was had!

Here is the link to the article and the citation:

Modell, N., & Gerdin, G. (2022). ‘Why don't you really learn anything in PEH?’–Students’ experiences of valid knowledge and the basis for assessment in physical education and health (PEH). European Physical Education Review, 28(3), 797-815 https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X221084514 (Original work published 2022)

Today, we’re discussing the article ‘How physical education teachers are positioned in models scholarship: a scoping review. This was recently published in PESP and came up in discussion during Ash Casey’s scholar lecture at BERA. You can find that lecture in episode 350

Full Cite: Fjellner, R. L., Varea, V., & Barker, D. (2024). How physical education teachers are positioned in models scholarship: a scoping review. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 29(4), 329–345. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2022.2083098

Dean Barker and Hakan Larsson join me to discuss their latest article in Sport Education and Society titled: "What do you think you are doing? How physical education researchers make scientific contributions". This is an open access article that covers issues in publishing and research in the field.

To cite this article: D. Barker, J.-E. Ekberg, G. Nyberg & H. Larsson (18 Feb 2025): What do you think you are doing? How physical education researchers make scientific contributions, Sport, Education and Society, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2025.2465588

To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2025.2465588

This is the 4th Article club with Brendan SueSee, Michael Davies, and Dave Robinson.

The article they discussed was:

Sarah Metz, Benjamin Zander & Ina Hunger (09 May 2024): The suffering of students in physical education. Unsettling experiences and situational conditions, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2024.2352825

This paper captured a wide range of unsettling PE experiences by taking different perspectives of 677 physical education students. It used a social constructivist approach to address two questions: (1) What kind of experiences are interpreted as unsettling by students in PE? (2) Which situational conditions are associated with students’ unsettling PE experiences?

We speak about some of the challenges for PE teachers whilst at the same time considering that the issues raised are not uniquely ‘PE’ problems but also problems of society.

This is an AIESEP Connect session that is hosted by the new Social Justice SIG in AIESEP.

You can find all about the special interest groups of AIESEP here https://aiesep.org/special-interest-groups/

Our 2025 conference is in St. Petersburg Florida

We will be in Australia for a specialist seminar at the end of the year and in 2026 our world congress will be held in Taipei.

This is an informational session of AERA SIG 93

It was recorded in January 2025 and was meant to provide knowledge on the SIG history, where we are now, and where we are going; the unique networking and benefits of the SIG; the importance of SIG membership and its impact on the future of the SIG

If you publish research in the field of physical education you should really check out this professional organization. You can find all the information here https://www.aera.net/SIG093/RLIPE-SIG-93

The video of this presentation will be here https://www.aera.net/SIG093/Professional-Development-Opportunities

Our Australian colleagues chose a book chapter by the great Mark Byra from the University of Wyoming for their third article club. The chapter is titled “Inclusion style of teaching, student

This is a cross-over episode with The Meaningful Physical Education Podcasts.

We are discussing the use of podcasts in PE and in professional development. The other podcast that is hosted is fairly new and REALLY good. You can find more information on how to listen to it below:

You can find more episodes here: ⁠Apple Podcasts ⁠

Here is the website: https://meaningfulpodcastexperience.buzzsprout.com/2358344/episodes

And here is the purpose and goals of the podcast:

Our purpose is to engage in conversations with those enacting Meaningful Physical Education (research, practice and everything in between). Part of the LAMPE (learning about MPE) project, our goals for the podcast are as follows.1) Through conversation and discussion, explore the whys, hows and whats of Meaningful PE in a variety of contexts.

2) Seek to understand the underpinnings and outcomes of prioritizing meaningful experiences in physical education. 

3) Share a variety of perspectives on the theory and practice of Meaningful PE for growth and learning. 

4) Help ensure that the evolving framework for Meaningful PE is accessible, available and adaptable.