Sport Pedagogy Research Publications

PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS 2022

Young, AM., MacPhail A., & Tannehill, D. (2022) Teacher educators’ engagement with school-based assessments across Irish teacher education programmes, Irish Educational Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2022.2061562
Scanlon, D., MacPhail, A., & Calderón, A. (2022). A rhizomatic exploration of a professional development non-linear approach to learning and teaching: Two teachers’ learning journeys in 'becoming different'. Teaching and Teacher Education, 115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103730
Scanlon, D., MacPhail, A., Tannehill, D. & Walsh, C. (2022) Embedding assessment in learning experiences: Enacting the principles of instructional alignment in physical education teacher education. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. DOI: 10.1080/25742981.2022.2039074
Walsh, C., Tannehill, D. & MacPhail, A. (2022) The perceived needs of teacher educators as they strive to implement curriculum change. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. DOI: 10.1080/25742981.2022.2032778
Murtagh, E., Mulhare, B., Woods, C., Corr, M., & Belton, S. (2022). A pragmatic evaluation of the primary school Be Active After-School Activity Programme (Be Active ASAP). Health Education Research, 36(6), 634-645. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyab036
Khalil, N., Aljanazrah, A., Hamed, G., & Murtagh, E. (2022). Exploring Teacher Educators' Perspectives of Play-Based Learning: A Mixed Method Approach. Education Sciences, 12(2), 95. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12020095
Murtagh, E. M., Sawalma, J., & Martin, R. (2022). Playful maths! The influence of play-based learning on academic performance of Palestinian primary school children. Educational Research for Policy and Practice. doi:10.1007/s10671-022-09312-5
Connolly, C., Logue, P. A., & Calderón, A. (2022). Teaching about curriculum and assessment through inquiry and problem-based learning methodologies: An initial teacher education cross-institutional study. Irish Educational Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2021.2019083
Belton, S., O’Brien, W., Murtagh, E., Costa, J., Issartel, J., McGann, J. and Manninen, M., 2022. A new curriculum model for second-level physical education: Y-PATH PE4Me. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, pp.1-22. DOI: 10.1080/25742981.2021.2018941

2021 BOOKS

Arias-Estero, J. L., Meroño, L., Calderón, A., (2021). Fundamentos pedagógicos de la enseñanza del deporte [Foundations of Sport Pedagogy]. Madrid: La Muralla. Colección Aula Abierta. Link: https://bit.ly/2O05kGz

BOOK Chapter

Czerniawski, G., MacPhail, A., Vanassche, E., Ulvik, M., Guberman, A., Oolbekkink-Marchand, H. & Bain, Y. (2022) Researching the professional learning needs of teacher educators: Results from international research. In Vanderlinde, R., Smith, K., Murray, J. & Lunenberg, M. (Eds.) Teacher Educators and their Professional Development: Learning from the past, looking to the future, pp. 28-42. Routledge: London.
Guberman, A., MacPhail, A., Ulvik,M. & Oolbekkink-Marchand, H. (2022) Teacher educators’ professional life stories across four countries: Intertwining personal and contextual effects. In Vanderlinde, R., Smith, K., Murray, J. & Lunenberg, M. (Eds.) Teacher Educators and their Professional Development: Learning from the past, looking to the future, pp. 106-119. Routledge: London.
Murray, J., MacPhail, A., Meijer, P., Oolbekkink-Marchand, H. Ulvik, M. & Guberman, A. (2022) Influencing professional development at national levels: learning from reciprocity and diversity. In Vanderlinde, R., Smith, K., Murray, J. & Lunenberg, M. (Eds.) Teacher Educators and their Professional Development: Learning from the past, looking to the future, pp. 144-157. Routledge: London.
Garcia-López L. M., & Calderón, A. (2021). [Sport education pedagogical model] In: A. Pérez-Pueyo et al. (eds.) [Pedagogical models in physical education: What, how, what for and why]. León: Universidad de León. Language: Spanish Download link: https://buleria.unileon.es/handle/10612/13251
Blagrove, R. C., Kearney, P. E., & Drew, K. (in press). Nurturing young distance runners. In: P. H. Hayes & R. C. Blagrove (Eds.). The science and practice of distance running. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Science-and-Practice-of-Middle-and-Long-Distance-Running/Blagrove-Hayes/p/book/9780367423186

PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS 2021

Sargent, J., & Calderón, A. (2021). Technology-Enhanced Learning Physical Education? A Critical Review of the Literature. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2021-0136. IF2020=4.155 (Q1) Education and Educational Research (JCR)
Brennan, C Bowles, R & Murtagh, E. (2021) The best of both worlds? The impact of the initial teacher education physical education specialism programme on generalist teachers’ self-efficacy, beliefs, and practices, Education 3-13, DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2021.2001557
Calderón, A., & MacPhail, A., (2021). Seizing the opportunity to redesign physical education teacher education: blending paradigms to create transformative experiences in teacher education. Sport, Education and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2021.1997981 IF2020=4.119 (Q1) Education and Educational Research (JCR)
Burgueño, R., Calderón, A., Sinelnikov, O., & Medina-Casaubón, J. (2021). Development and Initial Validation of the Sport Education Scale. Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/1091367X.2021.1948415
Mahedero, M. P., Calderon, A., Hastie, P., & Arias-Estero, J. L. (2021). Grouping Students by Skill Level in Mini-Volleyball: Effect on Game Performance and Knowledge in Sport Education. Perceptual and Motor Skills, https://doi.org/10.1177/00315125211021812
Martin, R., McMullen, J. and Murtagh, E.M., 2021. Implementing movement integration across the whole school: findings from the Moving to Learn Ireland programme. Irish Educational Studies, pp.1-20. DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2021.1899023
MacPhail, A & Luguetti, C (2021) Nurturing Solidarity: Considering the Internationalization of Research Activities in Kinesiology as a Moral Practice, International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 5:2, 56-67, DOI: 10.1080/24711616.2020.1866469
Gong, Y., MacPhail, A., & Young, AM. (2021): Chinese higher education-based physical education teacher educators’ professional learning needs for involvement in research activities, Professional Development in Education, DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2021.1895286
Gong, Y, MacPhail, A., & Guberman, A. (2021): Professional learning and development needs of Chinese university-based physical education teacher educators, European Journal of Teacher Education, DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2021.1892638
Barrett, Gareth M., Sherwin, I., & Blackett. Alexander D.. (2021). Women Rugby Union Coaches’ Experiences of Formal Coach Education in Ireland and the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Study. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.2020-0056.
MacPhail, A., Tannehill, D. & Ataman, R. (2021): The role of the critical friend in supporting and enhancing professional learning and development, Professional Development in Education, DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2021.1879235

2020

BOOKS

Graham, G., Holt/Hale, S., Parker, M., Hall, T. & Patton, K. (2020). Children moving: A reflective approach to teaching physical education (10th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
O’Sullivan, M. & Parker, M. (Eds.). (2020). Physical education in a global policy space. London: Routledge.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Barcelona, J., Centeio, E., & Parker, M. (2020). Integrating Health and Physical Activity with Social Emotional Learning in Before and After School Programs. In Marttinen, R., Centeio, E., & Quarmby, T. (Eds.). Before and After School Physical Activity Programs: Frameworks, Critical Issues and Underserved Populations. London: Routledge.
Ward, P., Parker, M., & Barnes, D. (2020). The Innovation Challenge: Maintaining Program Standards and Developing Cohesion While Developing and Testing Alternative Designs in New Kinds of Schools. In Lawson, H. & MacPhail, A. (Eds.). The Collaborative Redesign of School Physical Education and Teacher Education: Addressing Grand Challenges for the 21st Century. London: Routledge.
MacPhail, A. (2020) Developing commitments and capacity to learn with, and from, each other. In MacPhail, A. & Lawson, H. (eds.) School Physical Education and Teacher Education: Collaborative Redesign for the 21st Century. Routledge, UK.
Lawson, H., Kirk, D. & MacPhail, A. (2020) The Professional Development Challenge: Achieving Desirable Outcomes for Students, Teachers, and Teacher Educators. In MacPhail, A. & Lawson, H. (eds.) School Physical Education and Teacher Education: Collaborative Redesign for the 21st Century. Routledge, UK.
Whittle, R. & MacPhail, A. (2020) The PE School Curriculum Challenge: The Shared Construction, Implementation and Enactment of School Physical Education Curriculum. In MacPhail, A. & Lawson, H. (eds.) School Physical Education and Teacher Education: Collaborative Redesign for the 21st Century. Routledge, UK.
Fletcher, T., Beckey, A., Larsson, H. & MacPhail, A. (2020) The Research and Development Challenge: Better Aligning Teachers’ and Teacher Educators’ Needs, Priorities and Demands. In MacPhail, A. & Lawson, H. (eds.) School Physical Education and Teacher Education: Collaborative Redesign for the 21st Century. Routledge, UK.
O’Sullivan, M., Calderón, A., & Moody, B. (2020). Can I teach what I want? Teacher autonomy in enacting a physical education curriculum. In S. Chapel & R. Blair (Eds.), Debates in Physical Education (2nd ed.), (pp. 206-219). London & New York: Routledge. Book link: https://www.routledge.com/Debates-in-Physical-Education-2nd-Edition/Capel-Blair/p/book/9781138586871

PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS 2020

Sutherland, S. & Parker, M. (2020). Responding to Trauma in and through Physical Education, Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Gonçalves, L., Parker, M., Luguetti, C. & Carbinatto, M. (2020). The facilitator’s role in supporting physical education teachers’ empowerment in a professional learning community, Sport, Education and Society, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2020.1825371
Meroño, L., Calderón, A., & Arias-Estero, J. L. (2020). Digital pedagogy and cooperative learning: Effect on the technological pedagogical content knowledge and academic performance of pre-service teachers. Revista de Psicodidáctica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psicoe.2020.10.002 (IF=3.050 - 28/263 - Education and Educational Research)
Tannehill, D., Scanlon, D., & MacPhail, A. (2020). Applying research to practice in school physical education, Physical Education Matters.
Hassan, O., Scanlon, D., McDonald, C., Algeo, N., Nic Corcráin, M., Jenkins, T., Kelly, S., and Whelan, S. (2020). Supporting student engagement and partnership in higher education decision-making during the pandemic: A reflection from the National Student Engagement Programme (NStEP). All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (AISHE-J), 12(3), 1-9. https://ojs.aishe.org/index.php/aishe-j/article/view/545
Kelly, L., O’Connor, S., Harrison A.J. and NiCheilleachair, N.J. (2020) Effects of an 8-week school-based intervention programme on Irish schoolchildren's fundamental movement skills. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2020.1834526
Scanlon, D., Calderón, A., & MacPhail, A. (2020). Teacher agency in enacting physical education in a period of curriculum change. The Curriculum Journal. DOI: 10.1002/curj.80
Calderón, A., Scanlon, D., MacPhail, A., & Moody, B. (2020). An integrated blended learning approach for physical education teacher education programmes: teacher educators’ and pre-service teachers’ experiences, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. DOI: .10.1080/17408989.2020.1823961
MacPhail, A. (2020) Time to really re-envisage teacher education. Research in Teacher Education, Vol.10. No 1., 53-56. See link here
Coulter, M., Scanlon, D., MacPhail, A., O'Brien, W., Belton, S., & Woods, C. (2020). The (mis)alignment between young people's collective physical activity experience and physical education curriculum development in Ireland. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education. DOI: 10.1080/25742981.2020.1808493
Hortigüela-Alcalá, D., Calderón, A., & González-Calvo, G. (2020). Transcultural impact of learning to teach sport education on preservice teachers’ perceived teaching competence, autonomy, and academic motivation. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.2019-0169.
Guberman, A., Ulvik, M., MacPhail, A. & Oolbekkink-Marchand, H. (2020). Teacher educators’ professional trajectories: evidence from Ireland, Israel, Norway and the Netherlands, European Journal of Teacher Education, DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2020.1793948
Casey, A., MacPhail, A., Larsson, H. & Quennerstedt, M. (2020). Between hope and happening: Problematizing the M and the P in models-based practice, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2020.1789576
Parker, M., Ní Chróinín, D., Coulter, M., McFlynn, P., & Walsh, C. (2020). ‘Finding the Image’: Using photos to give voice to teacher educator professional learning. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2020.1757476
O’Connor A, Krucien N, Cantillon P, Parker M, & McCurtin A, (2020) Investigating physiotherapy stakeholders’ preferences for the development of performance-based assessment in practice education, Physiotherapy, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2020.04.003
Ní Chróinín, D., Coulter, M., & Parker, M. (2020). “We took pictures”: Children’s meaning-making in physical education, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 39(2), 216-226.
Luguetti., C., Oliver, K. & Parker, M. (2020). Facilitation as an act of love: a self-study of how a facilitator’s pedagogy change over time in the process of supporting a community of learners. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2019-0193
O’Sullivan, C., Parker, M., Comyns, T., & Ralph, AM. (2020). Enhancing fundamental movement skills: Understanding student voices, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2019-0170
Mangione, J., Parker, M., O’Sullivan, M., & Quayle, M. (2020). Mapping the landscape of physical education external provision in Irish primary schools, Irish Educational Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2020.1730218
Foley, J., Santarossa, S., Tindall, D.W., & Lieberman, L.J. (2020). The impact of a summer sports camp for children with visual impairments on the self-efficacy of physical education pre-service teachers: A pilot study. European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity – Online. DOI: 10.5507/euj.2019.011. (SJR: 0.15; SCImago Journal Rank: Q4).
Rolim, R., J., & Calderón, A. (2020). [Self-made materials to teach athletics in physical education]. Tándem. Didáctica de la Educación Física, 68, 27-35.
Guijarro, E., MacPhail, A. Gonzalez-Villora, S. & Arias-Palencia, N.M. (2020) Responsibility and the roles undertaken in Sport Education, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2019-0097
Hordvik, M., MacPhail, A. & Ronglan, L.T. (2020) Developing a pedagogy of teacher education using self-study: A rhizomatic examination of negotiating learning and practice, Teaching and Teacher Education, 88, DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2019.102969
Calderón, A., Meroño, L. and MacPhail, A., 2019. A student-centred digital technology approach: The relationship between intrinsic motivation, learning climate and academic achievement of physical education pre-service teachers. European Physical Education Review, DOI: 10.1177/1356336X19850852

2019

BOOK CHAPTERS

Lunenberg M., MacPhail A., White E., Jarvis J., O’Sullivan M., Guðjónsdóttir H. (2019) Self-Study Methodology: An Emerging Approach for Practitioner Research in Europe. In: Kitchen J., Berry A., Guðjónsdóttir H., Bullock S., Taylor M., Crowe A. (eds) 2nd International Handbook of Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1710-1_47-1
Arias-Estero, J. L.; Morales-Belando, M. T.; Meroño, L., & Calderón, A. (2019). [Deep learning and academic achievement after a constructivist educational experience in higher education]. In R. Roig-Vila (Ed.), Research and Innovation in Higher Education (pp. 16-24). Barcelona: Octaedro. Full text
Tindall D., 2019. “Meaningful Inclusion of Students with Special Needs” pp 171-186. In: Siedentop, D.L., Hastie, P. and Van der Mars, H., 2019. Complete guide to sport education. Third Edition. Human Kinetics

PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS

Scanlon, D. (2019). Examination physical education: policy, pedagogies and possibilities. Sport, Education and Society. DOI:10.1080/13573322.2019.1708139
Kennedy, M., MacPhail, A. and Power, M.J., 2019. The intersection of ethos and opportunity: an ethnography exploring the role of the ‘physical curriculum’in cultivating physical capital in the elite educated student. Sport, Education and Society, pp.1-12. DOI:10.1080/13573322.2019.1680357
MacPhail, A, & Schaefer, L. (2019): Engaging with academic and institutional changes: physical education and sport pedagogy’s interest and ability to ‘survive and thrive’, Sport, Education and Society, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2019.1669151
Scanlon, D., MacPhail, A. & Antonio Calderon, A. (2019): Conceptualising examinable physical education in the Irish context: Leaving Certificate Physical Education, Sport, Education and Society, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2019.1664451
MacPhail, A, Ulvik, M., Guberman, A. Czerniawski, G., Oolbekkink-Marchand, H., & Bain, Y. (2019) The professional development of higher education-based teacher educators: needs and realities, Professional Development in Education, 45:5, 848-861, DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2018.1529610
Calderón, A. Meroño, L., & MacPhail, A. (2019). A student-centred digital technology approach: The relationship between intrinsic motivation, learning climate and academic achievement of physical education pre-service teachers. European Physical Education Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X19850852
Quillinan, B., MacPhail, A., Dempsey, C. & McEvoy, E. (2019) Transformative teaching and learning through engaged practice: Lecturers’ and students’ experiences in a university and underserved-community partnership in Ireland. Journal of Transformative Education. doi.org/10.1177/1541344618809681
Kinnerk, P., Harvey, S., Kearney, P., MacDonncha, C., & Lyons, M. (2019). An Investigation of the Self-Reported Practice Activities and Session Sequencing of Inter-County Gaelic Football Coaches. International Sport Coaching Journal, 6(2), 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2018-0090
Goodyear, V.A., Parker, M. and Casey, A., 2019. Social media and teacher professional learning communities. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, pp 24, 421-433. DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2019.1617263
Christian, E, Hodgson, C.I., Berry, M. & Kearney, P (2019) It’s not what, but where: how the accentuated features of the adventure sports coaching environment promote the development of sophisticated epistemic beliefs, Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, DOI: 10.1080/14729679.2019.1598879
Meroño, L., Calderón, A., Arias-Estero, J. L., & Méndez-Giménez, A. (2019). Prediction model for the inclusion of key competences in the primary school curriculum through the teachers’ perceptions in the Region de Murcia. Culture and Education DOI: 10.1080/11356405.2018.1561108
Hunuk, D., Tannehill, D. and Levent Ince, M., 2019. Interaction patterns of physical education teachers in a professional learning community. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, pp.1-17. DOI:10.1080/17408989.2019.1576862
Bengoechea, E.G., Lorenzino, L. and Gray, S., 2019. Not Academic Enough? Enjoyment of Physical Education and the Arts and School Engagement in Early and Middle Adolescence (¿ Suficientemente académico? Disfrute de la Educación Física y las Artes e implicación del estudiante con la escuela en la adolescenci. Retos, (35), pp.301-309. link
Neutzling, M., Pratt, E., & Parker, M. (2019). Conceptions of learning to teach in a constructivist environment. The Physical Educator. 76(3), 756-776.
Santos, F. , & Neves, R., & Parker, M. (2019). Future Pathways in Implementing the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Model in Spain and Portugal. Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deporte y Recreación, 38, 1 - 9.

2018

BOOK CHAPTERS

MacPhail, A., O’Sullivan, M., Tannehill, D., & Parker, M. (2018). Redesigning Physical Education in Ireland: Significant redesign over modest reforms? In Lawson, H. (Ed.). Re-visioning Physical Education Because Every Child Matters. London: Routledge.
Parker, M. & Patton, K. (2018). Primary PE in the global context: United States. In Griggs, G. & Petrie, K. (Eds.). Routledge handbook of primary physical education. London: Routledge.
Hordvik, M, Mac Phail., A, Tannehill, D, & Ronglan, L.T. (2018). Decentering the “self” in self-study of professional practices: a working research assemblage, in Kathryn Strom , Tammy Mills , Alan Ovens (ed.) Decentering the Researcher in Intimate Scholarship (Advances in Research on Teaching, Volume 31) Emerald Publishing Limited, pp.59 - 73, ISBN: 978-1-78754-636-3 eISBN: 978-1-78754-635-6

PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS

Scanlon, D., MacPhail A., & Calderón, A. (2018). Original intentions and unintended consequences: the ‘contentious’ role of assessment in the development of Leaving Certificate Physical Education in Ireland. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, DOI: 10.1080/25742981.2018.1552500
MacPhail, A., Bulca, Y., Carraro, A. & Avşar, Z. (2018) Initial post-primary physical education teacher education: a comparative exploration across European countries. International Journal of Sports and Physical Education, 4(4), 15-21. DOI: 10.20431/2454-6380.0404003
McMullen, J.M., MacPhail, A. and Dillon, M., 2018. “I want to do it all day!”—Students’ experiences of classroom movement integration. International Journal of Educational Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2018.11.014
Quillinan, B., MacPhail, A., Dempsey, C. and McEvoy, E., 2018. Transformative Teaching and Learning Through Engaged Practice: Lecturers’ and Students’ Experiences in a University and Underserved Community Partnership in Ireland. Journal of Transformative Education, p.1541344618809681. DOI: 10.1177/1541344618809681
Hordvik, M., MacPhail, A., Tannehill, D., & Tore Ronglan, L. (2018). Decentering the “self” in self-study of professional practices: a working research assemblage, in Kathryn Strom , Tammy Mills , Alan Ovens (ed.) Decentering the Researcher in Intimate Scholarship (Advances in Research on Teaching, Volume 31) Emerald Publishing Limited, pp.59 – 73, ISBN: 978-1-78754-636-3 eISBN: 978-1-78754-635-6
MacPhail, A., Ulvik, M., Guberman, A., Oolbekkink-Marchand, H.W., Czerniawski, G. & Bain, Y. (in press) The professional development of higher education-based teacher educators: needs and realities. Professional Development in Education. doi:10.1080/19415257.2018.1529610
Morales-Belando, M. T., Calderón, A., & Arias-Estero, J. L. (2018). Improvement in game performance and adherence after an aligned TGfU floorball unit in physical education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. (Q1 16/239, IF= 2.928) doi: 10.1080/17408989.2018.1530747
Luguetti, C., Lopes, P., Sobrinho, D., Carbinatto, M. & MacPhail, A. (2018) The complexities, tensions and struggles in developing learning communities throughout a Sport Education season. European Physical Education Review. doi: 10.1177/1356336X18802285
Iannucci, C., MacPhail, A. & Richard, K.A.R. (2018). Development and Initial Validation of the Teaching Multiple School Subjects Role Conflict Scale (TMSS-RCS). European Physical Education Review. doi: 10.1177/1356336X18791194
McEvoy, E., Heikinaro-Johansson, P & MacPhail, A. (2018) An exploration of the influence of professional relationships on the career pathways of physical education teacher educators. European Physical Education Review DOI: 10.1177/1356336X18785106
Alves, M., MacPhail, A., Queirós, P. and Batista, P. (2018) Becoming a physical education teacher during formalised school placement: A rollercoaster of emotions. European Physical Education Review. DOI:10.1177/1356336X18785333
MacPhail, A. & Sohun, R. (2018) Interrogating the enactment of a service-learning course in a physical education teacher education programme: Less is more? European Physical Education Review. DOI: 10.1177/1356336X18783922
Iannucci, C. & MacPhail, A. (2018): One Teacher’s Experience of Teaching Physical Education and Another School Subject: An Inter-Role Conflict?, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2018.1446069
Kinnerk, P., Harvey, S., MacDonncha, C., & Lyons, M. (2018A Review of the Game-Based Approaches to Coaching Literature in Competitive Team Sport Settings Quest, 1-18. doi: 10.1080/00336297.2018.1439390
O’Sullivan, M. & Parker, M., 2018. Physical education teacher education in a global policy space. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education,9:1, 2-6, doi: 10.1080/18377122.2018.1425119
Kennedy, S., MacPhail A., & Varley, P.J. (2018): Expedition (auto)ethnography: an adventurer-researcher’s journey, Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, DOI: 10.1080/14729679.2018.1451757
Calderón, A., Arias-Estero, J., Meroño, L., & Méndez-Giménez, A. (2018). [Design and Validation of the Questionnaire of Perception of Elementary Education Teachers on the Inclusion of Key Competences] (#ICOMpri3). Estudios sobre Educación, 34, 67-97. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15581/004.34.67-97
MacPhail, A., Halbert, J. and O’Neill, H., 2018. The development of assessment policy in Ireland: a story of junior cycle reform. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, pp.1-17. doi: 10.1080/0969594X.2018.1441125
Quillinan, B., McEvoy, E., MacPhail, A. and Dempsey, C., 2018. Lessons learned from a community engagement initiative within Irish higher education Irish Educational Studies, pp.1-14. doi: 10.1080/03323315.2018.1438913
Meroño, L. Calderón, A., Arias-Estero, J. L., & Méndez Giménez, A. (2018): Primary school student and teacher perceptions of competency-based learning. Cultura y Educación, doi: 10.1080/11356405.2018.1436796
Casey, A. & MacPhail, A., 2018. Adopting a models-based approach to teaching physical education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, doi:10.1080/17408989.2018.1429588
O’Sullivan, M. and Parker, M., 2018. Physical education teacher education in a global policy space. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2018.1425119
Czerniawski, G., Gray, D., MacPhail, A., Bain, Y., Conway, P. and Guberman, A., 2018. The professional learning needs and priorities of higher-education-based teacher educators in England, Ireland and Scotland. Journal of Education for Teaching, pp.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1422590
Meroño, L., Calderón, A., Rieckmann, M., Méndez-Giménez, A., Arias-Estero, J. L. (2018). Relationship between perceived competency-based learning and measured learning in TIMSS 2015: Comparison of Spanish and German students. Revista de Educación, 379, 9-31. doi: 10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2017-379-365
O'Connor, A., Cantillon, P., Parker, M., & McCurtin, A. (2018). Juggling roles and generating solutions; Practice-based educators’ perceptions of performance-based assessment of physiotherapy students. · Physiotherapy, DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2018.11.008

2017

BOOK CHAPTERS

Tindall, D., Neylon, J., Parker, M., & Tannehill, D. (2017). Promoting social inclusion and physical activity for students with special educational needs through adventure education. In Morin, A., Maïano, C., Lonsdale, C., & Craven, R. (Eds.). International advances in education: Global initiatives for equity and social justice. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Parker, M., Patton, K., & Tannehill, D. (2017). Professional development experiences and organizational socialization. In Gaudreault, K. & Richards, K.A. (Eds.). New perspectives on teacher socialization in physical education. London: Routledge.
Calderón, A., López-Chicheri, I., Fernández-Río, J., & Sinelnikov, O. (2017): Chapter 6: ”I really want them to be engaged and learn”: The use of social media to engage in higher education. In A. Casey, V. Goodyear, and K. Armour (eds.), Pedagogical Cases: Digital technologies and learning in physical education (pp. 86-103). London: Routledge.
Parker, M., Morrison, J., Patton, K., Hinchion, C., Hall, K. & Stellino, M. (2017). Chapter 3: Elementary Physical Education Specialist Use of Technology. In Casey, A., Goodyear, V., & Armour, K. (Eds.). Pedagogical cases: Digital technologies in youth physical activity, physical education & sport. (pp. 31-48). London: Routledge.
Parker, M & Patton, K. (2017) "What research tells us about effective continuing professional development for physical education teachers”. In: Ennis, C.D. ed., Routledge Handbook of Physical Education Pedagogies. Routledge.
Coll, L., Enright, E & O’Sullivan M (in press). ‘The Dangers of a Single Story’: Heteronormativity in Physical Education. In Flory, S. B., Sanders, S. & Tischler, A. (Eds) Social and Cultural Issues in Physical Education: Case Studies for Teachers. Rowman & Littlefield: Maryland.

PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS

McEvoy, E., MacPhail, A. and Heikinaro-Johansson, P., 2017. Research lives of physical education teacher educators. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2017.1418180
Deenihan, J.T. & MacPhail, A. (2017) The Influence of Organizational Socialization in Pre-Service Teachers’ Delivery of Sport Education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 36, 477-484. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2016-0218
MacPhail, A., 2017. ‘Physical education and sport pedagogy’and the three ‘A’s: apprenticeship, academia and administration. Sport, Education and Society, 22(5), pp.669-683. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1276053
Meroño, L., Calderón, A., Arias-Estero, J.L. and Méndez-Giménez, A., 2017. Questionnaire on Perceived Competency-based Learning for primary school students (# ICOMpri1)/Cuestionario del Aprendizaje Percibido basado en Competencias para el Alumnado de Educación Primaria (# ICOMPri1). Cultura y Educación, 29(2), pp.279 323. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11356405.2017.1318470
Hordvik, M.M., MacPhail A. & Ronglan, L.T. (2017) Teaching and learning sport education: A self-study exploring the experiences of a teacher educator and pre-service teachers. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 36(2), 232-243. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2016-0166
Hordvik, M., MacPhail A. & Ronglan, L.T. (2017): Learning to teach sport education: investigating a pre-service teacher’s knowledge development, Sport, Education and Society. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2017.1322948
MacPhail A. & Murphy, F. (2017). Too much freedom and autonomy in the enactment of assessment? Assessment in physical education in Ireland, Irish Educational Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2017.1327365
Tindall, D.W., Foley, J.T., Beets, M.W. and Lieberman, L.J., 2017. Physical activity levels of children with visual impairments during an adapted sports camp. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 35(2), pp.143-153. DOI: 10. 1177/0264619616674334
Iannucci, C., & MacPhail, A. (2017). The effects of individual dispositions and workplace factors on the lives and careers of physical education teachers: twelve years on from graduation. Sport, Education and Society, 1-13. doi:10.1080/13573322.2017.1307175
Fairclough, S.J., Dumuid, D., Taylor, S., Curry, W., McGrane, B., Stratton, G., Maher, C. and Olds, T., 2017. Fitness, fatness and the reallocation of time between children’s daily movement behaviours: an analysis of compositional data. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14(1), p.64. DOI: 10.1186/s12966-017-0521-z [May 2017]
Parker, M., MacPhail, A., O’Sullivan, M., Ní Chróinín, D., & McEvoy, E. (2017). Drawing’ conclusions: Primary school children’s construction of school physical education and physical activity opportunities outside of school. European Physical Education Review, 1-18, DOI: 10.1177/1356336X16683898
Tannehill, D. (2017). Editorial: Engaging young people in active learning through instructionally aligned lessons. Culture, Science, and Sport Journal.
de Schipper, T., Lieberman, L.J., & Moody, B. (2017). “Kids like me, we go lightly on the head”: Experiences of children with a visual impairment on the physical self-concept. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 35(1), 55 - 68. DOI: 10.1177/0264619616678651
Amaral-da-Cunha, M., Batista, P., MacPhail, A. & Graça, A. (2017). Reconstructing a supervisory identity: The case of an experienced physical education cooperating teacher. European Physical Education Review DOI: 10.1177/1356336X16683179
Foulkes, J.D., Knowles, Z., Fairclough, S.J., Stratton, G., O’Dwyer, M., Ridgers, N.D. and Foweather, L., 2017. Effect of a 6-Week Active Play Intervention on Fundamental Movement Skill Competence of Preschool Children: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Perceptual and motor skills, 124(2), pp.393-412. DOI:10.1177/0031512516685200
Patton, K., & Parker, M. (2017). Physical education teacher education communities of practice: Moving from isolation to collaboration. Teaching and Teacher Education, 67, 351-360.
Berei, C., Pratt, E., Parker, M., Shephard, K., Liang, T., Nampai, U., & Neamphoka, G. (2017). Guideposts and roadblocks to the career-long scholarly engagement of physical education teacher education faculty. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 1-13,DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2017.1360986

2012-2016

BOOKS

Tannehill, D., MacPhail. A., Halbert, G. & Murphy, F. (2013) Research and Practice in Physical Education. London: Routledge.
Tannehill, D., Van den Mars, H., and MacPhail, A. (2013). Building Effective Physical Education Programs. Jones & Bartlett Learning. ISBN-10: 1284021106

BOOK CHAPTERS

MacPhail, A., Campbell, M., Kenny, I., Tindall, D. & Tannehill, D. (2014). ‘Patrick’, in K. Armour (Ed.) Pedagogical cases in physical education and youth sport, 49-62. London: Routledge.
Enright, E, & O'Sullivan, M. (2012). 'Listening to Young People's Voices in Physical Education and Youth Sport' In: K. Armour & D. Macdonald(Eds.). Resarch Methods in Physical Education and Youth Sport. London : Routledge.
MacPhail, A & Tannehill, D. (2012). 'Professional Learning of Primary Generalist Teachers in Ireland: Modelling Sport Education' In: Hastie, P (eds). Sport Education: International Perspectives. London, UK: Routledge.
Tindall, D & Enright, E. (2012). 'Rethinking teacher knowledge in physical education: What do physical education teachers need to know?' In: Capel, S. & Whitehead, M (eds).Debates in Physical Education. London: Routledge.

PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS 2012-2016

Aggio, D., Fairclough, S., Knowles, Z. and Graves, L., 2016. Validity and reliability of a modified english version of the physical activity questionnaire for adolescents. Archives of Public Health, 74(1), p.3. DOI: 10.1186/s13690-016-0115-2 [Jan 2016]
Casey, A., Hastie, P. and Jump, S., 2016. Examining student-designed games through Suits' theory of games. Sport, Education and Society, 21(8), pp.1230-1248. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2014.994174 [Jan 2015]
Casey, A. and Fletcher, T., 2017. Paying the piper: the costs and consequences of academic advancement. Sport, Education and Society, 22(1), pp.105-121.doi: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1168795 [Dec 2016]
Casey, A. and Schaefer, L., 2016. A narrative inquiry into the experience of negotiating the dominant stories of physical education: living, telling, re-telling and re-living. Sport, Education and Society, 21(1), pp.114-130.DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2015.1108300 [Dec 2015]
Casey, A., Goodyear, V.A. and Armour, K.M., 2017. Rethinking the relationship between pedagogy, technology and learning in health and physical education. Sport, education and society, 22(2), pp.288-304. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1226792 [Sep 2016]
Czerniawski, G., Guberman, A. and MacPhail, A., 2017. The professional developmental needs of higher education-based teacher educators: an international comparative needs analysis. European Journal of Teacher Education, 40(1), pp.127-140. DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2016.1246528 [Nov 2016]
Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, D. and O’Sullivan, M., 2016. A Layered Approach to Critical Friendship as a Means to Support Pedagogical Innovation in Pre-service Teacher Education. Studying Teacher Education, 12(3), pp.302-319. DOI: 10.1080/17425964.2016.1228049 [Aug 2016]
MacPhail, A. and Hartley, T., 2016. Linking Teacher Socialization Research With a PETE Program: Insights From Beginning and Experienced Teachers. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 35(2), pp.169-180.DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.2014-0179 [April 2016]
McEvoy, E., MacPhail, A. and Enright, E., 2016. Physical activity experiences of young people in an area of disadvantage:‘there's nothing there for big kids, like us’. Sport, Education and Society, 21(8), pp.1161-1175. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2014.994176 [Jan 2015]
McGee, C.E., Trigwell, J., Fairclough, S.J., Murphy, R.C., Porcellato, L., Ussher, M. and Foweather, L., 2016. Effect of a sport-for-health intervention (SmokeFree Sports) on smoking-related intentions and cognitions among 9-10 year old primary school children: a controlled trial. BMC public health, 16(1), p.445. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3048-3 [May 2016]
McMullen, J.M., Martin, R., Jones, J. and Murtagh, E.M., 2016. Moving to learn Ireland–Classroom teachers’ experiences of movement integration. Teaching and Teacher Education, 60, pp.321-330.DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.08.019 [Nov 2016]
Murphy, M.H., Rowe, D.A. and Woods, C.B., 2016. Sports participation in youth as a predictor of physical activity: A 5-year longitudinal study. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 13(7), pp.704-711. DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2015-0526 [July 2016]
Neary, A., Gray, B. and O'Sullivan, M., 2016. A queer politics of emotion: reimagining sexualities and schooling. Gender and Education, 28(2), pp.250-265. DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2015.1114074 [Nov 2015]
Chróinín, D.N. and O’Sullivan, M., 2016. Elementary Classroom Teachers’ Beliefs Across Time: Learning to Teach Physical Education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 35(2), pp.97-106.DOI: 10.1123/jtpe.2015-0030 [April 2016]
Noonan, R.J., Boddy, L.M., Fairclough, S.J. and Knowles, Z.R., 2016. Write, draw, show, and tell: a child-centred dual methodology to explore perceptions of out-of-school physical activity. BMC public health, 16(1), p.326. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3005-1 [April 2016]
Noonan, R.J., Boddy, L.M., Knowles, Z.R. and Fairclough, S.J., 2016. Cross-sectional associations between high-deprivation home and neighbourhood environments, and health-related variables among Liverpool children. BMJ open, 6(1), p.e008693. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008693 [Nov 2015]
Parker, M., Patton, K. and O'Sullivan, M., 2016. Signature pedagogies in support of teachers’ professional learning. Irish Educational Studies, 35(2), pp.137-153. DOI:10.1080/03323315.2016.1141700 [Mar 2016]
Parker, M; Patton, K; Sinclair, C. 2016. 'I took this picture because horizontal ellipsis ': accessing teachers' depictions of change. PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY. 21(3). pp 328-346. DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2015.1017452
Tannehill, D., 2016. My journey to become a teacher educator. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 21(1), pp.105-120. DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2014.898745
Tannehill, D. and MacPhail, A., 2017. Teacher empowerment through engagement in a learning community in Ireland: working across disadvantaged schools. Professional Development in Education, 43(3), pp.334-352. DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2016.1183508 [Jul 2016]
Young, A.M. and MacPhail, A., 2016. Cultivating relationships with school placement stakeholders: the perspective of the cooperating teacher. European Journal of Teacher Education, 39(3), pp.287-301. DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2016.1187595
Tindall, D., Culhane, M. and Foley, J., 2016. Pre-service teachers' self-efficacy towards children with disabilities: An Irish perspective. European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity, 9(1).http://www.eujapa.upol.cz/index.php/EUJAPA/article/view/184
Fletcher, T., Ní Chróinín, and O’Sullivan.(2016). A Layered Approach to Critical Friendship as a Means to Support Pedagogical Innovation in Pre-service Teacher Education. In Studying Teacher Education. Pages 1-18: doi.org/10.1080/17425964.2016.1228049
Petter E. Leirhaug, Ann MacPhail & Claes Annerstedt (2016) ‘The grade alone provides no learning’: investigating assessment literacy among Norwegian physical education teachers, Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 7:1, 21-36, DOI: 10.1080/18377122.2016.1145429
Goodyear, V.A., Casey, A. and Kirk, D., 2017. Practice architectures and sustainable curriculum renewal. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 49(2), pp.235-254. DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2016.1149223 [Mar 2016]
McEvoy, E., Enright, E. & MacPhail, A. (2016). Negotiating ‘ethically important moments’ in research with young people: reflections of a novice researcher, Leisure Studies, DOI:10.1080/02614367.2015.1119877 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02614367.2015.1119877#.VnKvT_mLSUk

2015

MacPhail, A. (2015) The story of representation (or not) in contributing to the development of a school subject curriculum, Irish Educational Studies, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03323315.2015.1064320
Patay, M.E., Patton, ., Parker, M., Fahey, K. and Sinclair, C. 2015. Understanding Motivators and Barriers to Physical Activity. The Physical Educator. 72(3), 518-537.
Patton, K., Parker, M.and Tannehill, D. 2015. "Helping teachers help themselves: professional development that makes a difference. NASSP Bulletin. DOI: 10.1177/0192636515576040
Parker, M., Patton, K. and Sinclair, C. 2015. " I took this picture because..." accessing teachers' depictions of change. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy-DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2015.1017452.
McEvoy, E., MacPhail, A. & Enright, E. (2015). Physical activity experiences of young people in an area of disadvantage: ‘there's nothing there for big kids, like us’. Sport, Education and Society, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2014.994176
Casey, A, Hastie, P. & Jump, S. 2015. “Examining student designed games through Suits' theory of games”. Sport, Education and Society.
Petter E. Leirhaug & Ann MacPhail (2015): ‘It's the other assessment that is the key’: three Norwegian physical education teachers' engagement (or not) with assessment for learning, Sport, Education and Society, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2014.975113
Casey, A. & Goodyear, V.A. (2015) Can Cooperative Learning Achieve the Four Learning Outcomes of Physical Education? A Review of Literature, Quest, 67:1, 56-72, DOI: 10.1080/00336297.2014.984733
McEvoy, E, MacPhail, A. & Heikinaro-Johansson, P. 2015 Physical education teacher educators: A 25-year scoping review of literature, Teaching and Teacher Education, 51:162-181.DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.07.005
McEvoy, E, Heikinaro-Johansson, P. & MacPhail, A. 2015. Physical education teacher educators' views regarding the purposes(s) of school physical education, Sport, Education and Society. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2015.1075971
McMullen, J., Ni Chroinin, D., Tammelin, T., Pogorzelska, M., van der Mars, H. 2015-International Approaches to Whole-of-School Physical Activity Promotion, Quest, 67:4, 384-399, DOI: 10.1080/00336297.2015.1082920 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00336297.2015.1082920
Ní Chróinín, D., Fletcher, T., and 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, 273-86, DOI:10.1080/18377122.2015.1092724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2015.1092724
Tannehill, D., Parker, M., Tindall, D., Moody, B. and MacPhail, A. (2015). Looking across and within: studying ourselves as teacher educators. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education. Vol 6 (3), 299-311. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/18377122.2015.1092726

2014

McMullen, J., Hodges Kulinna, P. & Cothran, D. 2014. Physical Activity Opportunities During the School Day: Classroom Teachers’ Perceptions of Using Activity Breaks in the Classroom. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 33 (4), 511-527. doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2014-0062
McMullen, J., Van der Mars, H. & Jahn, J.A. 2014. Creating a Before-School Physical Activity Program: Pre-Service Physical Educators’ Experiences and Implications for PETE. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 33 (4), 449 – 466. doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2014-0063
Tindall, D., MacDonald, W., Carroll, E., & Moody, B. (2014). Pre-service teachers' attitudes towards children with disabilities: An Irish perspective. European Physical Education Review published online 6 November 2014. DOI: 10.1177/1356336X14556861
Fletcher, T. & Casey, A. (2014). The Challenges of Models-Based Practice in Physical Education Teacher Education: A Collaborative Self-study. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014, 33, 403-421 http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2013-0109
Ní Chróinín, D. & O’Sullivan, M. 2014. “From initial teacher education through induction and beyond: a longitudinal study of primary teacher beliefs”. Irish Educational Studies, Vol. 33 (4), 454-466. DOI:10.1080/03323315.2014.98438
Clonan, M., Cullen, E., Kiely, K., O’Malley, B., & Tannehill, D. (summer, 2014). Part 1. USG meets SSLFS: Engaging Targeted Groups of Young People. PE Matters 9(2).
Clonan, M., Cullen, E., Kiely, K., O’Malley, B., & Tannehill, D. (autumn, 2014). Part 2. USG meets SSLFS: Engaging Targeted Groups of Young People. PE Matters 9(3).
Patton, K., & Parker. M. (2014).
Moving from ‘Things to do on Monday’ to student learning: Physical education professional development facilitators’ views of success. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, DOI:10.1080/17408989.2012.726980.
Hastie, P.A., MacPhail, A., Calderón, A. & Sinelnikov. O.A. (2014): Promoting professional learning through ongoing and interactive support: three cases within physical education, Professional Development in Education, DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2014.924425
Howley, D., & Tannehill, D. (2014). Crazy Ideas. The Physical Educator. 71 (3).
MacPhail, A., Patton, K., Parker, M. and Tannehill, D. 2014. Leading by Example: Teachers’ Professional Learning Through Communities of Practice. Quest. Vol 66 (1), pp 39-56. [DOI: 10.1080/00336297.2013.826139]
Ralph, A.M. & MacPhail, A. (2014). Pre-service teachers’ entry onto a physical education teacher education programme, and associated interests and dispositions, European Physical Education Review. DOI: 10.1177/1356336X14550940
Tannehill, D. (2014). “My journey to become a teacher educator”. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2014.898745
Tannehill, D., MacPhail, A. (2014) What examining teaching metaphors tells us about pre-service teachers' developing beliefs about teaching and learning. Physical Education and Sport Pedgogy,19(2), 149-163

2013

Chroinin, DN, O'Sullivan, M, Tormey, R (2013). 'Teacher educators' perspectives on the implementation of beginning teacher standards for physical education in Ireland: developing and regulating the profession?' European Journal Of Teacher Education, 36 :261-278. [DOI 10.1080/02619768.2012.696191]
Deenihan, J.T. & MacPhail, A. (2013). A Pre-service Teacher’s Delivery of Sport Education: Influences, Difficulties and Continued Use. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 32(2), 166-185.
Enright, E., & O'Sullivan, M. (2013). 'Now, I'm Magazine Detective the Whole Time: Listening and Responding to Young People's Complex Experiences of Popular Physical Culture'. Journal Of Teaching In Physical Education, 32 :394-418.
Klemola, U,Heikinaro-Johansson, P., O'Sullivan, M (2013) 'Physical education student teachers' perceptions of applying knowledge and skills about emotional understanding studied in PETE in a one-year teaching practicum'. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 18 :28-41. [DOI 10.1080/17408989.2011.630999]
López Pastor, V., Lorente, E., Kirk, D., MacPhail, A. & Macdonald, D. (2013). Alternative Assessment in Physical Education: A Review of International Literature, Sport Education and Society, 18(1), 57-76.
MacPhail, A., Tannehill, D. & Goc Karp, G. (2013) Preparing pre-service teachers to design instructionally aligned lessons, Teaching and Teacher Education, 100-112. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2013.02.008.]
O'Sullivan, M. (2013) 'New Directions, new questions: Relationships between curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in physical education'. Sport Education and Society, 18 (1):1-5. [DOI:10.1080/13573322.2012.719868]
Patton, K., Parker, M., & Pratt, E. (2013). Meaningful learning in professional development: teaching without telling. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 32 (4), 441-459.
Tindall, D. (2013) 'Creating disability awareness through sport: exploring the participation, attitudes and perceptions of post-primary female students in Ireland'. Irish Educational Studies, 32 (4):457-475.

2012

Bowles, R. & O'Sullivan, M. (2012). Rhetoric and reality: the role of the teacher in shaping a school sport programme. PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY Volume: 17 Issue: 3 Special Issue: SI Pages: 303-316 [DOI:10.1080/17408989.2012.690383]
Enright, E. & O'Sullivan, M. 2012. Physical education "in all sorts of corners": student activists transgressing formal physical education curricular boundaries. Source: RESEARCH QUARTERLY FOR EXERCISE AND SPORT Volume: 83 Issue: 2 Pages: 255-267 Published: JUN 2012
Enright, E. & O'Sullivan, M. 2012. 'Producing different knowledge and producing knowledge differently': rethinking physical education research and practice through participatory visual methods. SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Pages: 35-55 [DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2011.607911]
Kinchin, G.D., MacPhail, A. and Ni Chroinin, D. 2012. Irish primary school teachers' experiences with Sport Education. IRISH EDUCATIONAL STUDIES Volume: 31 Issue: 2 Pages: 207- 222 [DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2011.649403]
MacPhail, A. & O'Sullivan, M. 2012. Special Issue: Moving People, Moving Forward: Keynote Addresses from the AIESEP 2011 International Conference Introduction. QUEST Volume: 64 Issue: 2 Special Issue: SI Pages: 76-78 [DOI: 10.1080/00336297.2012.669315]
MacPhail, A. & Tannehill, D. 2012. Helping pre-service and beginning teachers examine and reframe assumptions about themselves as teachers and change agents: "Who is going to listen to you anyway?" QUEST Volume: 64 Issue: 4 Pages: 299- 312 [DOI: 10.1080/00336297.2012.706885]
MacPhail, A. 2012. Moving people, moving forward. Papers from the AIESEP 2011 International Conference. PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY Volume: 17 Issue: 3 Special Issue: SI Pages: 227-229 [DOI: 10.1080/17408989.2012.686582]
O'Sullivan, M. & Oslin, J.L. (2012). Special Issue: Physical Education. IRISH EDUCATIONAL STUDIES Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Special Issue: SI Pages: 245-250 [DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2012.710060]
Parker, M., Patton, K. and Tannehill, D. (2012). Mapping the landscape of communities of practice as professional development in Irish physical education. IRISH EDUCATIONAL STUDIES Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Special Issue: SI Pages: 311-327 [DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2012.710067]
Tannehill, D. & MacPhail, A. (2012) What examining teaching metaphors tells us about pre-service teachers' developing beliefs about teaching and learning. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 1–15, iFirst Article.
Woods, C.B., Tannehill, D. and Walsh, J. (2012). An examination of the relationship between enjoyment, physical education, physical activity and health in Irish adolescents. IRISH EDUCATIONAL STUDIES Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Special Issue: SI Pages: 263-280 [DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2012.710068
Ni Chroinin, D., Tormey, R. & O' Sullivan, M. (2012). Beginning teacher standards for physical education: Promoting a democratic ideal? TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION Volume: 28 Issue: 1 Pages: 78-88 [DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2011.08.001]