The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport: an academic review

By Richard Bailey *, K. Armour, D. Kirk, M. Jess, I. Pickup, R. Sandford. 2009

853 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Social Psychology

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. A. Casey
2. L. Haerens
3. L. Van den Berghe
4. Richard Bailey *
5. Victoria A. Goodyear
6. D. Kirk
7. Frans J. Prins
8. Maarten Vansteenkiste

In Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

1. Victoria A. Goodyear
2. A. Casey
3. D. Kirk
4. Richard Bailey *
5. Gemma Pearce
6. E. Cope
7. Greet Cardon
8. L. Van den Berghe

In Social Psychology

1. L. Haerens
2. Maarten Vansteenkiste
3. L. Van den Berghe
4. Victoria A. Goodyear
5. D. Kirk
6. Greet Cardon
7. A. Casey
8. E. Cope

Citations in the corpus

• Physical education cultures in Sweden: fitness, sports, dancing … learning? (2015, background): “This crisis is either framed in relation to external ‘threats’, such as the downsizing of resources and reduced time allocation (Marshall & Hardman, 2000), or in relation to the inability of PE to live up to its own expectations (Bailey et al., 2009).”
• Why do children take part in, and remain involved in sport? A literature review and discussion of implications for sports coaches (2013, background): “It is widely believed that taking part in sport and other physical activities from an early age is important if children are to develop a foundation for lifelong physical engagement in healthy sporting experiences (e.g., Bailey et al., 2009; Keegan et al., 2009; Kirk, 2005).”
• Personal and social development in physical education and sports: A review study (2019, methodology): “…evidence is needed to test some of the claims made for the benefits of PESS [PE and school sport], but the accumulation of evidence suggests that PESS can have some/ many benefits for some/many pupils, given the right social, contextual and pedagogical circumstances” (Bailey et al., 2009: 16).”
• Sports-based interventions for socially vulnerable youth: Towards well-defined interventions with easy-to-follow outcomes? (2013, background): “Such instrumental views on sports are, however, not new, as there is long history of viewing sports, as part of a physical education curriculum, to achieve a variety of outcomes relating to the individual or the wider community (Bailey et al., 2009).”
• Can Cooperative Learning Achieve the Four Learning Outcomes of Physical Education? A Review of Literature (2015, background): “given that Bailey et al. (2009) felt that learning in these domains can only occur “given the right social, contextual and pedagogical circumstances” (p. 16), how can we recognize if and when legitimate learning is occurring? One way in which the pedagogical circumstances, the legitimate learning ou”
• Research on self-determination in physical education: key findings and proposals for future research (2014, background): “With governments critically investigating the societal benefits of fiscal investments in education, physical education should be able to justify its place in the curriculum (Bailey et al. 2009).”