Playing with Research in Health and Physical Education

Gráinne Regan from Mary Immaculate College, Ireland, joins guest host Dr. Michael Hemphill to discuss the article Restorative Practice in PE? Implementing Restorative Approaches in the Irish Primary Physical Education Classroom, published with Michelle Dillon and Richard Bowles. They discuss how one Irish primary school teacher used restorative practice (RP) to support children's social wellbeing in PE, and what this meant for the teacher's own professional identity and development.

Full Cite: Regan, G., Dillon, M., & Bowles, R. (2026). Restorative practice in PE? Implementing restorative approaches in the Irish primary physical education classroom. European Physical Education Review, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X261423791

This Scandinavian Article Club is with Professor Kristin Walseth and we (Robin Fjellner and Dean Barker) are talking about indigenous knowledge in PE as it has become mandatory in Norway. We are discussing  a paper produced by Walseth and her PhD student and colleagues that is called:Teaching Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in physical education teacher education (PETE): discursive tensions at the cultural interface. It appeared in Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education in 2024. The authors are Sandro Claudio Vita, LeAnne Petherick, and Hayley McGlashin Fainu.

May 2026 – #AIESEPConnect #CoffeeWithColleagues Early Career Perspectives on Digital Technology in Health, Physical Education, and Physical Activity: A Community Dialogue Featuring Pablo Lope García – PhD Candidate, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Dr. Hung-Ying Lee – Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Dr. Xiaolu Liu – Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health, Georgia State University, USA Dr. Omar Albaloul – Faculty Member, College of Education, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Session Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi2slj6ZK7E

April 2026 – #AIESEPConnect #CoffeeWithColleagues Navigating EU Funding Opportunities in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy Research Featuring Ana Filipa Silva – Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (Erasmus+) António L Palmeira – Universidade Lusófona (Horizon Europa Calls) Wolfgang Laschet – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Erasmus Capacity Building of Global Mobility)

Session Video Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpBygVuW2j8

“Creating Coaching episodes for retrieval and creativity using the Spectrum of Coaching Styles and Game Based Approaches”.

We discuss how the Spectrum of Coaching Styles can assist coaches alignment between intention and their coaching behaviour and do this through practical examples.

The chapter is from the:
“Handbook of Sports Coaching (2026)” – Eds Bettina Callary, Gordon A. Bloom, Steven B. Rynne & Brian T. Gearity.
This enlightening Handbook draws on a broad array of interdisciplinary fields to provide a nuanced exploration of contemporary research in sports coaching.
Esteemed scholars assess cutting edge scholarship, uncovering potential tensions and contestations while encouraging future debate.