Why research matters: Current status and future trends in physical education pedagogy

Authors

  • David Kirk University of Bedfordshire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.12745

Keywords:

Periodicals as topic. Research. Review Literature as Topic. Physical education.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to consider current and future trends in physical education research in Europe. My starting point is a statement of the vital importance and relevance of research in physical education and why research matters. In preparing for this task, I reviewed current and future trends within European-authored research published in four English-language journals in the decade between 2000 and 2009 in order to provide a context and a perspective. I begin the paper with a report on the proportion of European-authored papers that were published in these journals, the country of origin of the papers’ authors, and the topics of the papers. Next, I identify some trends in this analysis of these journal publications, in particular comparing journals and the two halves of the decade. Finally, this context frames a wider-ranging analysis of research in physical education; I ask five questions which lead us into a discussion of critical issues for the future of research in our field. Through each of these questions and the issues that arise, I seek to show why research is important, and why it needs to matter more, to more people.

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Author Biography

David Kirk, University of Bedfordshire

Alexander Chair in Physical Education and Sport and Director, Institute for Sport and Physical Activity Research. Director of the Institute for Sport and Physical Activity Research. He has held academic appointments in Australia between 1984 and 1998 at Deakin University and the University of Queensland, and from 1999 to 2005 at Loughborough University. currently Visiting Professor at the University of Queensland and was Guest Professor in the Department of Sport and Movement Sciences at the University of Ghent in Belgium in 2008-9. Founding Editor of the Routledge journal Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

Published

2010-04-27

How to Cite

KIRK, D. Why research matters: Current status and future trends in physical education pedagogy. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 2, p. 11–43, 2010. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.12745. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/12745. Acesso em: 23 apr. 2025.

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Artigos de Revisão