We are a group of researchers from across Moray House School of Education and Sport and beyond who research physical culture in the context of education: schools, curricula, teacher learning and ITE. Our research aims to enrich practice and improve the experiences, learning and lives of young people and their teachers. We are a group of around 15 researchers: academics, teaching fellows and postgraduate research students. Many of us have a background in teaching physical education. We also include researchers from other subjects: primary school teachers, sports coaches, health researchers and those with an interest in the health and wellbeing of teachers and young people.Our work spans across two research hubs within the University of Edinburgh:Teacher Education, Curriculum and PedagogySports-Related Research PCRE people Physical Culture Research in Education members. PCRE research Our research themes, projects and publications. Webinars Meet the Physical Culture Research in Education (PCRE) teamWe introduce the PCRE team and give a brief overview of their research. Three team members (Dr Paul McMillan, Dr Sarah MacIsaac and Dr Deb Holt) then give a little more detail about their current research.Meet the team - webinar (on Zoom)Co-developing critical digital health pedagogies with PE teachersDr Maria Jose Camacho Minano (University of Complutense, Madrid), Prof Emma Rich (University of Bath) and Drs Sarah MacIsaac and Shirley Gray (University of Edinburgh) present the pedagogical principles that they have developed to support PE teachers to work more critically with digital technology for health.Watch the webinar (on Zoom) Podcast: Practitioner Inquiry in PE - Stories from the field Episode 1: Asking better questionsWatch on Media HopperEpisode 2: Exploring the 'activist approach' to teaching PEWatch on Media HopperEpisode 3: Catching them earlyWatch on Media Hopper Blog Our research group post a blog called the Physical Education Research Digest.Visit the Physical Education Research Digest Contact Anne-Marie Connelly Institute Administrator Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences Moray House School of Education and Sport Contact details Work: +44 (0)131 651 6522 Email: anne-marie.connelly@ed.ac.uk Web: Find Moray House on our campus map Dr Shirley Gray Group Lead / Senior Lecturer in Physical Education Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences Moray House School of Education and Sport Contact details Work: +44 (0)131 651 6681 Email: shirley.gray@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-10-07
