How physical education teachers are positioned in models scholarship: a scoping review

Figures & data

Table 1. Corpus of literature for the scoping review.

Study nr	Author	Location	Type
1	Bjørke, Standal, and Mordal Moen (2021)	Norway	Empirical
2	Bähr and Wibowo (2012)	Germany	Empirical
3	Calderón and Tannehill (2021)	Ireland	Empirical
4	Casey (2010)	UK	Thesis
5	Casey (2014)	UK	Review
6	Casey and Kirk (2020)	UK	Book
7	Casey and MacPhail (2018)	UK and Ireland	Empirical
8	Casey et al. (2021)	UK and Sweden	Conceptual
9	Casey and Quennerstedt (2020)	UK and Sweden	Conceptual
10	Chen, Sinelnikov, and Hastie (2013)	Taiwan and USA	Empirical
11	Curtner-Smith et al. (2021)	USA and UK	Empirical
12	Dyson, Colby, and Barratt (2016)	New Zealand	Empirical
13	Dyson, Linehan, and Hastie (2010)	New Zealand and USA	Empirical
14	Fernandez-Rio and Casey (2021)	Spain and UK	Empirical
15	Fernandez-Rio and Menendez-Santurio (2017)	Spain	Empirical
16	García-López et al. (2019)	Spain and USA	Empirical
17	Gil-Arias et al. (2021)	Spain and USA	Empirical
18	Goodyear (2013)	UK	Thesis
19	Goodyear (2017)	UK	Empirical
20	Goodyear and Casey (2015)	UK	Empirical
21	Goodyear and Dudley (2015)	UK and Australia	Conceptual
22	Gordon (2020)	New Zealand	Conceptual
23	Gubacs-Collins and Olsen (2010)	USA	Empirical
24	Gurvitch and Metzler (2013)	USA	Conceptual
25	Gutiérrez et al. (2022)	Spain and USA	Empirical
26	Haerens et al. (2011)	Belgium and UK	Conceptual
27	Harvey and Jarrett (2014)	UK	Review
28	Harvey and Pill (2016)	UK and Australia	Empirical
29	Harvey et al. (2020)	USA and Australia	Empirical
30	Hastie and Casey (2014)	UK/ Ireland and USA	Conceptual
31	Hastie et al. (2015)	USA, UK and Spain	Conceptual
32	Jarrett and Light (2021)	UK and New Zealand	Empirical
33	Kloeppel et al. (2013)	USA	Empirical
34	Kloeppel, Stylianou, and Kulinna (2014)	USA	Empirical
35	Landi, Fitzpatrick, and McGlashan (2016)	New Zealand	Conceptual
36	Metzler (2017)	USA	Book
37	Miller et al. (2017)	Australia and UK	Empirical
38	O’Leary N (2014)	UK	Empirical
39	O’Leary (2016)	UK	Empirical
40	Pascual et al. (2011)	Spain and USA	Empirical
41	Pill, Swabey, and Penney (2017)	Australia	Empirical
42	Richards and Gordon (2017)	USA and New Zealand	Empirical
43	Sammon (2019)	UK	Thesis
44	Stolz and Pill (2016)	Australia	Conceptual
45	Storey and Butler (2013)	Canada	Conceptual
46	SueSee et al. (2021)	Australia	Conceptual
47	Wallhead et al. (2021)	USA and Australia	Empirical
48	Williams and Wainwright (2016)	UK	Conceptual

Table 2. Mapping of teachers positioning in models scholarship.

Over-arching theme	The variety of how PE teachers are positioned in relation to models
Theme: The teachers;	1. Are resistant to using models	2. Are incapable of using models correctly	3. Are mechanical reproducers of models	4. Are struggling implementers of models	5. Are needing models to change their ordinary practices	6. Are capable of using models with support	7. Are adapters of models	8. Are collaborators with researchers when implementing models
Study nr.
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