Browsing by Author "Tsangaridou, Niki"
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Book Chapter
Preparation of Teachers for Teaching Physical Education in Schools: Research on Teachers’ Reflection, Beliefs, and Knowledge.
Tsangaridou, Niki (West Virginia University, 2009)
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Book Chapter
Primary physical education in Cyprus
Tsangaridou, Niki; Kyriakides, Ermis (Routledge, 2017)“In a world where education matters more than it ever has before, parents and policymakers alike are asking how to find extraordinary teachers who can help all
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Reflective practice in dance: A review of the literature
Tembrioti, L.; Tsangaridou, Niki (2014)The importance of reflective practice is frequently noted in the literature; indeed, reflective capacity is regarded as an essential characteristic for professional competence. The ability to think about why and what one ...
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Reflective teaching: A literature review
Tsangaridou, Niki; Siedentop, Daryl (1995)Recent attention has focused on the development of reflective teachers. Teacher educators have developed and used several reflective strategies, programs, and models to enhance preservice and in-service teachers’ reflective ...
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A Review of Research Studies for two Alternative Models in Physical Education: Sport Education and Teaching Games for Understanding
Lefteratos, Chrysostomos; Tsangaridou, Niki (2010)This article presents and reviews two teaching models, the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) and the Sport Education (SE). Both models offer instructional ideas in an innovative way and give several opportunities to ...
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The Role of Reflection in Shaping Physical Education Teachers' Educational Values and Practices
O'Sullivan, Mary; Tsangaridou, Niki (Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1997)This study investigated elementary and secondary physical educators' reflection within the teaching and learning environment and the role of reflection in their professional development. Data from observations, interviews, ...
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The role of reflection in shaping physical education teachers' educational values and practices
Tsangaridou, Niki; O'Sullivan, Mary (1997)This study was motivated by the need to understand the role and function of teachers' reflection as it "is" rather than as it "ought" to be. The focus of the study was to describe teachers' reflection within the teaching ...
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Book Chapter
Teachers’ beliefs
Tsangaridou, Niki (Sage Publications, 2006)
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Teachers’ knowledge
Tsangaridou, Niki (Sage Publications, 2006)
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Towards the development of generic and differentiated models of educational effectiveness: A study on school and teacher effectiveness in physical education
Kyriakides, Leonidas; Tsangaridou, Niki (2008)This article presents the results of an evaluation study in Physical Education (PE) in which 23 schools, 49 classes and 1142 year 4 Cypriot students participated. This study attempted to identify the extent to which a ...
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Trainee primary teachers' beliefs and practices about physical education during student teaching
Tsangaridou, Niki (2008)Background: In exploring the complexity of teaching, scholars have suggested that greater attention needs to be paid to the teachers' thoughts and actions and to how these affect quality teaching. Up to today, very few ...
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Using Pedagogical Reflective Strategies to Enhance Reflection Among Preservice Physical Education Teachers
Tsangaridou, Niki; O'Sullivan, Mary (1994)The ability to think about why and what one does is vital to intelligent practice, practice that is reflective rather than routine (Dewey, 1904/1965; Richert, 1991; Zeichner, 1987). This study describes how specific ...
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What undergraduate physical education majors learn during a field experience
O’Sullivan, M.; Tsangaridou, Niki (1992)Early field experiences and student teaching have a significant impact on the development of prospective teachers’perceptions of teaching and themselves as teachers (Dodds, 1989). The purpose of this study was to describe ...