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Are teachers consistently effective across subject matters? Revisiting the issue of differential teacher effectiveness
Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Kyriakides, Ermis; Kyriakides, Leonidas; Tsangaridou, Niki (2019)Although consistency in teacher effectiveness has attracted scholarly interest since the 1960s, revived interest in differential teacher effectiveness is recently witnessed, with empirical studies more systematically testing ...
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Associations between Parental and Friend Social Support and Children’s Physical Activity and Time Spent outside Playing
Loucaides, Constantinos A.; Tsangaridou, Niki (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2017)The purpose of this study was to examine the structural validity of a parent and a child questionnaire that assessed parental and friends’ influences on children’s physical activity and investigate the associations between ...
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Classroom teachers' reflections on teaching physical education
Tsangaridou, Niki (2005)The aim of this study was to explore preservice classroom teacher reflection in a physical education teaching and learning environment and to describe how the teachers’ reflections related to their practices. Two preservice ...
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Developing preschoolers' social skills through cross-cultural physical education intervention
Tsangaridou, Niki; Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Liukkonen, Jarmo; Gråstén, A.; Kokkonen, M. (2014)The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in children's social skills after their participation in a physical education programme named ESPEC (‘Early Steps’ Physical Education Curriculum). The evaluators of ...
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Don't Sweat Gym! An Analysis of Curriculum and Instruction
Rauschenbach, Jim; Siedentop, Daryl; Doutis, Panayotis; Tsangaridou, Niki; Ward, Phillip (1994)The article describes a study of 11 U.S. high school physical education teachers with respect to their curricular and instructional activities. The most important professional task of teachers, from the public perspective, ...
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Early childhood educators’ experience of an alternative physical education model
Tsangaridou, Niki; Genethliou, Nicholas (2016)Alternative instructional and curricular models are regarded as more comprehensive and suitable approaches to providing quality physical education (Kulinna 2008; Lund and Tannehill 2010; McKenzie and Kahan 2008; Metzler ...
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Early childhood teachers’ views about teaching physical education: challenges and recommendations
Tsangaridou, Niki (2017)Background: Educational scholars emphasize that in order to gain a better understanding of the complexity of teaching, greater attention needs to be paid to teachers’ views and perceptions of the challenges and barriers ...
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Book
Early steps physical education curriculum: theory and practice for children under 8
Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Tsangaridou, Niki (Human Kinetics, 2010)
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Early Steps Physical Education Curriculum: Theory and Practice for Children Under 8
Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Liukkonen, Jarmo; Pickup, I.; Tsangaridou, Niki (Human Kinetics, 2010)
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Educating primary teachers to teach physical education
Tsangaridou, Niki (2012)Research evidence suggests that, worldwide, physical education in early years is mainly taught by primary teachers (Graber et al., 2008; Hunter, 2006; Kirk, 2005). Descriptions of primary teachers’ experiences of teaching ...
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Enacted Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Physical Education: A Case Study of a Prospective Classroom Teacher
Tsangaridou, Niki (2002)Recently, attention has been focused on the development and the nature of pedagogical content knowledge in the general and physical education literature. The purpose of this study was to describe the enacted pedagogical ...
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Book Chapter
Ensuring the validity and reliability of teaching observation: Answering crucial questions in Physical Education
Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Tsangaridou, Niki; Kyriakides, Ermis (Cyprus University Press, 2018)
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Evaluating Preschool Children Knowledge about Healthy Lifestyle: Preliminary Examination of the Healthy Lifestyle Evaluation Instrument
Grammatikopoulos, Vasilis; Konstantinidou, Elisavet; Tsigilis, Nikolaos; Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Tsangaridou, Niki; Liukkonen, Jarmo (Educational Research and Reviews, 2008)The aim of this study was to develop an instrument to evaluate the knowledge of preschool children about healthy lifestyle behavior. The innovation was that the instrument was designed to get direct evidence about healthy ...
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Exploring pre-service classroom teachers’ reflections on teaching physical education
Tsangaridou, Niki; Polemitou, I. (2015)The aim of the current study was to provide descriptions of the nature of pre-service primary teachers’ reflection during their student teaching experience. The principal research question that guided the investigation was ...
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Exploring the reliability of generic and content-specific instructional aspects in physical education lessons
Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Kyriakides, Ermis; Tsangaridou, Niki; Kyriakides, Leonidas (2017)Heightened accountability pressures and an increased emphasis on teaching quality have directed scholarly attention to scrutinizing instruction, particularly with respect to issues of validity and reliability. However, ...
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Integrating generic and content-specific teaching practices in exploring teaching quality in primary physical education
Kyriakides, Ermis; Tsangaridou, Niki; Charalambous, Charalambos; Kyriakides, Leonidas (2018)The vast majority of research in physical education (PE) has focused on teaching and teacher effectiveness. Despite the fact that this research strand is fast growing, what effective teaching is and how it contributes to ...
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Moving towards effective physical education teacher education for generalist primary teachers: a view from Cyprus
Tsangaridou, Niki (2016)The preparation of effective teachers continues to be a critical issue in the literature since what teachers know and are able do is the most significant influence on what students learn. Teacher education programmes are ...
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Book Chapter
Physical Education and Sport Education in Cyprus.
Tsangaridou, Niki; Yiallourides, G. (Editions Revue EP.S, 2008)
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Physical education teachers' theories of action and theories-in-use
Tsangaridou, Niki; O'Sullivan, Mary (2003)This research was conducted to describe the relationship between physical education teachers' educational theories of action and theories-in-use. The question addressed was, What are the educational theories and practices ...
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Pre-Service Primary Physical Education Teacher Education
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