Okseon Lee

Seoul National University | SNU · Department of Physical Education

ABSTRACT Background: Touch has emerged as a social taboo rather than as an educational tool among sport pedagogues, especially in the #MeToo era. Believing that minimising physical contact will protect themselves from sexual allegations, instructors (coaches and PE teachers) are increasingly opting for hands-off practices, which transforms sport...

Purpose : Grounded in the occupational socialization theory, this study explored how gender interacted with and influenced socialization experiences in the careers of South Korean female physical educators. Specific attention was directed toward the gendered experiences that female teachers experienced and the coping strategies to navigate them. Me...

A physically educated person is characterized as an individual who has the motivation, competence, understanding, and knowledge to enjoy physical activity in a healthy way. Given that physical literacy (PL) development is a lifelong process, the recording of the process, called charting, has critical importance in PL development. This study aimed t...

[Background] Although assessment in physical education (PE) is a complex pedagogical work that is strongly influenced by primary teachers, few studies have focused on their lived experiences in the continuum between past instances of receiving assessments as PE students and current instances of conducting assessments as primary PE teachers. [Purpos...

This study examines the influences of a one-year life skills-oriented continuing professional development (CPD) programme on PE teachers’ teaching practice. Based on Ball’s (2009 Ball, A. F. (2009). Toward a theory of generative change in culturally and linguistically complex classrooms. American Educational Research Journal, 46(1), 45–72. https://...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of Korean female secondary PE teachers’ voluntary professional development(PD) activity participation in relation to female PE teachers’ perceived professional identity. Data were collected from online questionnaires (n=107) and in-depth interviews (n=15) with female secondary PE teac...

Learning communities (LCs) in a variety of formats are touted as an effective strategy for continuing professional development (CPD) in physical education. This study’s purpose was to provide an overview of the research on LCs in physical education for professional development between 1990 and 2020. A scoping review undergirded the research process...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine how a novice teacher (researcher) has developed his assessment literacy in elementary physical education (PE), and thereby investigating what cultural, micropolitical and sociological factors have impacted on his enactment of assessment literacy. Method: Adopting autoethnography, this study investig...

Introduction/Background Learning communities (LC) in a variety of formats are touted as an effective strategy for continuing professional development (CPD) in physical education (PE) (Parker & Patton, 2017). Considering the growing scholarship in this area, investigation and critical reflection on the range and nature of the LC research is timely....

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a life skills-centered teacher professional development program on students’ perceptions of the learning climate and life skills transfer. Data were collected through a survey of 294 secondary school students (n = 183, experimental group; n = 111, control group) by administering the Learnin...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to understand student athletes coaches’ occupational challenges from the dual perspectives(social relationship-political system), to analyze the nature of the coping strategies for the challenges, and to provide implications for building a human rights-friendly student athletes club culture. Methods Five coache...

Although physical education (PE) teachers have increased access to digital/online continuous professional development activities, there are few robust accounts of how they engage with and experience these environments. Purpose : The purpose of this study was to examine PE teachers’ participation patterns within self-directed online PE continuous pr...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe children's experiences of the impact of LEAD (Literate, Empowered, Active, Doer) health program on their physical activity health literacy and to describe the characteristics of the LEAD health program that influenced the children's health literacy enhancement. Methods: Six fifth grade elementar...

The purpose of this study was to examine the landscape of continuing professional development (CPD) for Korean secondary physical education (PE) teachers. Specifically, teachers’ perceptions of the characteristics of CPD, factors determining the effectiveness of CPD, and outcomes of CPD were examined. Data were collected from online questionnaires...

The landscape of physical education (PE) in South Korea has been drastically changed with the introduction of the positive youth development (PYD) concept in response to the increasing rate of school violence and health-risks threatening young people’s successful development. The purpose of this study was to examine how PYD is conceptualized and pr...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of an afterschool sport program on adolescents’ life skills development and to identify which characteristics of the program would have an influence on their life skills acquisition. The participants were six children (4 boys, 2 girls) who participated in a 12-week afterschool program imple...

Physical education teacher education programs provide teacher candidates with the knowledge, skills and dispositions required to impact student learning. Over the course of a long and successful career, however, quality physical education teachers must continue to adapt to the changing demands of their profession. The professional growth that resul...

The purpose of this study was to examine preservice classroom teachers’ (PCTs) identity development as teachers of physical education (PE) in a methods course designed based on the thematic framework of learning to teach (Feiman-Nemser 2008). Ten PCTs (four male, six female) were selected, and data were collected from PCTs’ reflective journal entri...

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of a professional development (PD) program on teachers' implementation of the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model, and to identify the characteristics of PD that influence teaching practice. The participants were six elementary school teachers and 12 students, and the data...

While many studies have examined the role of sports programs for children’s life skills development, few have explored the potential of sport as a one-on-one mentoring opportunity. The purpose of this study was to examine the reasons for children’s participation, the nature of the mentor–mentee relationship, and the influence of a sports mentoring...

The recent increase of after-school programming for underserved youth has included research on values-based physical activity programs. Discovering how these programs work and learning the extent of their short- and long-term impact appear to be the centerpieces of many of these studies. One model that has received considerable attention is Helliso...

We investigated the culture of a responsibility-based physical activity program called Project Effort as well as the school culture of its participants. Five children who had at least one full semester of participation in the program participated in the study. We collected data from participants' individual interviews and observations of their invo...

To validate the Personal and Social Responsibility Questionnaire, the relations between perceived responsibility and intrinsic motivation were examined among Korean middle school students. The relations of change in stages of physical activity and students' perceived responsibility were also examined. Participants were 357 middle school students (1...

The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service physical education teachers’ perceptions of peer coaching as a tool for reflection, and their reflectivity on their microteaching peer coaching experiences. Five pairs of coaches and coachees (4 female, 6 male) were selected from a pool of 30 students who were enrolled in a secondary physical edu...

With the teacher concerns theory (Fuller, 1969) as a theoretical framework, this study has set out to examine how physical education teacher candidates perceive their implementation of the Personal and Social Responsibility Model (Hellison, 2003) and how they actually implement it during field experience. Five teacher candidates (three female, two...

The purpose of this study was to investigate what influences the transfer of responsibility-based physical activity program goals into classrooms. Participants were the two boys and three girls (age range 9-11) who had participated in the program one to three semesters, with at least an 80% attendance rate. Data were collected from individual inter...

Although it is assumed that the values learned in physical activity-based youth programs can be applied in other areas of life, the transfer of values has not been widely explored. The purpose of this article is to address the transfer issue as it relates to physical activity programs and school cultures. The article begins with an overview of the...

The purpose of this paper is to compare the Korean and the U.S. physical education teacher education (PETE) systems in terms of the recruitment procedure, structure and content of PETE curricula, and licensure requirements. The specific focus of comparison is how physical education content- and pedagogy-related knowledge are emphasized and tested t...

Preparing teacher candidates to be reflective professionals is a critical component of physical education teacher educations programs. Although many specific strategies have been developed to facilitate post-lesson reflection, strategies for reflecting on future work and professional life have not been widely explored. As a way to facilitate teache...

We investigated the culture of a responsibility-based physical activity program called Project Effort as well as the school culture of its participants. Five children who had at least one full semester of participation in the program participated in the study. We collected data from participants' individual interviews and observations of their invo...