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Movimento 2010, 16 (2)
Autor: David Kirk
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Escola de Educação Física
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Kirk, David
Why research matters: Current status and future trends in physical education pedagogy
Movimento, vol.
16, núm.
2, abril-junio, 2010, pp.
11-43
Escola de Educação Física
Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
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Why research matters: Current status and future
trends in physical education pedagogy1
David Kirk*
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to consider current
and future trends in physical education research in Europe.
My starting point is a statement of the vital importance and
relevance of research in physical education and why research
matters.
In preparing for this task, I reviewed current and
future trends within European-authored research published
in four English-language journals in the decade between 2000
and 2009 in order to provide a context and a perspective.
I
begin the paper with a report on the proportion of Europeanauthored papers that were published in these journals, the
country of origin of the papers’ authors, and the topics of the
papers.
Next, I identify some trends in this analysis of these
journal publications, in particular comparing journals and the
two halves of the decade.
Finally, this context frames a widerranging analysis of research in physical education; I ask five
questions which lead us into a discussion of critical issues for
the future of research in our field.
Through each of these
questions and the issues that arise, I seek to show why
research is important, and why it needs to matter more, to
more people.
Keywords: Periodicals as topic.
Research. Review Literature
as Topic. Physical e...