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The Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (JTPE) features peer-reviewed research articles based on classroom and laboratory studies, descriptive and survey studies, summary and review articles, and discussion of current topics of interest to physical educators at every level. JTPE is endorsed by the Curriculum and Instruction Academy of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education and the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education.
JTPE is published quarterly in January, April, July, and October.
The purpose of the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education is to communicate national and international research and stimulate discussion, study, and critique of teaching, teacher education, and curriculum as these fields relate to physical activity in schools, communities, higher education, and sport. The journal publishes original reports of empirical studies in physical education together with integrative reviews and analyses of educational and methodological issues in the field. Research using a variety of methodological approaches is acceptable for publication. Well-designed replication of previous research is also strongly encouraged. Brief research notes also will be reviewed for possible publication. The coeditors and editorial board encourage the submission of manuscripts that extend knowledge within the focus of the journal.
Specific questions about the appropriateness of any individual paper to enter the JTPE peer-review process should be directed to one of the coeditors. Except for occasional invited manuscripts, all published articles are refereed by members of the editorial board, or by other referees invited by the coeditors. The final decision on whether a paper merits publication is made by the coeditor coordinating the review process.
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Kevin Andrew Richards
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Erin E. Centeio
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA
Tanner Wheat
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael W. Metzler (Founding Editor: 1981–1987)
Mark Freedman (Founding Editor: 1981–1984)
Thomas J. Templin (1984–1988)
David Griffey (1986–1989)
Thomas J. Martinek (1988–1991)
Judith Rink (1989–1992)
Stephen Silverman (1991–1994)
Mary O’Sullivan (1993–1996)
Nell Faucette (1994–1998)
Patt Dodds (1996–2000)
Hans van der Mars (1998–2002)
Deborah Tannehill (2000–2004)
Bonnie Tjeerdsma Blankenship (2002–2006)
Melinda Solmon (2004–2008)
Ron McBride (2006–2010)
Ping Xiang (2008–2012)
Pamela Hodges Kulinna (2010–2014)
Ben Dyson (2012–2016)
Weidong Li (2014–2018)
Mark Byra (2016–2020)
Bryan McCullick (2018–2022)
Heather Erwin (2020–2024)
Sara Flory
University of South Florida, USA
Alex Garn
University of Minnesota, USA
Michael Hemphill
University of North Carolina-Greensboro, USA
Carla Nascimento Luguetti
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Risto Marttinen
George Mason University, USA
Collin Webster
University of Birmingham, Dubai, UAE
Tao Zhang
University of North Texas, USA
Laura Alfrey, Monash University, Australia
Dominique Banville, George Mason University, USA
Eve Bernstein, Queens College - CUNY, USA
Antonio Calderón, University of Limerick, Ireland
Donetta Cothran, Indiana University, USA
Ben Dyson, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
Heather Erwin, University of Kentucky, USA
Tim Fletcher, Brock University, Canada
Tan Leng Goh, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Peter A. Hastie, Auburn University, USA
Pamela Hodges Kulinna, Arizona State University, USA
Cassandra Iannucci, Deakin University, Australia
Peter Iserbyt, KU Leuven, Belgium
Weidong Li, Ohio State University, USA
Ken Lodewyk, Brock University, Canada
Bryan McCullick, University of Georgia, USA
Scott McNamara, University of New Hampshire, USA
Geoff Meek, Bowling Green State University, USA
Thomas Quarmby, Leeds Beckett University, UK
Fernando Santos, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, School of Higher Education, Portugal
Bo Shen, Wayne State University, USA
Victoria (Tori) Shiver, University of New Mexico, USA
Mara Simon, Springfield College, USA
Kelly Simonton, University of Wyoming, USA
Oleg Sinelnikov, University of Alabama, USA
Suzan F. Smith-Ayers, Western Michigan University, USA
Michalis Stylianou, University of Queensland, Australia
Sue Sutherland, The Ohio State University, USA
Tristan Wallhead, University of Wyoming, USA
Jennifer Walton-Fisette, Kent State University, USA
Yubing Wang, Old Dominion University, USA
Phillip Ward, The Ohio State University, USA
John Williams, University of Canberra, Australia
Wesley Wilson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Ping Xiang, Texas A&M University, USA
Xihe Zhu, Old Dominion University, USA
Paul Malinowski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Tammy Miller, Senior Journals Managing Editor
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In preparing articles for submission to the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, authors must follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed., 2020).
Manuscripts will be acknowledged upon receipt and will be sent to two reviewers for anonymous review; the review process normally takes two to three months for an initial decision. Once the manuscript has been accepted, it will be published in the first available space after the final revision has been received. There are no page charges to authors.
Authors are welcome to make use of this manuscript template to help ensure that their submission is consistent with JTPE's formatting and author guidelines. However, this is not a requirement and authors are free not to use the template if that is preferred.
Makel and Plucker (2014) proposed that replication is a powerful avenue to accumulate understanding by checking the validity of knowledge from previous research and enables questions concerning generalization across populations or contexts. Schmidt (2009) suggests that there are two primary forms of replication studies. The first includes "operational" replications that test the validity of the original data using similar procedures and research designs. The second are "constructive" replications, which attempt to replicate a research finding with different situations and different subjects, to determine if the basic findings of the original study can be applied to other participants and circumstances and is therefore linked to the wider notion of replication. In addition to the Manuscript Guidelines listed above, any Replication study submitted to JTPE must fall into one of these two categories.
Makel, M.C., & Plucker, J.A. (2014). Facts are more important than novelty: Replication of the education sciences. Educational Researcher, 43, 304–316.
Schmidt, S. (2009). Shall we really do it again? The powerful concept of replication is neglected in the social sciences. Review of General Psychology, 13, 90–100.
Research Notes submitted to JTPE should meet the following guidelines:
Research Notes follow the same review and publishing process as regular manuscripts.
Review articles submitted to JTPE should meet the following guidelines in addition to the general manuscript guidelines:
The Journal of Teaching in Physical Education is committed to publishing reviews of recent books that contribute to physical education, physical education teacher education, and related fields. In some instances, the book review editor may identify books worthy of review and ask scholars to author a book review. In other instances, scholars may propose to review a book based on their interest and expertise. Prospective book review authors should first contact the section editor to discuss their interest and ensure that the book they wish to review is a fit for JTPE and is not already under review. The current book review section editor is Dr. Michael Hemphill (hemphill@uncg.edu).
Book review authors should follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition, 2020) guidelines for journal article style. Keep references to a minimum. Check for the correct spelling of proper names. Check quotations for accuracy and make sure to provide page numbers for quotes. Reviews should be approximately 1,500 to 1,800 words. The text, including quotes and bibliographic information, should be double-spaced.
Bibliographic information for the book should be placed at the top of the review in the following format:
Title By Author(s). Publisher, year of publication, location of publisher, price, number of pages, ISBN.
Reviewed by: Reviewer, institutional affiliation, location.
For example:
Reconceptualizing Physical Education: A Curriculum Framework for Physical Literacy, by Ang Chen. Routledge, 2022, New York, NY, $136, 276 pp., 9780367756949.
Reviewed by: Michael Hemphill, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC.
Book reviews should be relevant to readers of JTPE and be consistent with its mission to “stimulate discussion, study, and critique of teaching, teacher education, and curriculum as these fields relate to physical activity in schools, communities, higher education, and sport.” There are some books that would make an obvious fit to review for JTPE due to their purpose clearly relating to physical education. There may also be books from related areas that could be considered because they provide JTPE readers with insight into a topic of importance to our discipline. Prospective book review authors may contact the book review editor to discuss their interest in authoring a book review prior to committing to the project.
A good review provides description and analysis and attempts to situate a book in the larger scholarly conversation of the discipline. It is important to describe the author’s central thesis and the author’s approach to the text. The review should summarize the content and use examples to highlight key points; it should not be organized as a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the book. Reviewers may choose to situate the book in relation to the author’s previous works, to scholarly debates in physical education or related areas, or to relevant literature in the field and particularly from JTPE. A constructive analysis of the book may include a summary of what makes it unique, strengths and weaknesses, the scope and relevance of its arguments, and/or its relationship to other published material. Book reviews often conclude by commenting on the book’s potential impact on the field, theoretical approach, or methodology. First-time reviewers are encouraged to read reviews that have appeared in other journals in related fields and from JTPE when possible.
The submission of a review confirms that the review has not and will not appear elsewhere in published form. Book reviews will be received and edited by the Book Review Editor. Reviewers should note that the solicitation of a book review or the submission of an unsolicited review does not guarantee publication in the JTPE. Book review authors may be asked by the Book Review Editor to revise their reviews. The Book Review Editor makes recommendations for acceptance of reviews to the Editor of the journal. The Editor makes all final decisions about what will appear in the journal.
The guidelines for book reviews in JTPE were developed with insights from the book review section of the Sociology of Sport Journal.
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JTPE is committed to mentoring young scholars to be able to conduct high-quality, timely peer reviews. We use a reviewer onboarding system in which reviewers may invite a graduate student or young scholar to review a manuscript to provide them with valuable training experience. Authors will have the option during manuscript subscription to decline to have their manuscript be part of this process.
Effective July 1, 2019, JTPE has implemented new decision categories for submitted manuscripts. To review these categories, see the PDF document below.
Monograph proposals to JTPE should meet the following guidelines:
All proposals are reviewed by a four-person review committee comprised of the two JTPE coeditors and two members of the JTPE editorial board.
The selection process is based on the following criteria: (a) relevance of topic and (2) quality of proposals, as determined by the four-person committee. Guest editors will be notified regarding the selection of monographs by September 15 of each year. If selected, guest editors must submit a complete monograph for further consideration in JTPE.
The complete monograph is due three months after notification of selection (by December 15). Once received, the monograph will be reviewed by the four-person review committee through the online review process, with reviews sent only to the monograph guest editors. Henceforth, the review process continues following the standard JTPE format until the monograph is considered ready for publication or the monograph is rejected.
The following guidelines are intended to help scholars prepare a special issue proposal. Proposals on time-sensitive topics may be considered for publication as a special series at the Editor’s discretion. In no more than four pages, author(s) should address the following questions using the headings provided.
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JTPE co-editors are selected from the members of the editorial board. Upon selection, they serve as junior co-editor for a specified term of two years. Upon completion of this period, they serve as senior co-editor for another two-year term.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for JTPE co-editor appointments is based on the following criteria:
Responsibilities
The JTPE co-editor responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
To review more information on the duties of editors, including ethical responsibilities, view our Editor and Reviewer Resource Center.
Nominations for the co-editor positions originate from existing editorial board members and are submitted in writing to the senior co-editor who is responsible for contacting the nominees for their curriculum vitae and letter of interest, as well as for making arrangements for the selection process.
Co-editors are selected by current co-editors from the pool of JTPE editorial board members who meet the eligibility criteria and are interested in the position. The co-editors’ selection is ratified by the majority vote of the JTPE editorial board.
In the case a co-editor submits a manuscript for publication to JTPE, the other co-editor assigns a guest co-editor to select reviewers and monitor the review process.
Editorial board members are appointed by the senior co-editor upon consensus of the editorial council (senior and junior co-editors).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for new board member appointments is based on the following criteria:
Responsibilities
The members of the JTPE editorial board are appointed for three years and are directly accountable to the editors of JTPE. In turn, the senior editor of JTPE is responsible to Human Kinetics, Inc. The JTPE editorial board members’ responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Editorial board membership nominations are requested from existing JTPE editorial board members. Board members whose term has been completed and who wish to continue on the board can also nominate themselves as a self-nomination (through a letter of intent only). Nominations should be submitted in writing (preferably via electronic mail) to the senior editor, who is responsible for arranging the review/selection process. Nominees are then asked to submit a curriculum vita to the senior editor, along with a statement expressing their interest in the position and explaining their suitability.
The co-editors of JTPE will consider nominees who meet the eligibility criteria and have provided requested materials as potential JTPE editorial board members. The JTPE editorial board can consist of up to 32 members at a time.
The co-editors determine the renewal of JTPE editorial board membership. Board members, upon completion of their term of service, are invited to continue to serve on the board if they have successfully fulfilled all their responsibilities during their three-year term. This will be determined by the eligibility criteria and their ability to fulfill appropriate responsibilities for JTPE editorial board membership.
I. Appropriateness of Manuscript for JTPE: The reviewer should comment on the appropriateness of the manuscript (refer to editorial policy of JTPE) based on the guidelines below (when they apply). Co-editors make final decisions about the appropriateness of manuscripts.
II. Relevance/Significance of the Study:
III. Methodology and Presentation of Results:
General Guidelines
Guidelines for Quantitative Methods
Guidelines for Qualitative Methods
IV. Discussion and Interpretation:
V. Clarity of Information Presentation and Writing:
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II. Quality of Information Presentation:
III. Discussion or Interpretation of Ideas and Information:
Guest reviewers must have an earned doctoral degree specializing in sport pedagogy or related fields. Doctoral students (in the third year of their programs or beyond) may also participate as a JTPE guest reviewer under the supervision of their doctoral mentors.
The Metzler-Freedman Exemplary Paper Award was established to highlight an article published in JTPE that exemplifies papers of the utmost excellence and innovation. The annual award is carefully chosen by a committee from all JTPE articles published within the calendar year. Selection of these awards are based on the significance of the work, quality of methods and writing, and the potential to have a positive impact on the field. Each year, the winners are presented and honored at the SHAPE America convention.
The Reviewer of the Year Award is given annually to one or two reviewers—editorial board members and/or ad hoc reviewers—who have demonstrated excellence in their contributions to JTPE within the most recent year. Excellence is considered both in terms of editorial ratings of reviewer contributions and the number of reviewers completed for the journal. The Reviewer of the Year Award is presented annually at the JTPE Editorial Board meeting at the SHAPE America national convention.
2023: Physical Education Teachers' Experiences of Nurturing a Community of Practice Online
By Heidi J. Ferreira, Luiza Gonçalves, and Melissa Parker
JTPE 42(3), 420–429
By Brendan SueSee, Shane Pill, Michael Davies, and John Williams
JTPE 41(4), 640–649
By Dean Barker, Mikael Quennerstedt, Anna Johansson, and Peter Korp
JTPE 40(4), 642–651
2020: Don Hellison's Scholarship Reconsidered
By Paul M. Wright, Karisa Fuerniss, and Nicholas Cutforth
JTPE 39(3), 311–320
2019: Physical Literacy in Children and Youth-A Construct Validation Study
By John Cairney, Heather Clark, Dean Dudley, and Dean Kriellaars
JTPE 38(2), 84–90
By Daniel B. Robinson, Lynn Randall, and Joe Barrett
JTPE 37(3), 288–298
By Peter A. Hastie
JTPE 36(1), 3–19
2016: Stop Photoshopping!: A visual Participatory Inquiry into Students' Responses to a Body Curriculum
By Laura Azzarito, Mara Simon, and Risto Marttinen
JTPE 35(1), 54–69
2013: Meaningful Learning in Professional Development: Teaching Without Telling
By Kevin Patton, Melissa Parker, and Erica Pratt
JTPE 32(4), 441–459
2012: Impact of Wellness Legislation on Comprehensive School Health Programs
By Kim C. Graber, Amelia Mays Woods, and Jamie A. O'Connor
JTPE 31(2), 163–181
2023: Kelly Simonton, University of Wyoming, USA
2022: Dominique Banville, George Mason University, USA
2021: Ashley Phelps, University of New Mexico, USA
2020: Peter Hastie, Auburn University, USA, and Yubing Wang, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA
2019: Tim Fletcher, Brock University, Canada, and Phillip Ward, The Ohio State University, USA
2018: Pamela Hodges Kulinna, Arizona State University, USA, and Tristan Wallhead, University of Wyoming, USA
2017: Oleg A. Sinelnikov, The University of Alabama, USA
2016: Tim Fletcher, Brock University, Canada, and Matthew Curtner-Smith, The University of Alabama, USA
2014: Heather Erwin, University of Kentucky, USA, and Collin Webster, University of Birmingham, Dubai, UAE
2012, inaugual winner: Bryan McCullick, University of Georgia, USA