Michael A Hemphill
Biographic Data
| ID | 6007234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael A Hemphill |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael A |
| FAMILY NAME | Hemphill |
| SIGNATURE | HEMPHILL M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4929-9774 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Supporting Student Veterans’ Physical Activity in Their Transition to University
Identifying physical activity promoting opportunities within the university setting offers a promising avenue to enhance student veterans’ transition to a healthy civilian lifestyle. Using an asset-based, mixed-method approach that included surveys and focus groups with students and interviews with university stakeholders, we characterize the experiences and preferences of student veterans on our campus and highlight opportunities to support thei…
Restorative justice as transformative practice in physical education scholarship
This paper reflects the prepared remarks from a keynote address to the 2024 AIESEP conference in Jyväskylä, Finland. The presentation focused on restorative justice in physical education, framed around three essential questions: (1) who has been harmed in physical education, (2) what are their needs?, and (3) whose obligations are these. Drawing on the three pillars of restorative justice – harms, needs, and obligations – I describe how restorati…
Hardcore coaching and hardcore fitness-oriented preservice teachers delivery of teaching games for understanding
Purpose: The study purpose was to investigate how preservice teachers’ (PTs) socialization orientations influenced their interpretation and delivery of the teaching games for understanding (TGfU) model. Method: Participants were 14 undergraduate PTs enrolled in a games methods course in the Northeastern United States. Qualitative data were generated through autobiographical essays, peer-teaching lesson observations, document analysis, and stimula…
A Review of
Teaching Physical Education in an Urban Intensive Environment
The purpose of this study was to understand the unique stressors faced by physical educators working in New York City schools. Participants included 34 New York City physical educators who participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences teaching in an urban context. Qualitative data analysis resulted in the construction of four themes: (a) working with limited and inconsistent infrastructure, (b) navigating student diversity, (…
School Educators’ Perspectives on Restorative Practices in Aotearoa, New Zealand Elementary Schools
The purpose of this paper was to investigate school educators’ perspectives on Restorative Practices (RP) in Aotearoa, New Zealand elementary schools. Based on a case study design, this study collected qualitative data by interviewing and observing elementary teachers and principals. Five themes were drawn from the data: showing empathy, making decisions, managing emotions, building relationships, and empowering students. The findings indicate th…
Preservice teachers’ learning to implement culturally relevant physical education with the teaching personal and social responsibility model
Background: As schools become more diverse, preservice physical educators remain predominantly White from middle class backgrounds. There is a need to provide future teachers with cultural awareness and social justice training. The culturally relevant physical education framework provides three steps to follow, the tenets of which align with the teaching personal and social responsibility model. Occupational socialization theory is a useful lens …
A Practical Guide to Collaborative Qualitative Data Analysis
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of a structured, rigorous approach to collaborative qualitative analysis while attending to challenges associated with working in team environments. The method is rooted in qualitative data analysis literature related to thematic analysis, as well as the constant comparative method. It seeks to capitalize on the benefits of coordinating qualitative data analysis in groups, while controlling fo…
Personal and contextual factors related to teachers’ experience with stress and burnout
Teaching has been characterised as a stressful profession that is prone to burnout. Less is known about the specific ways in which teachers experience and navigate stressors associated with their work. This study aimed to qualitatively understand how teachers who perceive high and low levels of burnout characterise their lived experiences in school environments. Data were collected through interviews with 28 inservice teachers (11 male, 17 female…
Exploring the influence of perceived mattering, role stress, and emotional exhaustion on physical education teacher/coach job satisfaction
Job dissatisfaction has been linked to decreased performance and increased workplace turnover. It is, therefore, important to understand the experiences that are associated with physical education teacher job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. This study examined relationships among perceived mattering, role stress, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction in teacher/coaches and non-coaching physical education teachers. The participants included…
Pre-service teacher perspectives of case-based learning in physical education teacher education
Case-based learning (CBL) is a constructivist pedagogy in which students read hypothetical accounts of real world situations and consider how they would respond if facing similar challenges. In physical education teacher education, research has shown that CBL has the potential to promote critical thinking, contribute to students’ cognitive growth and affect students’ value orientations. The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teacher…
Implementation and outcomes of a responsibility-based continuing professional development protocol in physical education
Research in education and physical education has emphasized the need for continuing professional development (CPD) programs that are aligned with best practices. More specifically, scholars interested in teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) have emphasized the need to examine teachers' CPD. The purpose of this study was to provide a novel responsibility-based CPD experience to three physical educators and examine its impact on a mid…
Pre-service teacher perspectives of case-based learning in physical education teacher education
Case-based learning (CBL) is a constructivist pedagogy in which students read hypothetical accounts of real world situations and consider how they would respond if facing similar challenges. In physical education teacher education, research has shown that CBL has the potential to promote critical thinking, contribute to students’ cognitive growth and affect students’ value orientations. The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teacher…
Implementation and outcomes of a responsibility-based continuing professional development protocol in physical education
Research in education and physical education has emphasized the need for continuing professional development (CPD) programs that are aligned with best practices. More specifically, scholars interested in teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) have emphasized the need to examine teachers' CPD. The purpose of this study was to provide a novel responsibility-based CPD experience to three physical educators and examine its impact on a mid…
Exploring the influence of perceived mattering, role stress, and emotional exhaustion on physical education teacher/coach job satisfaction
Job dissatisfaction has been linked to decreased performance and increased workplace turnover. It is, therefore, important to understand the experiences that are associated with physical education teacher job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. This study examined relationships among perceived mattering, role stress, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction in teacher/coaches and non-coaching physical education teachers. The participants included…
Implementation and outcomes of a responsibility-based continuing professional development protocol in physical education
Research in education and physical education has emphasized the need for continuing professional development (CPD) programs that are aligned with best practices. More specifically, scholars interested in teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR) have emphasized the need to examine teachers' CPD. The purpose of this study was to provide a novel responsibility-based CPD experience to three physical educators and examine its impact on a mid…
Pre-service teacher perspectives of case-based learning in physical education teacher education
Case-based learning (CBL) is a constructivist pedagogy in which students read hypothetical accounts of real world situations and consider how they would respond if facing similar challenges. In physical education teacher education, research has shown that CBL has the potential to promote critical thinking, contribute to students’ cognitive growth and affect students’ value orientations. The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teacher…
Exploring the influence of perceived mattering, role stress, and emotional exhaustion on physical education teacher/coach job satisfaction
Job dissatisfaction has been linked to decreased performance and increased workplace turnover. It is, therefore, important to understand the experiences that are associated with physical education teacher job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. This study examined relationships among perceived mattering, role stress, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction in teacher/coaches and non-coaching physical education teachers. The participants included…
A Practical Guide to Collaborative Qualitative Data Analysis
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of a structured, rigorous approach to collaborative qualitative analysis while attending to challenges associated with working in team environments. The method is rooted in qualitative data analysis literature related to thematic analysis, as well as the constant comparative method. It seeks to capitalize on the benefits of coordinating qualitative data analysis in groups, while controlling fo…
Personal and contextual factors related to teachers’ experience with stress and burnout
Teaching has been characterised as a stressful profession that is prone to burnout. Less is known about the specific ways in which teachers experience and navigate stressors associated with their work. This study aimed to qualitatively understand how teachers who perceive high and low levels of burnout characterise their lived experiences in school environments. Data were collected through interviews with 28 inservice teachers (11 male, 17 female…
Preservice teachers’ learning to implement culturally relevant physical education with the teaching personal and social responsibility model
Background: As schools become more diverse, preservice physical educators remain predominantly White from middle class backgrounds. There is a need to provide future teachers with cultural awareness and social justice training. The culturally relevant physical education framework provides three steps to follow, the tenets of which align with the teaching personal and social responsibility model. Occupational socialization theory is a useful lens …
School Educators’ Perspectives on Restorative Practices in Aotearoa, New Zealand Elementary Schools
The purpose of this paper was to investigate school educators’ perspectives on Restorative Practices (RP) in Aotearoa, New Zealand elementary schools. Based on a case study design, this study collected qualitative data by interviewing and observing elementary teachers and principals. Five themes were drawn from the data: showing empathy, making decisions, managing emotions, building relationships, and empowering students. The findings indicate th…
A Review of
Teaching Physical Education in an Urban Intensive Environment
The purpose of this study was to understand the unique stressors faced by physical educators working in New York City schools. Participants included 34 New York City physical educators who participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences teaching in an urban context. Qualitative data analysis resulted in the construction of four themes: (a) working with limited and inconsistent infrastructure, (b) navigating student diversity, (…
Supporting Student Veterans’ Physical Activity in Their Transition to University
Identifying physical activity promoting opportunities within the university setting offers a promising avenue to enhance student veterans’ transition to a healthy civilian lifestyle. Using an asset-based, mixed-method approach that included surveys and focus groups with students and interviews with university stakeholders, we characterize the experiences and preferences of student veterans on our campus and highlight opportunities to support thei…
Restorative justice as transformative practice in physical education scholarship
This paper reflects the prepared remarks from a keynote address to the 2024 AIESEP conference in Jyväskylä, Finland. The presentation focused on restorative justice in physical education, framed around three essential questions: (1) who has been harmed in physical education, (2) what are their needs?, and (3) whose obligations are these. Drawing on the three pillars of restorative justice – harms, needs, and obligations – I describe how restorati…
Hardcore coaching and hardcore fitness-oriented preservice teachers delivery of teaching games for understanding
Purpose: The study purpose was to investigate how preservice teachers’ (PTs) socialization orientations influenced their interpretation and delivery of the teaching games for understanding (TGfU) model. Method: Participants were 14 undergraduate PTs enrolled in a games methods course in the Northeastern United States. Qualitative data were generated through autobiographical essays, peer-teaching lesson observations, document analysis, and stimula…
Pedagogy (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Physical Education and Pedagogy (7 works) · Qualitative research (7 works) · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Physical education (5 works) · Political science (5 works)