Shannon C Mulhearn
Biographic Data
| ID | 6507737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shannon C Mulhearn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shannon C |
| FAMILY NAME | Mulhearn |
| SIGNATURE | MULHEARN S C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Twitter (United States) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4496-0316 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Navigating Mentorship
Globally, alternative routes to K-12 teaching certification have been utilized to address teacher shortages. Athletic coaches are a specific population of people who may be attracted to these routes, as they can coach and have a full-time teaching job at the school. In university settings, athletic coaches of college teams may similarly have opportunities to teach general courses housed within kinesiology programs. Both scenarios place the coach …
Sustaining movement in schools
Background: The HealthWorks: Fitness for Life project was a multi-year initiative implemented across six Southwestern USA school districts aimed at increasing physical activity, improving physical education quality, and promoting healthy behaviours among students. Objectives: This study examined long-term trends in teacher-led movement integration, evaluated the impact of professional development, and identified factors influencing the sustainabi…
“It Is Becoming Easier”
With the continued push by organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization to build healthy K-12 campuses, it is important to find ways to prepare preservice physical education teachers to successfully contribute to these whole-school models. This article shares the first-hand experience of an undergraduate student who took on the role of physical activity champion at a university campus. The…
Embracing Hybridity to Expand the Public Health Reach of Physical Education on Secondary School Campuses
The purpose of this article is to encourage physical educators to consider their hobbies and interests and think of ways to connect with students who may not naturally find themselves attracted to our classes. This article shares successes of a high school run club that was offered twenty years ago to high school marching band members and their families after an elementary physical educator decided to use her hybridity to encourage physical activ…
Using Technology to Understand Students’ Optimal Challenges and Promote Intrinsic Motivation in Physical Education
Youth are inactive in today’s world. Integrating autonomy, competence, and relatedness into Physical Education objectives to provide optimally challenging tasks for students may be an effective approach to making them love physical activity. Optimal challenge, or the challenge level of the task matches the student’s competence, can provide them with the greatest sense of competence, satisfaction, and/or pleasure. It presents one adaptive intrinsi…
Equipping high school classroom teachers to support physical activity
Focusing School Wellness Beyond Physical Education
Physical activity initiatives targeting the participation of all members of a school’s community are proposed as partial solutions to getting children physically active for 60 minutes each day. Integrating whole-school programs can be a daunting task; however, in this article, we share tips from physical activity leaders at three schools and found that combining resources is a way to manage this task. This article briefly describes the CSPAP and …
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Focusing School Wellness Beyond Physical Education
Physical activity initiatives targeting the participation of all members of a school’s community are proposed as partial solutions to getting children physically active for 60 minutes each day. Integrating whole-school programs can be a daunting task; however, in this article, we share tips from physical activity leaders at three schools and found that combining resources is a way to manage this task. This article briefly describes the CSPAP and …
Embracing Hybridity to Expand the Public Health Reach of Physical Education on Secondary School Campuses
The purpose of this article is to encourage physical educators to consider their hobbies and interests and think of ways to connect with students who may not naturally find themselves attracted to our classes. This article shares successes of a high school run club that was offered twenty years ago to high school marching band members and their families after an elementary physical educator decided to use her hybridity to encourage physical activ…
Using Technology to Understand Students’ Optimal Challenges and Promote Intrinsic Motivation in Physical Education
Youth are inactive in today’s world. Integrating autonomy, competence, and relatedness into Physical Education objectives to provide optimally challenging tasks for students may be an effective approach to making them love physical activity. Optimal challenge, or the challenge level of the task matches the student’s competence, can provide them with the greatest sense of competence, satisfaction, and/or pleasure. It presents one adaptive intrinsi…
Equipping high school classroom teachers to support physical activity
“It Is Becoming Easier”
With the continued push by organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization to build healthy K-12 campuses, it is important to find ways to prepare preservice physical education teachers to successfully contribute to these whole-school models. This article shares the first-hand experience of an undergraduate student who took on the role of physical activity champion at a university campus. The…
Navigating Mentorship
Globally, alternative routes to K-12 teaching certification have been utilized to address teacher shortages. Athletic coaches are a specific population of people who may be attracted to these routes, as they can coach and have a full-time teaching job at the school. In university settings, athletic coaches of college teams may similarly have opportunities to teach general courses housed within kinesiology programs. Both scenarios place the coach …
Sustaining movement in schools
Background: The HealthWorks: Fitness for Life project was a multi-year initiative implemented across six Southwestern USA school districts aimed at increasing physical activity, improving physical education quality, and promoting healthy behaviours among students. Objectives: This study examined long-term trends in teacher-led movement integration, evaluated the impact of professional development, and identified factors influencing the sustainabi…
Physical education (5 works) · Physical Education and Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Children's Physical and Motor Development (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Medical education (2 works)