Peter Iserbyt
Biographic Data
| ID | 6685667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Iserbyt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Iserbyt |
| SIGNATURE | ISERBYT P |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3090-9007 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The role of content knowledge in enhancing adaptive teaching among primary physical education teachers of varying teaching experience
Adaptive teaching in primary physical education (PE) requires teachers to adjust their instructions to address the diverse needs of students. Content knowledge (CK), including common content knowledge (CCK) and specialized content knowledge (SCK), is recognized as a key factor in supporting such adaptivity. However, research has focused on pre-service teachers and longer-term instructional adaptations (macro-adaptivity), leaving open the question…
Developing Skillfulness in a Game-Based Approach for Teaching Team Handball in Elementary School
This article presents an eight-lesson elementary school team handball unit designed to develop game play techniques such as throwing and catching, alongside tactical understanding in an authentic learning context. The proposed team handball unit consists of two phases. The first phase (lessons 1-4) starts with passing games with a focus on maintaining possession of the ball without time and spatial pressure and on restoring the triangle. Phase tw…
The effect of specialized content knowledge in reciprocal peer learning in a university content class
Background Teaching strategies using peers to influence student-learning outcomes are commonly used in physical education. Reciprocal peer learning is a teaching strategy where students work in pairs as tutor and tutee. Effective peer tutoring requires knowledge about the critical elements for correct performance (i.e. common content knowledge, CCK) and knowing how to detect and address common errors (i.e. specialized content knowledge, SCK). Res…
Generalization and maintenance of skill trials from physical education to recess in elementary school
Background: Being skillful is a prerequisite for lifelong participation in physical activity (WHO 2022 WHO (World Health Organization). 2022. “Promoting Physical Activity Through Schools: Policy Brief.” https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/9789240049567. [Google Scholar]). Hence, investigating the quality of children’s skill performance is important. If physical education wants to contribute to the development of a physically active l…
Implementing Practice-Based Physical Education Teacher Education Pedagogies
This article addresses a key theory-practice gap in physical education teacher education (PETE) programs that can lead to the inadequate preparation of teachers for the realities they will face in schools. To improve the relevance of traditional PETE programs, the essential elements of implementing practice-based teacher education pedagogies are presented. The article provides readers with pedagogies that focus on the authentic practices in teach…
Content Knowledge for Teaching Ultimate Frisbee in Middle and High School
Ultimate Frisbee is a challenging activity that can contribute to meeting the first three 2024 SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards for middle and high school students. Ultimate Frisbee is different from other invasion games in that it is a no-contact and self-officiated (i.e., without a referee) game in which the “spirit of the game” prescribes how students should behave on the field. This article outlines an eight-lesson unit aim…
A Content Knowledge Packet for Teaching Smashball in Upper Elementary School
Smashball is a net game derived from volleyball that aims to increase children’s participation by focusing on the sport’s most attractive element, the spike. With its modified rules, techniques, and tactics, smashball promotes children’s success regardless of ability or prior knowledge. This article offers a knowledge packet for teaching smashball to upper elementary school children, including common content knowledge (CCK), specialized content k…
Using Parkour to Step Up Your Elementary School Curriculum
The goal of parkour is to cross various obstacles in an efficient and creative way by jumping, swinging, climbing, and running. Parkour aligns with the SHAPE America national standards for K-12 physical education and has demonstrated its potential to highly engage both boys and girls in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). In this article, we present a knowledge packet for teaching parkour to elementary children. First, we discuss the k…
The role of specialised content knowledge in teaching basic life support
Objective: To investigate the role of specialised content knowledge in instructor training on the teaching and learning of basic life support (BLS) in secondary schools. Design: Cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting: Data were collected in three Flemish secondary schools during physical education classes. Method: Three secondary schools were randomly assigned to a 60-minute BLS instructor training without (one school, three teachers) or wi…
Teaching Sports in Physical Education
In Physical Education Teacher Education programs, we argue that a focus on fewer models to be taught and learned would provide time for higher competence to be attained by preservice teachers in a curriculum limited in terms of contact hours. During their teacher training, preservice teachers should be given ample opportunities to practice the model and reflect upon their effectiveness in teaching it. We conclude the article by addressing in-serv…
Want a Positive Management System? Try a Token Economy
The purpose of this article is to lay out how physical education teachers can implement a token economy in their lessons. Following an introductory vignette, five steps to guide teachers on how to implement a token economy are described, namely (1) selection and definition of target behaviors, (2) selection of tokens, (3) selection of backup reinforcers, (4) selection of a reinforcement schedule, and (5) the exchange of tokens
Skill Analysis for Teachers
In this article, essential knowledge for teacher educators in the teaching of skill analysis is discussed. The research literature shows that preservice and practicing teachers are not well trained in skill analysis and content knowledge as they need to conduct and act on their diagnoses. First, the reasons why skill analysis deserves much more attention in teacher education are described. Next, skill analysis is defined and essential knowledge f…
Task card instruction
In physical education, task cards are often used in student-centred learning models. Consequently, a better understanding of how to deliver effective instructions by means of task cards would make a contribution to the literature. In this study, 80 right-handed university students in kinesiology were randomized across three experimental conditions and a control group to learn a forehand groundstroke in tennis. Experimental settings differed in th…
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Task card instruction
In physical education, task cards are often used in student-centred learning models. Consequently, a better understanding of how to deliver effective instructions by means of task cards would make a contribution to the literature. In this study, 80 right-handed university students in kinesiology were randomized across three experimental conditions and a control group to learn a forehand groundstroke in tennis. Experimental settings differed in th…
Skill Analysis for Teachers
In this article, essential knowledge for teacher educators in the teaching of skill analysis is discussed. The research literature shows that preservice and practicing teachers are not well trained in skill analysis and content knowledge as they need to conduct and act on their diagnoses. First, the reasons why skill analysis deserves much more attention in teacher education are described. Next, skill analysis is defined and essential knowledge f…
Teaching Sports in Physical Education
In Physical Education Teacher Education programs, we argue that a focus on fewer models to be taught and learned would provide time for higher competence to be attained by preservice teachers in a curriculum limited in terms of contact hours. During their teacher training, preservice teachers should be given ample opportunities to practice the model and reflect upon their effectiveness in teaching it. We conclude the article by addressing in-serv…
Want a Positive Management System? Try a Token Economy
The purpose of this article is to lay out how physical education teachers can implement a token economy in their lessons. Following an introductory vignette, five steps to guide teachers on how to implement a token economy are described, namely (1) selection and definition of target behaviors, (2) selection of tokens, (3) selection of backup reinforcers, (4) selection of a reinforcement schedule, and (5) the exchange of tokens
Using Parkour to Step Up Your Elementary School Curriculum
The goal of parkour is to cross various obstacles in an efficient and creative way by jumping, swinging, climbing, and running. Parkour aligns with the SHAPE America national standards for K-12 physical education and has demonstrated its potential to highly engage both boys and girls in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). In this article, we present a knowledge packet for teaching parkour to elementary children. First, we discuss the k…
The role of specialised content knowledge in teaching basic life support
Objective: To investigate the role of specialised content knowledge in instructor training on the teaching and learning of basic life support (BLS) in secondary schools. Design: Cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting: Data were collected in three Flemish secondary schools during physical education classes. Method: Three secondary schools were randomly assigned to a 60-minute BLS instructor training without (one school, three teachers) or wi…
The effect of specialized content knowledge in reciprocal peer learning in a university content class
Background Teaching strategies using peers to influence student-learning outcomes are commonly used in physical education. Reciprocal peer learning is a teaching strategy where students work in pairs as tutor and tutee. Effective peer tutoring requires knowledge about the critical elements for correct performance (i.e. common content knowledge, CCK) and knowing how to detect and address common errors (i.e. specialized content knowledge, SCK). Res…
Generalization and maintenance of skill trials from physical education to recess in elementary school
Background: Being skillful is a prerequisite for lifelong participation in physical activity (WHO 2022 WHO (World Health Organization). 2022. “Promoting Physical Activity Through Schools: Policy Brief.” https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/9789240049567. [Google Scholar]). Hence, investigating the quality of children’s skill performance is important. If physical education wants to contribute to the development of a physically active l…
Implementing Practice-Based Physical Education Teacher Education Pedagogies
This article addresses a key theory-practice gap in physical education teacher education (PETE) programs that can lead to the inadequate preparation of teachers for the realities they will face in schools. To improve the relevance of traditional PETE programs, the essential elements of implementing practice-based teacher education pedagogies are presented. The article provides readers with pedagogies that focus on the authentic practices in teach…
Content Knowledge for Teaching Ultimate Frisbee in Middle and High School
Ultimate Frisbee is a challenging activity that can contribute to meeting the first three 2024 SHAPE America National Physical Education Standards for middle and high school students. Ultimate Frisbee is different from other invasion games in that it is a no-contact and self-officiated (i.e., without a referee) game in which the “spirit of the game” prescribes how students should behave on the field. This article outlines an eight-lesson unit aim…
A Content Knowledge Packet for Teaching Smashball in Upper Elementary School
Smashball is a net game derived from volleyball that aims to increase children’s participation by focusing on the sport’s most attractive element, the spike. With its modified rules, techniques, and tactics, smashball promotes children’s success regardless of ability or prior knowledge. This article offers a knowledge packet for teaching smashball to upper elementary school children, including common content knowledge (CCK), specialized content k…
The role of content knowledge in enhancing adaptive teaching among primary physical education teachers of varying teaching experience
Adaptive teaching in primary physical education (PE) requires teachers to adjust their instructions to address the diverse needs of students. Content knowledge (CK), including common content knowledge (CCK) and specialized content knowledge (SCK), is recognized as a key factor in supporting such adaptivity. However, research has focused on pre-service teachers and longer-term instructional adaptations (macro-adaptivity), leaving open the question…
Developing Skillfulness in a Game-Based Approach for Teaching Team Handball in Elementary School
This article presents an eight-lesson elementary school team handball unit designed to develop game play techniques such as throwing and catching, alongside tactical understanding in an authentic learning context. The proposed team handball unit consists of two phases. The first phase (lessons 1-4) starts with passing games with a focus on maintaining possession of the ball without time and spatial pressure and on restoring the triangle. Phase tw…
Physical Education and Pedagogy (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (8 works) · Mathematics education (7 works) · Physical education (6 works) · Children's Physical and Motor Development (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Curriculum (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (4 works)