"Look at Yourself": Teachers' Reflective Practices Toward Enjoyment in Primary School Physical Education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Enjoyment is key in primary school physical education (PE), yet ensuring enjoyable PE experiences for all children is challenging. Reflection may help teachers improve lesson quality and foster PE enjoyment.

Methods

This cross-sectional study explored Dutch primary school teachers' perspectives on enjoyable PE and reflective practices. An online questionnaire was completed by 173 teachers (70.5% PE specialists, 29.5% generalists) who teach at least one PE lesson per week. Teacher type differences were analyzed using Chi-square tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, and logistic regressions.

Results

Perspectives on reflective practices were similar among teacher types. Generalists reported more teacher- and policy-related barriers to providing enjoyable PE, while spec

SUBMITTER: Adank A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12669812 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature