PEPAYS Ireland are delighted to announce that the PEPAYS Ireland Forum will take place at the University of Limerick, on Saturday, June 11th. The title of the forum is ‘(Re)connecting as a Community - Grand Challenges and Opportunities for Research and Practice’. This year’s Forum, the first since 2018, will be hosted by the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick.

PEPAYS Ireland Forum Schedule, 2022

June 11th, 2022 – University of Limerick

Time

09:15 – 09:50 Coffee & Registration  

9.50 – 10.00  Welcome & Forum Overview   

10.00 – 10.45 Keynote Address: Dr Karen Weekes (Munster Technological University, #Shecando)

10.45 – 10.50  Break

10.50 – 11.35  Key Thematic Presentations  (15 mins + Qs)

1. Social Justice (Dr. Carla Luguetti, Victoria University, Australia, and Dr. Jennifer Walton-Fisette, Kent State University)

2. Developing a Physical Activity Environment Policy Index (Kevin Volf and Prof. Catherine Woods, University of Limerick)

11.35-11.50   Coffee Break with Snacks  

11.50– 12.45 Research through Practice Workshops  

1. Meaningful Engagement in Self-study: learning about practice in PE and sport (Grace Cardiff, Dr. Richard Bowles, Mary Immaculate College, Dr. Maura Coulter, Dublin City University, and Tony Sweeney, Maynooth University) Location = P1003/Computer lab

2. Identifying Research Priorities for Youth Sport in Ireland (Dr. Phil Kearney, University of Limerick) Location = P1007

3. 'Stop and talk: Reconnecting with colleagues' (Prof Ann MacPhail, University of Limerick and Dr Suzy Macken, Marino) Location = Café Area

12.45 – 12.55 Break 

12.55 - 13.55 Parallel research presentations Session 1

Room 1: School-based Physical Activity Promotion

(Room = P1-033*) Chair = Catherine Woods

- Are School-Based Interventions Promoting the 24-Hour Movement Guidelines among Children? A Systematic Scoping Review - Javier Rodrigo-Sanjoaquín, Julien Bois, Alberto Aibar, Léna Lhuisset and Javier Zaragoza

- Communicating Physical Activity to Adolescents: What works? A Scoping Review update - Grady, C., Ng, K., Murtagh E., Woods, C.

- Examining the 24 Hour Activity Cycle of Irish Adolescents: A Repeated Measures Study - Maeve Conneely, Kwok Ng, Grainne Hayes, Catherine Woods

- Evaluating the implementation of physical activity-promoting public policies in Ireland: A Pilot Study using the Physical Activity Environment Policy Index (PA-EPI) - Kevin Volf, Liam Kelly, Aurelie Van Hoye, Enrique Garcia Bengoechea Catherine Woods

Room 2: Health & Wellbeing

(Room = P1-027* Chair = Brendan O’Keeffe)

- Self-Esteem, Meaningful Experiences & The Rocky Road. A qualitative exploration of the contexts of physical activity that impact positive mental health in adolescents - John Murphy (Dr Bronagh McGrane, Dr Rhiannon Lee White, Dr Mary Rose Sweeney)

- Validity and Reliability of the Project FLAME Perceived Movement Competence Scale in Irish adolescents.- Conor Philpott, Diarmuid Lester, Brian Donovan, Sarahjane Belton, Lisa Barnett, Wesley O'Brien

- A multi-sport investigation into the life skills deemed important for positive youth development and the strategies used to develop them - Aaron O'Connell & Dr Philip Kearney

- Are all domains created equal? An exploration of stakeholder views on the concept of physical literacy on the island of Ireland - Elaine Murtagh, Sarahjane Belton, Sinead Connolly, Cameron Peers, Hannah Goss, Marie Murphy, Jennifer Kavanagh, Méabh Corr, Kyle Ferguson and Wesley O’Brien

Room 3: Learning to Teach

(Room = P1-007 Chair = Ann MacPhail)

- An Investigation of the Roles, Relationships and Experiences of Part-Time Placement Tutors in their Supervision of Student Teachers on School Placement - Dr. Trish Fitzpatrick (Dr. Dan O' Sullivan, Dr. Tracey Connolly & Dr. Kathy Hall)

- Sometimes those conversations don't happen in schools’: Supporting PE specialism graduates to teach PE through an online learning community - Cillian Brennan (Mary Immaculate College), Richard Bowles (Mary Immaculate College), Elaine Murtagh (University of Limerick), Luiza Gonçalves (Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul), Melissa Parker (University of Limerick)

- ‘It’s more intense than I ever imagined’. Sharing a journey towards embedding social justice pedagogies in PETE. – Brigitte, Moody, Antonio Calderón, Ann MacPhail, Elaine Murtagh, and Dylan Scanlon

- Learning in online environments to teach face-to-face in schools: Exploring PE preservice teachers’ experiences in their learning and micro-teaching - Ebru Boynuegri, Antonio Calderón

- Applying research into practice: A preservice teachers journey focused on sport education and student motivation. - Anthony O'Leary and Antonio Calderón

13:55-14:40  Lunch and Poster Display

Poster presentations: Canteen

- ‘I Lived the Dream’: Young high performance athletes’ understanding of the road ahead - Richard Connolly & Philip Kearney

- The Relationship between School Experience and the Social and Emotional Health of Irish Adolescents - Niamh O'Loughlin

- Profiling Roles Models among Irish Youth - Mairéad Grogan, Dr. Brendan O'Keeffe and Aron O'Donnell

- Comprehension and reliability testing of the COM-B self-evaluation questionnaire with Irish adolescents. - Joanna Clifford, Catherine Woods, Elaine Murtagh, Kwok Ng.

- Implementation evaluation of an Irish secondary level whole school programme: a qualitative inquiry - Ms Fiona McHale, Dr Kwok Ng, Dr Dylan Scanlon, Ms Jemima Cooper, Ms Caera Grady, Dr Catherine Norton, Prof Donal O'Shea, Prof Catherine Woods

- An Evaluation of the Perceived Effectiveness of ‘The Daily Mile’ Initiative in Irish Primary School Settings - Mr Luke Hanna, Dr Edward Coughlan, Dr Con Burns and Dr Cian O'Neill

- Does Physical Activity and Sport Anxiety have an Influence on Perceived Fundamental Movement Skill Competency? - Aoife Grace Dowd, Brian Anthony Donovan

- Mental Health and Wellbeing Determinants of Physical Activity Behaviour in Irish Adolescents - Emily Mulhall, Padraic Rocliffe, Chloe Forte

- An investigation of Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE) - Tracking its progress to date through the Irish PE teacher’s looking glass - Erin Hennessy and Brigitte Moody

- Parental and Family Influences of Children’s Physical Activity - Findings from Growing Up in Ireland - Sohun, R., MacPhail, A., Mac Donncha, C.

- A Qualitative Investigation into the Nutritional Education of Adolescents through the Junior Cycle in Irish Education - Lauren Mealy, Conor Philpott, Joao Costa and Emmanouil Adamakis

- “One CSPAP step at a time”: Promoting a physically active school culture in an Irish urban post-primary school – planning for infrastructural change - Alan Finnegan, Dr Elaine Murtagh and Mrs. Ursula Freyne

- Investigating Adolescents’ Understanding of Mental Health and their Perspective on What Promotes Positive Adolescent Mental Health - Michael Doyle

14.40 – 15.40 Parallel research presentations Session 2

Room 1: Physical Education Curriculum

(Room = P1-033 Chair = Ursula McCarthy)

- Student Voice Pedagogies and Meaningful PE - Grace Cardiff (Déirdre Ní Chróinín, Richard Bowles, Tim Fletcher)

- Preparing physical education pre-service teachers as practitioner researchers - Ann MacPhail, Dylan Scanlon, and Deborah Tannehill

- The perceived needs of teacher educators as they strive to implement curriculum change - Claire Walsh, Dr. Deborah Tannehill, and Prof. Ann MacPhail

- Digital technology and teacher digital competency in physical education: A holistic view of teacher and student perspectives - Jason Wallace

- The Physical Education subject inspection in Irish Secondary Schools – Initial Findings from Subject Inspection reports - João Costa & Elisabeth von Plettenberg

Room 2: Coaching Effectiveness / Developing Talent

(Room = P1-027 Chair = Ian Sherwin)

- Designing and delivering an online coach education programme for youth sport coaches: Project FLAME - Orla Murphy, Dr. Wesley O’Brien, Dr. Sarahjane Belton

- Maturation and age selection biases in academy Gaelic football - Fitzgerald, F, Campbell, M, Kearney, P & Cumming, S

- Establishing the optimal number of skill executions to determine a representative profile of Player Laterality - Karol Dillon, Phil Kearney, Ian Sherwin

- An Appreciative Inquiry into Coaches’ Perspectives on the Inclusion of Young People with Autism in Sport Clubs in Ireland - Kate O' Brien (Dr Órla Slattery, Dr Nimah Kitching and Dr Richard Bowles)

- The Application of Single Case Research Design in Sports Coaching - Philip Kearney and Evan Talty

Room 3: Health & Wellbeing

(Room = P1-007 Chair = Caera Grady)

- The Relationship between Measures of Student Well-Being and School Experience - Michael Lawlor, Dr Elaine Murtagh

- The horse is dead. The horse is alive. Are we riding the wrong animal? Lessons from the Youth-fit Project on monitoring health-related fitness in school settings. - Brendan T. O'Keeffe

- Investigating the relationship between Physical Activity, Mental Health and Body Image among Irish Adolescents - Aoife O'Mahony and Manolis Adamakis

- Current Injury Prevention Exercise Programme Practices & Perceptions among Post-Primary PE Teachers - Frank Devereux, Enda Whyte, Johann Issartel, Sarahjane Belton, Siobhan O'Connor

15.45 – 16:15  Key Stakeholder Panel Discussion:

“PEPAYS: (Re)connecting as a Research Community - Grand Challenges and Opportunities”

16.15 - 16.25 Presentation of Prizes & Closing remarks