Physical Culture Research in Education (PCRE)
We are a group of researchers from across Moray House School of Education and Sport and beyond who research physical culture in the context of education: schools, curricula, teacher learning and ITE. Our research aims to enrich practice and improve the experiences, learning and lives of young people and their teachers.
We are a group of around 15 researchers: academics, teaching fellows and postgraduate research students. Many of us have a background in teaching physical education. We also include researchers from other subjects: primary school teachers, sports coaches, health researchers and those with an interest in the health and wellbeing of teachers and young people.
Our work spans across two research hubs within the University of Edinburgh:
Meet the Physical Culture Research in Education (PCRE) team
We introduce the PCRE team and give a brief overview of their research. Three team members (Dr Paul McMillan, Dr Sarah MacIsaac and Dr Deb Holt) then give a little more detail about their current research.
Meet the team - webinar (on Zoom)
Co-developing critical digital health pedagogies with PE teachers
Dr Maria Jose Camacho Minano (University of Complutense, Madrid), Prof Emma Rich (University of Bath) and Drs Sarah MacIsaac and Shirley Gray (University of Edinburgh) present the pedagogical principles that they have developed to support PE teachers to work more critically with digital technology for health.
Episode 1: Asking better questions
Episode 2: Exploring the 'activist approach' to teaching PE
Episode 3: Catching them early
Our research group post a blog called the Physical Education Research Digest.
Contact
Anne-Marie Connelly
Institute Administrator
- Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences
- Moray House School of Education and Sport
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 651 6522
- Email: anne-marie.connelly@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Find Moray House on our campus map
Address
- Street
Moray House School of Education and Sport
The University of Edinburgh- City
- St Leonard's Land, Holyrood Road
- Post Code
- Edinburgh EH8 8AQ
Dr Shirley Gray
Group Lead / Senior Lecturer in Physical Education
- Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences
- Moray House School of Education and Sport
Contact details
- Work: +44 (0)131 651 6681
- Email: shirley.gray@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
Moray House School of Education and Sport
The University of Edinburgh
St Leonard's Land, Holyrood Road- City
- Edinburgh EH8 8AQ