Antonio Calderón
Antonio Calderón
Antonio Calderón is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at the University of Limerick and Course Director of the Professional Masters of Education (Physical Education). His main research focus aims to explore curriculum and digital pedagogies in (physical education) teacher education. He is a passionate teacher educator which is a research member of the first longitudinal study of teachers in Ireland: “Teachers’ Professional Journeys: The First Decade”. It involves research with three cohorts of graduates from initial teacher education, covering primary, post-primary and further education. One of his current projects is exploring coherence in teacher educators programmes. He is also the coordinator of the social justice research programme from the “UNESCO Chair on Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy for Sustainable Development” to the University of Limerick.
Latest Publications
Calderón, A., Masterson, M., & Boynuegri, E. (2024). Learning online and teaching face to face: Exploring the planned and enacted conception of teaching of preservice teachers on school placement. Teaching and Teacher Education, 144, 104598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104598
Meroño, L., Calderón, A., & Arias-Estero, J. L. (2023). Teachers’ professional development needs: a critical analysis of TALIS through structural equation modelling. European Journal of Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2023.2296354
Murtagh, E. M., Calderón, A., Scanlon, D., & MacPhail, A. (2023). Online teaching and learning in physical education teacher education: A mixed studies review of literature. European Physical Education Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X231155793
Scanlon, D., Murtagh, E., Calderón A., MacPhail, A., & Walsh, C. (2024). Aligning Pedagogies of Teacher Education with the Teaching of Social Justice. In B. M Butler and M. Bullock: Understanding a Pedagogy of Teacher Education: Contexts for Teaching and Learning About Your Educational Practice (1st ed.). New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003365129
Key Publications
Calderón, A., Scanlon, D., MacPhail, A., & Moody, B. (2020). An integrated blended learning approach for physical education teacher education programmes: teacher educators’ and pre-service teachers’ experiences, 26(6), 562-577. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2020.1823961
Calderón, A., & Tannehill, D. (2020). Enacting a new curriculum models-based framework supported by digital technology within a learning community. European Physical Education Review, 27(3), 473-492. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X20962126
Calderón, A., & MacPhail, A., (2021). Seizing the opportunity to redesign physical education teacher education: blending paradigms to create transformative experiences in teacher education. Sport, Education and Society, 28, 159-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2021.1997981
Sargent, J., & Calderón, A. (2021). Technology-Enhanced Learning Physical Education? A Critical Review of the Literature. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 41(4), 689-709. https://doi.org/10.1123/jtpe.2021-0136