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Overview

K. Andrew R. Richards is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the social sciences, health professions, and psychology, with a significant concentration on physical education and pedagogy.

Their scholarly work includes a strong focus on topics such as physical education and pedagogy, inclusion and disability in education and sport, motivation and self-concept in sports, youth development and social support, teacher education and leadership studies, disability education and employment, and children's physical and motor development.

Richards has contributed to a variety of research areas within these fields, including social sciences broadly, health professions, and psychology, with particular emphasis on physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation, sociology and political science, social psychology, safety research, and education.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richards include:

  • Christopher J. Kinder
  • Kim C. Graber
  • Victoria N. Shiver
  • Amelia Mays Woods
  • Karen Lux Gaudreault

Richards publishes regularly in established venues related to physical education and sport. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
  • European Physical Education Review
  • Quest
  • Kinesiology Review
  • Journal of Physical Education Recreation & Dance

Among recent papers published by Richards, the following stand out:

  • Mindfulness, resilience, emotional exhaustion, and turnover intention in secondary physical education teaching (2021) in European Review of Applied Psychology
  • Preservice teachers' learning to implement culturally relevant physical education with the teaching personal and social responsibility model (2020) in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
  • Understanding the interpretation and implementation of social and emotional learning in physical education (2020) in The Curriculum Journal
  • Understanding Emotion in Physical Education Teaching: A Conceptual Framework for Research and Practice (2021) in Quest
  • An evaluation of the integrative model for learning and motivation in the college classroom (2020) in Current Psychology

Best Publications

  • A Practical Guide to Collaborative Qualitative Data Analysis

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Michael A. Hemphill

  • The Socialization of Teachers in Physical Education: Review and Recommendations for Future Works

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Thomas J. Templin;Kim Graber

  • The impact of resilience on role stressors and burnout in elementary and secondary teachers

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Chantal Levesque-Bristol;Thomas J. Templin;Kim C. Graber

  • Understanding the Realities of School Life: Recommendations for the Preparation of Physical Education Teachers

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Thomas J. Templin;Karen Lux Gaudreault

  • Personal and contextual factors related to teachers’ experience with stress and burnout

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Michael A. Hemphill;Thomas J. Templin

  • Physical education teachers’ perceptions of perceived mattering and marginalization

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Karen Lux Gaudreault;Jenna R. Starck;Amelia Mays Woods

  • Role socialization theory: The sociopolitical realities of teaching physical education

    K Andrew R Richards

  • Toward a Multidimensional Perspective on Teacher-Coach Role Conflict

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Thomas J. Templin

  • Understanding the perceived mattering of physical education teachers

    Karen Lux Gaudreault;K. Andrew R. Richards;Amelia Mays Woods

  • A Comparison of Student Attitudes, Statistical Reasoning, Performance, and Perceptions for Web-Augmented Traditional, Fully Online, and Flipped Sections of a Statistical Literacy Class

    Ellen Gundlach;K. Andrew R. Richards;David Nelson;Chantal Levesque-Bristol

  • Teacher Socialization in Physical Education: A Scoping Review of Literature

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Colin G. Pennington;Oleg A. Sinelnikov

  • C. H. McCloy Lecture: Reflections on Socialization into Physical Education--An Intergenerational Perspective.

    Thomas J. Templin;K. Andrew R. Richards

  • Understanding Differences in Role Stressors, Resilience, and Burnout in Teacher/Coaches and Non-Coaching Teachers

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Thomas J. Templin;Chantal Levesque-Bristol;Bonnie Tjeerdsma Blankenship

  • The Influence of a State Mandated Induction Assistance Program on the Socialization of a Beginning Physical Education Teacher

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Thomas J. Templin

  • Integrating Technology in Physical Education Teacher Education: A Socialization Perspective.

    Daniel P. Gawrisch;K. Andrew R. Richards;Chad M. Killian

  • Exploring the influence of perceived mattering, role stress, and emotional exhaustion on physical education teacher/coach job satisfaction:

    K Andrew R Richards;Nicholas S Washburn;Michael A Hemphill

  • Doctoral Student Socialization: Educating Stewards of the Physical Education Profession

    Jared Russell;Karen Lux Gaudreault;K. Andrew R. Richards

  • Mindfulness, resilience, emotional exhaustion, and turnover intention in secondary physical education teaching

    Ye Hoon Lee;K. Andrew. R. Richards;Nicholas Washburn

  • Combining the Skill Themes Approach with Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility to Teach Social and Emotional Learning in Elementary Physical Education.

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Victoria Nicole Ivy;Paul M. Wright;Emily Jerris

  • Understanding physical educators’ perceptions of mattering Validation of the Perceived Mattering Questionnaire – Physical Education

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Karen Lux Gaudreault;Amelia Mays Woods

  • Addressing Physical Education Teacher Socialization Through Standards-based Reform of Physical Education Teacher Education

    K. Andrew R. Richards;Lynn D. Housner;Thomas J. Templin

  • Pre-service teacher perspectives of case-based learning in physical education teacher education

    Michael A Hemphill;K Andrew R Richards;Karen Lux Gaudreault;Thomas J Templin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ann MacPhail
Ann MacPhail University of Limerick
Alan L. Smith
Alan L. Smith Michigan State University

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