Mike Jess

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mike Jess is a scholar working on Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Sociology and Political Science and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike Jess has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Mike Jess's work include Physical Education and Pedagogy (29 papers), Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (21 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (12 papers). Mike Jess is often cited by papers focused on Physical Education and Pedagogy (29 papers), Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (21 papers) and Children's Physical and Motor Development (12 papers). Mike Jess collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Singapore and Australia. Mike Jess's co-authors include Kathleen Armour, Ian Pickup, Richard Bailey, David Kirk, Rachel Sandford, Matthew Atencio, Nicola Carse, Dawn Penney, Jeanne Keay and Malcolm Thorburn and has published in prestigious journals such as Sport Education and Society, Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy and European Physical Education Review.

In The Last Decade

Mike Jess

32 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mike Jess United Kingdom	16	827	607	372	370	239	32	1.1k
Déirdre Ní Chróinín Ireland	19	872 1.1×	645 1.1×	412 1.1×	393 1.1×	383 1.6×	59	1.3k
Tim Fletcher Canada	21	907 1.1×	714 1.2×	478 1.3×	298 0.8×	442 1.8×	62	1.4k
Deborah Tannehill Ireland	22	901 1.1×	708 1.2×	485 1.3×	336 0.9×	539 2.3×	65	1.5k
Shane Pill Australia	20	902 1.1×	503 0.8×	502 1.3×	596 1.6×	196 0.8×	132	1.3k
Shirley Gray United Kingdom	19	530 0.6×	343 0.6×	364 1.0×	286 0.8×	187 0.8×	75	1000
Inez Rovegno United States	23	1.1k 1.3×	702 1.2×	620 1.7×	412 1.1×	374 1.6×	38	1.4k
Peter Hay Australia	18	671 0.8×	519 0.9×	152 0.4×	179 0.5×	382 1.6×	38	976
Suzanne Lundvall Sweden	12	397 0.5×	270 0.4×	197 0.5×	189 0.5×	119 0.5×	65	619
Patt Dodds United States	16	610 0.7×	375 0.6×	380 1.0×	239 0.6×	183 0.8×	30	796
Kyriaki Makopoulou United Kingdom	13	324 0.4×	284 0.5×	150 0.4×	136 0.4×	210 0.9×	21	618

Countries citing papers authored by Mike Jess

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike Jess

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Jess, Mike, Melissa Parker, Nicola Carse, et al.. (2024). The purpose of primary physical education: The views of teacher educators. European Physical Education Review. 30(4). 601–619. 1 indexed citations

Jess, Mike, et al.. (2023). Becoming physical education: the ontological shift to complexity. Sport Education and Society. 29(6). 684–698. 1 indexed citations

Jess, Mike, et al.. (2021). Embracing complex adaptive practice: the potential of lesson study. Professional Development in Education. 47(2-3). 273–288. 11 indexed citations

Jess, Mike, et al.. (2020). The personal visions of physical education student teachers: putting the education at the heart of physical education. The Curriculum Journal. 32(1). 28–47. 10 indexed citations

Chróinín, Déirdre Ní, et al.. (2019). A major review of stakeholder perspectives on the purposes of primary physical education. European Physical Education Review. 26(2). 322–336. 15 indexed citations

Keay, Jeanne, Nicola Carse, & Mike Jess. (2018). Understanding teachers as complex professional learners. Professional Development in Education. 45(1). 125–137. 60 indexed citations

Carse, Nicola, Mike Jess, & Jeanne Keay. (2017). Primary physical education. European Physical Education Review. 24(4). 487–502. 17 indexed citations

Jess, Mike, et al.. (2016). Moving primary physical education forward: start at the beginning. Education 3-13. 45(5). 645–657. 12 indexed citations

Jess, Mike, Nicola Carse, & Jeanne Keay. (2016). The primary physical education curriculum process: more complex that you might think!!. Education 3-13. 44(5). 502–512. 25 indexed citations

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Jess, Mike, Matthew Atencio, & Nicola Carse. (2016). Integrating complexity thinking with teacher education practices: a collective yet unpredictable endeavour in physical education?. Sport Education and Society. 23(5). 435–448. 3 indexed citations

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Gray, Shirley, et al.. (2015). Teaching ‘health’ in physical education in a ‘healthy’ way (Abordar la «salud» en la Educación física de forma «saludable»). Retos. 28. 165–172. 8 indexed citations

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Jess, Mike, Jeanne Keay, & Nicola Carse. (2014). Primary physical education: a complex learning journey for children and teachers. Sport Education and Society. 21(7). 1018–1035. 20 indexed citations

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Jess, Mike, et al.. (2013). Traditional and contemporary approaches to career-long professional learning: a primary physical education journey in Scotland. Education 3-13. 43(3). 225–237. 13 indexed citations

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Verheul, Martine, et al.. (2012). Physical education for health and wellbeing: a discourse analysis of Scottish physical education curricular documentation. Discourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 35(2). 278–293. 15 indexed citations

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Thorburn, Malcolm, Mike Jess, & Matthew Atencio. (2011). Thinking differently about curriculum: analysing the potential contribution of physical education as part of ‘health and wellbeing’ during a time of revised curriculum ambitions in Scotland. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 16(4). 383–398. 28 indexed citations

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Jess, Mike, Matthew Atencio, & Malcolm Thorburn. (2011). Complexity theory: supporting curriculum and pedagogy developments in Scottish physical education. Sport Education and Society. 16(2). 179–199. 56 indexed citations

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Atencio, Matthew, et al.. (2011). ‘It is a case of changing your thought processes, the way you actually teach’: implementing a complex professional learning agenda in Scottish physical education. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 17(2). 127–144. 42 indexed citations

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Jess, Mike, et al.. (2011). Sport education international perspectives. 1 indexed citations

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Thorburn, Malcolm, Mike Jess, & Matthew Atencio. (2009). Connecting policy aspirations with principled progress? An analysis of current physical education challenges in Scotland. Irish Educational Studies. 28(2). 209–223. 10 indexed citations

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Jess, Mike, et al.. (2006). A preliminary study to investigate the influence of different teaching styles on pupils’ goal orientations in physical education. European Physical Education Review. 12(1). 51–74. 22 indexed citations

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