AUTHOR=Mandelid Mathias Brekke , Dyngeland Espen Søreide , Teslo Ståle , Lerum Øystein , Tjomsland Hege Eikeland , Jenssen Eirik Sørnes , Eriksen Pernille Buschmann , Wergeland Tom Christian , Sandal Marion Østenstad , Stein Hege , Schjerven Hilde , Stokke Rasmus , Engelsen Knut Steinar , Andersen Sigmund Alfred , Trautner Nikolaj , Resaland Geir Kåre TITLE=Workplace-based continuing professional development program for physically active learning: designing a framework and prospective directions JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education VOLUME=9 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2024.1407542 DOI=10.3389/feduc.2024.1407542 ISSN=2504-284X ABSTRACT=

In 2018, the Centre for Physical Active Learning (SEFAL) designed a comprehensive one-year workplace-based continuous professional development (CPD) program for in-service teachers in Norway. The CPD program aimed to enhance the pedagogical feasibility of integrating physically active learning (PAL) within all theoretical subjects by advancing teachers’ competence. This article provides an overview of the SEFAL CPD program’s conceptual framework and design. Although the article does not provide an independent evaluation of the framework, we discuss it based on our continual development during the period from 2018 to 2023, during which 1,363 teachers from 77 schools participated. As the framework continues to inform the SEFAL CPD, the article concludes by identifying prospective directions and potential avenues for further refinement and utilisation of this and similar programs.