Research Interests:
- Expertise and effectiveness in physical education and sport pedagogy
- Communication in physical education and sport
Recent Scholarship:
Webster, C.A. (2008). Self-Monitoring: Demystifying the wonder of expert teaching. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, & Dance.
Rink, J.E., Hall, T., & Webster, C. (in press). Physical education . In S. Mathison & E.W. Ross (Eds.), Battleground Schools (vol. 1). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Webster, C.A., Connolly, G., & Schempp, P.G. (in press). The finishing touch: Anatomy of expert lesson closures in sport. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy.
Schempp, P.G., Webster, C.A., Busch, C., McCullick, B.A., & Mason, I. (2005). How the best get better: An analysis of the self-monitoring strategies used by expert golf instructors. Sport, Education, & Society , 12 (2), 175-192
Webster, C.A. (2007, October). Found in translation: Connecting cognition and communication in teaching. Paper presented at the History and Future Directions in Research on Teaching and Teacher Education in Physical Education Conference, Pittsburgh , PA.
Webster, C.A. (2007). A comparison of expert and novice teachers' instructional communication concerns . Oral session presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Baltimore, MD.
Clark, B.C., Webster, C.A., & Druger, M. (2006). Knowledge retention of exercise physiology content between athletes and nonathletes. Journal of College Science Teaching, 35 (7), 29-33.
Schempp, P.G., McCullick, B.A., Busch, C.A., Webster, C.A., & Mason, I. (2006). The self-monitoring of expert sport instructors. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 1 (1), 25-35.
Webster, C.A., Connolly, G., & Schempp, P. (2006, July). The finishing touch: Tracing the anatomy of expert lesson closures in sport . Poster session presented at the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP), Jyvaskyla, Finland .
Webster, C.A. (2006). A comparison of expert and novice golf instructors from a communication perspective. Oral session presented at the Communication and Sport Summit, Phoenix, AZ.
Webster, C.A., Schempp, P.G., McCullick, B.A., Busch, C.A., & Mason, I. (2005, April). “ On a constant journey of learning”: Self-monitoring strategies of expert golf instructors. Poster session presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Chicago, IL .
Busch, C.A., Schempp, P.G., McCullick, B.A., Webster, C.A., & Mason, I. (2005, April). How the best get better: Characteristics of self-monitoring of expert teachers. Poster session presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National Convention, Chicago, IL .
Professional service:
Editor of 2006 edition of Lab Notes , the annual news letter of the University of Georgia Sport Instruction Research Lab
Designer and developer of the UGA Sport Instruction Research Lab Website
Contributor to the “Research and Retrieval” section of the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
Contributor to Golf Magazine through helping to identify the Top 100 Golf Instructors in America (Fall 2004)
Courses Taught:
PEDU 575: Physical Education for the Classroom Teacher
PEDU 340/360: Instructional Aspects of Physical Education (with Practicum)
PEDU 341/361: Young Learners in Movement Settings (with Practicum)
PEDU 190: Description and Analysis of Human Movement |
