This study recognizes the paucity of research regarding how pre-service teachers learn to use
Sport Education (SE) in their Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) programmes (Stran and
Curtner-Smith, 2010). The study provides an opportunity in PETE where pre-service teachers ‘live
the curriculum’ (Oslin et al., 2001) and experience a SE season (Siedentop, 1994) as participants.
Data was collected through weekly observations, researcher and lecturer reflections and
interviews and focus groups with the lecturer and pre-service teachers. The results provide
support for the ‘living the curriculum’ experience from the perspective of the pre-service teachers.
It was indicated, however, that there were occasions when the lecturer was compromised
between teaching through SE while teaching pre-service teachers how to teach SE in schools. It
was also observed that there was a diminishing awareness of SE towards the end of the module.
Recommendations for the inclusion of SE in PETE are also provided.