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Learning 'in', 'through' and 'about' movement in senior physical education? The new Victorian Certificate of Education Physical Education

Brown, Trent D.; Penney, Dawn (Sage, 2012)

Over the past decade amidst the development and implementation of new official curriculum texts and associated assessment requirements, there has been considerable international interest in senior physical education. ...
Leisure in the later years

Grant, Bevan C. (2007)

It is evident that the changing demographic structure of the population along with the emergence of a consumer culture will have implications with regards to leisure for people in later life. Leisure may afford freedom for ...
Enabling or limiting: the role of pre-packaged curriculum resources in shaping teacher learning

Petrie, Kirsten Culhane (Routledge, 2012)

Pre-packaged curriculum resources that are purportedly designed to support teachers to deliver physical education in primary school settings have become prolific internationally. While both teachers and teacher educators ...
What’s the story? Outdoor education in New Zealand in the 21st century

Cosgriff, Marg (Physical Education New Zealand, 2008)

Outdoor education, in its various guises, has been part of the New Zealand education system for decades and is considered by many to be integral to school life. This paper addresses outdoor education within physical education ...
"Dance has connected me to my voice": the value of reflection in establishing effective dance pedagogy.

Coe, Dorothy (Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, 2003)

A variety of teaching pedagogies are used to teach dance which is now a compulsory core subject in the Arts and also taught in physical education. In this paper, I argue for the importance of a learner-centred pedagogy ...
Is physical education relevant? Interpersonal skills, values and hybridity

Fitzpatrick, Katie; Pope, Clive C. (2005)

Discussion surrounding the relevance of the document Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand Curriculum has focused on a range of areas. While some writers claim it has the potential to be emancipatory and the ...
Plato makes the team: the arrival of secondary school sport academies.

Pope, Clive C. (Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, 2002)

Since sport captivates many young people in Aotearoa New Zealand, it is not surprising that it is being situated in a new form of educational setting. This is evidenced through the emergence of secondary school sport ...
Physical education in primary schools: holding on to the past or heading for a different future?

Petrie, Kirsten Culhane (2008)

This paper reports on research undertaken by Pétrie, jones, and McKlm (2007)' during 2006, as part of a Ministry of Education funded evaluation ofthe Impacts of professional learning on currlcular and co-currlcular physical ...
Physical education and sport in schools: policies and pedagogy

Penney, Dawn (2010)

This special issue of European Physical Education Review directs attention to the exploration of contemporary relationships between physical education (PE) and sport in schools from pedagogical perspectives. It reflects ...
Creating confident, motivated teachers of physical education in primary schools

Petrie, Kirsten Culhane (2010)

This paper analyses the impact of a nationwide one-year physical education (PE) professional development (PD) programme on 25 generalist classroom teachers from 10 primary schools in New Zealand. This research specifically ...