Physical education down under: Fusion or confusion

Culpan, Ian; Grant, Bevan C.

Physical education down under: Fusion or confusion

dc.contributor.author	Culpan, Ian
dc.contributor.author	Grant, Bevan C.
dc.date.accessioned	2009-10-06T00:09:13Z
dc.date.available	2009-10-06T00:09:13Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.description.abstract	At the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICHPER-SD) Conference held in Wellington in October 2006, the authors presented a keynote titled: Physical Education Down Under: Fusion or Confusion. This presentation was somewhat unusual as it took the form of a three act play. The story line was based around a final year teacher education student (Digger) who had a passion for physical education – doing it, studying it and wanting to teach it. In the first two scenes the story evolved around Digger planning for an in-class assessment – a 10 minute presentation on an issue relating to physical education and/or sport (in school). Digger was a dogmatic character who relished the opportunity to engage in arguments with his lecturers and fellow students about matters to do with physical edcuation. Although a ‘novice’ this helped him develop a good understanding about the purpose of physical education and its place in the school curriculum. The setting for the third scene was a lecture room at the university where the students were to give their presentations. To ensure the students took this task seriously, the Professor made it a competition. The prize for the student with the best presentation was a trip to the ICHPER-SD conference. Five minutes into the scene Digger was asked to step forward to deliever his presentation to the Professor and ‘Lady PENZ’. It was titled ‘Food for Thought’.	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.citation	Culpan, I. & Grant, B. (2007). Physical education down under: Fusion or confusion. Journal of Physical Education New Zealand, 40(1), 19-20.	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10289/3240
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Physical Education New Zealand	en_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOf	Physical Educator - Journal of Physical Education New Zealand	en_NZ
dc.relation.uri	http://www.penz.org.nz/	en
dc.rights	This article has been published in the Journal of Physical Education New Zealand. Used with permission.	en
dc.subject	physical education	en
dc.title	Physical education down under: Fusion or confusion	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
pubs.begin-page	19	en_NZ
pubs.elements-id	32429
pubs.end-page	20	en_NZ
pubs.issue	1	en_NZ
pubs.volume	40	en_NZ