1st Edition
Contemporary Issues in Primary Physical Education
1.Navigating the Present: An Exploration of Contemporary Issues. 2.The Dawn of a New ERA? Examining the Case for Core Physical Education. 3.Questioning Primary Physical Education. 4.A Pupil-Led Curriculum. 5.Teaching White Elephants for Understanding: Could Models-Based Practice Improve Primary Physical Education? 6.Professional Learning in Primary Physical Education – What a Dilemma! 7.The Importance of Developing a Whole School Movement Culture. 8.Unhealthy Fixations. 9.Reimagining Primary Physical Education for the 21st century.
Biography
Gerald Griggs is Academic Dean and Dean of the Manchester Campus at UCFB. Gerald has been passionate about primary Physical Education for over three decades, originally training as a primary teacher with a specialism in Physical Education, before teaching in primary schools across the UK. Since moving into Higher Education, he has published and presented widely on primary Physical Education and the sociology of sport, most notably for Routledge with such titles as An Introduction to Physical Education, Understanding Primary Physical Education, and The Routledge Handbook of Primary Physical Education. Gerald is also a member of the Cross-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood and co-founder of the Primary Physical Education Assembly.
Vicky Randall is a Teacher Educator, Researcher, and Consultant in Physical Education and Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Gloucestershire. Her research focuses on professional knowledge and teacher education in primary Physical Education and children’s mental health and wellbeing. Vicky is co-founder of the Primary Physical Education Assembly (PPEA) and an ambassador for the children’s mental health charity stormbreak CIO. She has written extensively in the field of Physical Education and is co-editor of the Routledge text An Introduction to Primary Physical Education.
“I would strongly recommend this book as essential reading for trainees studying primary PE for the first time, teacher educators teaching contemporary issues modules, and practising teachers and subject leaders for whom the status quo is not enough.” – Emma Whewell, University of Northampton, Physical Education Matters
“[This] book offers something different from policy guidance or pedagogical manuals. It does not provide ready-made units or assessment frameworks. Instead, it provides conceptual clarity. Subject leaders, early career teachers and experienced practitioners alike will find it useful because it names the tensions many feel but struggle to articulate. It exposes inheritance, questions habit and provides tools for thoughtful redesign. In a period where primary Physical Education is frequently pulled in competing directions, this text encourages measured reflection. For me, it has reinforced that curriculum design is an act of professional judgement. Physical literacy, models-based practice and whole-school culture are not competing agendas, but elements that require careful alignment.” – Jon Campbell, physical educator, www.pescholar.com
