1st Edition

Examination Physical Education Policy, Practice and Possibilities

By Trent D. Brown, Dawn Penney Copyright 2018
264 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In recent decades physical education has moved from the margins, redefining itself as an academic subject. An important component of this transformation has been the introduction of high-stakes examinations at key points in a student’s school career and the emergence of ‘examination physical education’ as the dominant paradigm in many educational systems around the world. This book is the... Read more

Introduction

Part I: Introduction to Examination Physical Education: Policy, Practice and Possibilities

1. Foundations for investigating policy, practice and possibilities

2. Key concepts of examination and senior secondary physical education

Part II: Policy and Practices in Examination Physical Education

3. Curriculum development in examination and senior secondary physical education

4. Pedagogical practices in examination physical education

5. Assessment in examination and senior secondary physical education

Part III: Possibilities for Examination Physical Education

Preface to Chapters 6, 7 and 8

6. Curriculum possibilities in examination and senior secondary physical education

7. Pedagogical possibilities in examination and senior secondary physical education

8. Assessment possibilities in examination and senior secondary physical education

Part IV: Policy, Practice and Possibilities: Future Directions?

9. PETE, professional learning and examination and senior secondary physical education

10. Conclusion

Biography

Trent D. Brown is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Education in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. His work to date has focussed on curriculum and pedagogy in physical education, most particularly in Senior Secondary Physical Education. He was made a Fellow of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) in 2014 for his scholarly and professional contribution over the past 20 years

Dawn Penney is a Professorial Research Fellow within the School of Education at Edith Cowan University, Australia, and an Adjunct Professor of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Dawn is recognised as a world leader in the policy, practice and curriculum development in Health and Physical Education

"This book provides the ‘what’ and starts the conversations on the ‘how’, and these ‘how’ conversations need to be explored in a collaborative manner with all stakeholders in the physical education community (teachers, pre-service teachers, teacher educators, professional development providers, policy makers). For these reasons, I would highly recommend this book to all of these stakeholders to broaden the thinking (and therefore possibilities) around the enactment of examination physical education (and physical education more broadly)."

Dylan Scanlon, University of Limerick, Ireland