This paper analyses the impact of a nationwide one-year physical education (PE)
professional development (PD) programme on 25 generalist classroom teachers from 10 …

Background: Generalist teachers' confidence, competence and preparedness to teach
Physical Education (PE) following Primary School Physical Education Teacher Education …

Background: There has been a proliferation of external agencies 'knocking on the door'of,
and being welcomed into, Health and Physical Education (HPE). This opens HPE up to new …

The enactment of neoliberal ideologies in education, in particular the extension of free-
market logics, has the potential to reposition students and affect if and how their voices are …

In this paper, I (re) define outsourcing in a way that reflects the nature of the practice in
education. While business and management definitions of outsourcing have been …

This study explored the process of acquiring services from external providers by schools as
a form of outsourcing of physical education activities. Physical education is a learning area …

This paper provides a context for exploring the positioning of Physical Education specialist
teachers (PE specialist teachers) in primary schools in Queensland in the discourses of …

This paper reports the findings of a study involving 138 NSW preservice generalist teachers
and compares them with similar findings from a similar group of students from a previous …

An Enduring Issue: Who should teach physical education in New Zealand primary schools?
Kirsten Petrie–Senior Lecturer, Department of Sport and Leisure Studies, University of …

The commitments and capacities of teachers matter. Apart from student dispositions, it is
effective teachers who make the greatest difference to student learning.“It is what teachers …