Understanding (and extending) the conceptual boundaries of policy research in physical education: A scoping review

D Scanlon, J Lorusso, M Viczko - European Physical …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Given limited investigation into the state and status of physical education policy research
internationally, we suggest there is a need for a more comprehensive empirical review of …

'There is new wording, but there is no real change in what we deliver': Implementing the new National Curriculum for Physical Education in England

F Herold - European Physical Education Review, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper focuses on how physical education (PE) teachers interpreted and implemented a
new, minimalist and traditionalist National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) in …

Realising curriculum possibilities in Wales: Teachers' initial experiences of re-imagining secondary physical education

D Aldous, V Evans, R Lloyd, F Heath-Diffey… - Curriculum Studies in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper provides insight into secondary Physical Education (PE) teachers' experiences of
beginning to re-imagine secondary physical education provision in light of the new …

Setting policy and student agency in physical education: Students as policy actors

SD Wilkinson, D Penney - Sport, education and society, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In turning a spotlight on students in physical education, this paper seeks to extend
applications of policy enactment theory, and particularly, the policy actor framework …

'Same, same, but different?!'Investigating diversity issues in the current Austrian National Curriculum for Physical Education

S Meier, A Raab, B Höger… - European Physical …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Discussions on educational policy are shaped by current societal transformations
associated with diversity. At the same time, the most recent reform of the Austrian National …

Tensions between policy aspirations and enactment: Assessment and inclusion for refugee background students

M Baak, E Miller, A Sullivan, K Heugh - Journal of Education Policy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article considers the ways in which two senior secondary assessment policies that aim
to be inclusive are enacted for students from refugee backgrounds. The final years of …

Gendered pedagogy in senior secondary physical education curriculum enactment

C Clark, D Penney, R Whittle… - Curriculum Studies in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Arnold's dimensions of movement (1979) and Wilcox's embodied ways of knowing (2009)
informed case study research which explored the influence of gender (ed) movement-based …

Big policies and a small world: An analysis of policy problems and solutions in physical education

D Penney - Sport, Education and Society, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This paper uses Ball's [1998. Big policies/small world: An introduction to international
perspectives in education policy. Comparative Education, 34 (2), 119–130] policy analysis …

Reading curriculum policy and (re) shaping practices: The possibilities and limits of enactment

D Penney, L Alfrey - Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper provides a contribution and opening to the special issue Realising curriculum
possibilities: From creative readings to transformative practice. It firstly considers and …

Transformation of complex movements from policy to practice–a discourse analysis of Swedish physical education teachers' concepts of moving

L Janemalm, D Barker… - Physical Education and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: How teachers enact policy has been of significant interest to educational
scholars. In physical education research, scholars have identified several factors affecting …