1st Edition
Redesigning Physical Education An Equity Agenda in Which Every Child Matters
Redesigning Physical Education is a bold and innovative manifesto for the fundamental redesign of physical education for the twenty-first-century world. Aiming at better outcomes for children, better working conditions for teachers, and innovative solutions to the decline of school PE, it calls for a transnational collective action project based on new research frameworks, stressing the fundamental importance of health-enhancing, life-enriching active participation for all children and young people.
Action-oriented and evidence-based, the book examines the key challenges driving change, including the equity agenda, institutionalization, outcome and accountability based teaching, and physical activity requirements in schools. With a truly international scope, the text explores perspectives from the USA, Canada, Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and Italy.
This is important reading for students and academics studying and working in physical education, kinesiology, public health, and children’s physical activity. It is also a valuable resource for pediatric exercise specialists, especially sport and exercise psychologists.
List of Figures
List of Boxes
List of Contributors
Foreword by Kathleen Armour
Acknowledgements
Part I Toward a Redesign Agenda: The United States as a Case Example
Introduction
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1 Physical Education in the Industrial Age School: An Institutional Perspective
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2 Achieving Desirable Outcomes at Scale in an Era of Results-based Accountability
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3 Redesign as an Adaptive Problem Facilitated by Theories of Change
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4 From Whole Group Pedagogy to Tailor-made Interventions
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5 Research and Development to Guide and Defend Redesign
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Part II International Perspectives
6 Redesigning American Physical Education: A Second View
K. Andrew R. Richards, Thomas J. Templin, Amelia Mays Woods, and Kim C. Graber
7 Redesigning Physical Education in Canada
Tim Fletcher, Jenna Larusso, and Joannie Halas
8 Redesigning Physical Education in Scotland
David Kirk, Farid Bardid, Cara Lamb, John D. Millar, and Eishin Teraoka
9 Re-imagination and Re-design in Physical Education: Implicit and Explicit Models in England and Wales
Ken Green, Lorraine Cale, and Jo Harris
10 Redesigning Physical Education in Ireland: Significant redesign over modest reforms?
Ann MacPhail, Mary O’Sullivan, Deborah Tannehill, and Melissa Parker
11 Considering the Redesign of Physical Education in Aotearoa New Zealand
Ben Dyson, Dillon Landi, and Barrie Gordon
12 Re-visioning the Australian Curriculum for Health and Physical Education
Doune Macdonald, Eimear Enright, and Louise McCuaig
13 Redesigning Physical Education in Italy: The Potential of a Network Ecosystem
Caterina Pesce, Rosalba Marchetti, Anna Motta, Franca Marzocchi, Liliana Leone, and Philip D. Tomporowski
Part III Summary Findings, Lessons Learned, and Implications
14 Agenda-setting: Continuous Improvement Alongside Redesign
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Index
Biography
Hal A. Lawson is Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership, and of Social Welfare at the University at Albany, The State University of New York, USA.
