Trent D. Brown - Examination Physical Education: Policy, Practice and Possibilities

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 students school career and the emergence of examination physical education as the dominant paradigm in many educational systems around the world.

This book is the first to explore the growing international literature on examination physical education and draw on research to extend the political, academic and professional debates around the subject to explore its limitations and possibilities. Addressing key topics such as curriculum development, assessment methods and teacher education, it seeks to assess how our existing knowledge of examination physical education can be best translated into pedagogical practice in the classroom. Complementing other texts in the Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport Series, it makes an original and informed contribution to current discussions of physical education.

Examination Physical Education: Policy, Practice and Possibilities is important reading for any student, researcher or teacher educator with an interest in physical education, sports pedagogy and education policy.

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.

Series Editor: David Kirk, University of Strathclyde, UK

The Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport series is a forum for the discussion of the latest and most important ideas and issues in physical education, sport and active leisure for young people across school, club and recreational settings. The series presents the work of the best well-established and emerging scholars from around the world, offering a truly international perspective on policy and practice. It aims to enhance our understanding of key challenges, to inform academic debate and to have a high impact on both policy and practice, and is thus an essential resource for all serious students of physical education and youth sport.

Also available in this series www.routledge.com/sports/series/RSEYS:

Teaching Tactical Creativity in Sport

Research and Practice

Daniel Memmert

Girls, Gender and Physical Education

An Activist Approach

Kimberly L. Oliver and David Kirk

The Female Tradition in Physical Education

Women First Revisited

David Kirk and Patricia Vertinsky

Teacher Socialization in Physical Education

New Perspectives

K. Andrew, R. Richards and Karen Lux Gaudreault

Examination Physical Education

Policy, Pedagogies and Possibilities

Trent D. Brown and Dawn Penney

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