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Roberts, Amanda – Improving Schools, 2011
This article explores the learning arising from a pilot inter-school visits programme in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Teachers from two schools undertook a series of visits with the aim of developing learning and teaching in their schools. The pilot sought to understand ways in which such a collaborative visits programme could be used to build…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, School Visitation, Teacher Collaboration
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Dyson, Ben; Wright, Paul M.; Amis, John; Ferry, Hugh; Vardaman, James M. – Policy Futures in Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the production, communication, interpretation and contestation of new physical education (PE) and physical activity (PA) policy initiatives introduced in Mississippi and Tennessee for the academic year 2006-2007. These states provide a relevant context to study such issues, since Mississippi has the highest…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, High Schools, Physical Education, Public Policy
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Jones, Emily M.; Taliaferro, Andrea R.; Elliott, Eloise M.; Bulger, Sean M.; Kristjansson, Alfgeir L.; Neal, William; Allar, Ishonté – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
Increasing rates of childhood obesity has prompted calls for comprehensive approaches to school-based physical activity (PA). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of comprehensive school physical activity program (CSPAP) development and related contextual issues within a rural Appalachian county using a Systems Approach. A…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Comprehensive School Health Education, Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities