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A Figurational Viewpoint of the Complexity of Policy Enactment: An Opportunity for Agonistic Dialogue?
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Scanlon, Dylan; MacPhail, Ann; Calderón, Antonio – Curriculum Journal, 2023
The aim of this paper is to explore and provide an alternative theoretical viewpoint, informed by empirical studies, of the curriculum policy enactment process which spans across different curriculum policy spaces by drawing on figurational sociology. This paper constructs this alternative figurational viewpoint of the policy enactment process by…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Stakeholders
Teacher Agency in Enacting Physical Education in a Period of Curriculum Change and Reform in Ireland
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Scanlon, Dylan; Calderón, Antonio; MacPhail, Ann – Curriculum Journal, 2021
Drawing on the concept of agency and teacher agency and engaging with figurational sociology, this paper explores the extent to which teacher agency plays a role in one teacher's enactment of a new school subject (Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE), an examinable subject assessed in a high-stakes environment) in a period of curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Autonomy, Physical Education, Secondary School Teachers
A Figurational Analysis of Teachers and Students as Policy Actors in Policy Enactment: 'Integrated Learning Experiences' in Examinable Physical Education Curriculum
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Scanlon, Dylan; MacPhail, Ann; Calderón, Antonio – European Physical Education Review, 2023
Examinable physical education (i.e. physical education as a certificate subject in a high-stakes environment) has distinctive forms of practical and theoretical knowledge, and the concept of 'integration' has been identified as a means to bridge such forms of knowledge. This paper explores how teachers interpret, translate, and enact curriculum…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Conceptualising Examinable Physical Education in the Irish Context: Leaving Certificate Physical Education
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Scanlon, Dylan; MacPhail, Ann; Calderon, Antonio – Sport, Education and Society, 2020
A Physical Education Development Group (PEDG) was responsible for constructing a new school subject curriculum, Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE), in Ireland. This paper provides an insight into this development group and explores the process of curriculum development, and the influence of roles and power-ratios within the group, in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, Curriculum Development
Original Intentions and Unintended Consequences: The 'Contentious' Role of Assessment in the Development of Leaving Certificate Physical Education in Ireland
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Scanlon, Dylan; MacPhail, Ann; Calderón, Antonio – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2019
Ireland is set to introduce an examinable physical education curriculum (Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE)) in the final two years of post-primary school. A Physical Education Development Group (PEDG) were tasked with the responsibility of constructing the LCPE specification. This paper explores the LCPE curriculum development process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Curriculum Development, Physical Education Teachers
The (Mis)Alignment between Young People's Collective Physical Activity Experience and Physical Education Curriculum Development in Ireland
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Coulter, Maura; Scanlon, Dylan; MacPhail, Ann; O'Brien, Wesley; Belton, Sarahjane; Woods, Catherine – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2020
Major curriculum changes have recently occurred in Ireland, including redeveloping the primary curriculum and the enactment of the Junior Cycle Framework (DES, 2015). Positive and negative experiences affect the attitudes which contribute to determining the quality of curricular experiences. Framed in the work of Fullan, M. (1991. "The New…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Alignment (Education), Educational Change, Curriculum Development