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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
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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
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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