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Katy Ieong Cheng Ho Weatherly; Christopher Alan Weatherly – Journal of General Music Education, 2024
This article aims to provide practical strategies and examples for pre-service early education programs and early education teachers to develop music- and movement-based curricula for teacher preparation programs and early childhood music classrooms. To address the inconsistencies in early childhood music programs, the authors developed the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Music Education, Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teacher Education
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Charles, John M. – Quest, 2016
Looking ahead, it seems clear that organizing together the values we espouse as a profession could help us to live and work in a global kinesiology community in the best possible way. It is politic, in that it seems sensible and judicious to act on this principle, to organize and maintain a coherent framework of professional values. In which case,…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Professional Identity, Movement Education, Values Education
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Francis, Nancy R.; Lathrop, Anna H. – Journal of Dance Education, 2014
Educational scholars agree that the relationship between curriculum development and practice is mitigated by complex political and cultural agendas (Goodson 1984; Vertinsky 2007). As a performing art form and physical activity, dance does not easily fit within the context of a typical school subject and is a site for ontological and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Curriculum, Dance Education, Curriculum Development
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Leahy, Deana; O'Flynn, Gabrielle; Wright, Jan – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2013
A critical inquiry approach is one of five key characteristics that have shaped the development of the new Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education (AC: HPE). However, what this means is open to interpretation. In the various documents leading to the consultation draft AC: HPE and in this document itself, critical inquiry is used in…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Health Education, Physical Education, Foreign Countries
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Ennis, Catherine D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
The process of effective teaching--teaching that directly leads to student learning of standards-based content--is tenuous at best and easily disrupted by contextual and behavioral factors. In this commentary, I discuss the role of student support and mediation in teacher effectiveness and curricular reform. The most vocal students in physical…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Student Role, Physical Education Teachers, Student Behavior
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Macdonald, Doune – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2013
In March 2012, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) released for public consultation the Shape Paper for the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education (HPE) that was finalized for publication in August 2012. This paper set out the key propositions for a "futures-oriented" curriculum suggesting…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Curriculum Development, Health Education, Educational Change
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Brown, Trent; Penney, Dawn – European Physical Education Review, 2013
Over the past decade amidst the development and implementation of new official curriculum texts and associated assessment requirements, there has been considerable international interest in senior physical education. Arnold's three dimensions of movement have been prominent in curriculum developments and academic debates. In the state of Victoria,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Ward, Dianne S.; Werner, Peter – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1981
Curriculum theory is a rationale for defining purpose, selecting objectives, and determining content. Two rationales, movement analysis, and developmental stages are discussed and evaluated, in terms of their purposes, objectives, content, and teaching methods. (JN)
Descriptors: Athletics, Curriculum Development, Developmental Stages, Educational Objectives
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Considine, William J., Ed. – 1979
Nonteaching career options for undergraduate physical education majors are explored in this report. Two committees, each of which addressed different aspects of the topic, compiled their findings for the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. One committee identified types of options currently offered by colleges throughout the…
Descriptors: Athletics, Career Opportunities, Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Development
Fraser, Andy – 1999
Te reo kori, a combination of movement, music, language, and Maori cultural values, was to be integrated into the new health and physical education (HPE) curriculum in New Zealand as one of the seven key areas of learning. However, the 1998 draft curriculum relegated it to one of the "considerations" for the implementation of the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cultural Pluralism, Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum Development
Suthers, Louie; Larkin, Veronicah – 1996
The arts are central to quality early childhood programs. Experiences in the arts commonly attract and sustain children's involvement and provide opportunities for individualized creative responses. This research project investigated the implementation of arts games (structured play experiences based on drama, music, dance, and movement) into the…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques