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Parry, Lindsay – Journal of In-service Education, 2007
This article presents an Australian case study of the experiences of curriculum workers involved in professional development for primary school teachers in the New Social Studies and their perceptions of the curricular and pedagogical challenges facing those teachers in the 1970s and 1980s. It draws on data gathered primarily through "oral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Social Studies, Case Studies
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Cothran, Donetta J.; McCaughtry, Nate; Kulinna, Pamela Hodges; Martin, Jeffrey – Journal of In-service Education, 2006
Schools are frequently seen as the solution to social problems, and recent public health issues such as the near epidemic rates of obesity and diabetes are some of the newest pressures facing schools. This investigation is an exploration of physical education teachers' reactions to one school district's attempts to mandate a public health driven…
Descriptors: Health Related Fitness, Urban Schools, Social Problems, Physical Education