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Lambert, Karen; Penney, Dawn – Research Papers in Education, 2023
Politics and pragmatics are central and inseparable features of curriculum reform. In a federated system like Australia, many individuals and organisations are invested in reform at the national and jurisdictional level. This paper focuses on the policy work and roles of key actors positioned at the interface of national and state-based curriculum…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Politics of Education, Foreign Countries
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Scott, Joseph J.; Hill, Susan; Barwood, Donna; Penney, Dawn – European Physical Education Review, 2021
Sport Australia released the Australian Physical Literacy Framework (APLF) in 2019 to advance a national agenda for physical literacy (PL) and specifically, clarify and promote the development of PL in Australian sport and education sectors. For teachers, this policy initiative followed a period of curriculum development guided by the Australian…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Educational Policy, Literacy, Guidelines
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Aldous, David; Evans, Victoria; Penney, Dawn – Curriculum Journal, 2022
This paper reports on research that explored the experiences of secondary Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) professionals' simultaneous negotiation and implementation of the new Curriculum for Wales (CfW) Health and Well-Being (HWB) Area of Learning and Experience (AoLE) and policies focused on the transformation of Initial Teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Physical Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Penney, Dawn – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
This paper uses Ball's [1998. Big policies/small world: An introduction to international perspectives in education policy. "Comparative Education," 34(2), 119-130] policy analysis and Bernstein's [1990. "The structuring of pedagogic discourse. Volume IV class, codes and control". London: Routledge; 2000, "Pedagogy,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Correlation
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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
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Penney, Dawn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2010
This paper explores contemporary Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum in Australia in the context of the ongoing development of a new national curriculum. Drawing on policy documents and academic commentaries it reviews and problematises the current position and prospective development of HPE in the Australian Curriculum, examining key…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Physical Education, Foreign Countries
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Penney, Dawn; Houlihan, Barrie – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2003
This paper argues that the development and growth in numbers of Specialist Schools in England raises a number of key questions about the relationships between higher education institutions (HEIs) involved in initial teacher training (ITT) and continuing professional development (CPD) work, and schools now designated as Specialist Schools. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Specialists, Partnerships in Education