Reconceptualizing Physical Education

This book proposes a conceptual framework to focus on the life journey of physical activity, which is guided by the monist perspective and a lifelong approach to physical literacy. Section 1 lays out theoretical articulation for a two-dimensional framework. Section 2 presents curriculum frameworks for primary and secondary schools.

Ang Chen is professor of kinesiology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States. His research focuses on children's and adolescents' learning, motivation, physical activity behavior in K-12 school physical education, and beyond. His expertise also includes physical literacy, physical skill assessment, program evaluation, and research methods.

Section I: Physical Education, Physical Literacy, and the Need for a Reconceptualization 1. Physical Education in Transition 2. Perspectives on the Physical Education Curriculum 3. Operationalizing Physical Literacy 4. Physical Literacy and the Marginalized Physical Education 5. Conceptualizing the Transformative Curriculum Section II: A Transformative Curriculum Framework 6. Starting the Physical Literacy Journey: The Elementary Curriculum (Part 1) 7. Accelerating the Physical Literacy Journey: The Elementary Curriculum (Part 2) 8. Sustaining the Physical Literacy Journey: The Secondary Curriculum (Part 1) 9: Autopiloting the Physical Literacy Journey: The Secondary Curriculum (Part 2) 10. Learning Assessment 11. Supporting Research Evidence 12. The Future is Now