Examination Physical Education

In recent decades physical education has moved from the margins, redefining itself as an academic subject. This book is the first to explore the growing international literature on examination physical education, drawing on the latest research to extend the political, academic and professional debates around the subject.

Trent D. Brown is a Senior Lecturer in Physical Education in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. His work to date has focussed on curriculum and pedagogy in physical education, most particularly in Senior Secondary Physical Education. He was made a Fellow of the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) in 2014 for his scholarly and professional contribution over the past 20 years Dawn Penney is a Professorial Research Fellow within the School of Education at Edith Cowan University, Australia, and an Adjunct Professor of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Dawn is recognised as a world leader in the policy, practice and curriculum development in Health and Physical Education

Introduction Part I: Introduction to Examination Physical Education: Policy, Practice and Possibilities 1. Foundations for investigating policy, practice and possibilities 2. Key concepts of examination and senior secondary physical education Part II: Policy and Practices in Examination Physical Education 3. Curriculum development in examination and senior secondary physical education 4. Pedagogical practices in examination physical education 5. Assessment in examination and senior secondary physical education Part III: Possibilities for Examination Physical Education Preface to Chapters 6, 7 and 8 6. Curriculum possibilities in examination and senior secondary physical education 7. Pedagogical possibilities in examination and senior secondary physical education 8. Assessment possibilities in examination and senior secondary physical education Part IV: Policy, Practice and Possibilities: Future Directions? 9. PETE, professional learning and examination and senior secondary physical education 10. Conclusion