Examination Physical Education : Policy, Practice and Possibilities

In recent decades physical education has moved from the margins, redefining itself as an academic subject. An important component of this transformation has been the introduction of high-stakes examinations at key points in a student’s school career and the emergence of ‘examination physical education’ as the dominant paradigm in many educational systems around the world.

This book is the first to explore the growing international literature on examination physical education and draw on research to extend the political, academic and professional debates around the subject to explore its limitations and possibilities. Addressing key topics such as curriculum development, assessment methods, and teacher education, it seeks to assess how our existing knowledge of examination physical education can be best translated into pedagogical practice in the classroom. Complementing other texts in the Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport Series, it makes an original and informed contribution to current discussions of physical education.

Examination Physical Education: Policy, Practice and Possibilities is important reading for any student, researcher or teacher educator with an interest in physical education, sports pedagogy and education policy.

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