Global to Local Tensions in the Production and Enactment of Physical Education Curriculum Policy Reforms

This paper discusses the findings of a study on the production and enactment of physical education (PE) curriculum policy reforms in an Australian context. Over a decade, significant senior school reforms in Western Australia (WA) interacted with the introduction of an Australian Curriculum that ren...

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Published in:	Curriculum studies in health and physical education Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 141 - 155
Main Authors:	Paveling, Barry, Vidovich, Lesley, Oakley, Grace
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Routledge 04-05-2019
Subjects:	Accountability Agenda Setting Catholic Schools Competition Curriculum Development Educational Objectives Educational Policy Equal Education Foreign Countries Global Approach High Stakes Tests Ideology Local Government National Curriculum Neoliberalism Physical Education Policy Formation Power Structure Private Schools Public Schools Secondary School Teachers State Government Stress Variables Australia
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Summary:	This paper discusses the findings of a study on the production and enactment of physical education (PE) curriculum policy reforms in an Australian context. Over a decade, significant senior school reforms in Western Australia (WA) interacted with the introduction of an Australian Curriculum that rendered curriculum development dynamic and complex. A 'policy trajectory' was used to frame data collection and analysis from which a series of tensions was identified as having impacted on curriculum policy enactment in schools. These tensions, arguably, contributed to a growing loss of equity, which may have longer-term implications for future PE curriculum policy development.
ISSN:	2574-2981
DOI:	10.1080/25742981.2019.1583066