PE Flashcards
(109 cards)
What are the key agendas influencing PE?
- sport
- health
- education
What are the 4 drivers of the enacted curriculum?
- situational
- professional
- material
- external
What is curriculum enactment?
dynamic and involves teachers negotiating the complex policy landscape and their own values and beliefs around the purpose of physical education
In Anglophone education what broad aims is PE commonly centered around?
- physical/psychomotor
- cognitive
- affective
- social/socio-moral
Define physical literacy
the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding to value and take responsibility for engagement in physical activities for life
What does STEP stand for?
S - space
T - task
E - equipment
P - people
What are the example for situational drivers?
- demographical, historical and cultural factors shape curriculum thinking and practice within schools
- traditional influences of team sports
- public/private influences the content of the curriculum, valued elements of assessment and status of PE
What are the examples for professional drivers?
- professional development, teacher values and qualifications
- head teachers drive for PE can facilitate the subjects position
- class teachers confidence can influence what and how PE is delivered
- teacher training
What are the examples of material drivers?
- time
- allocation
- facilities
What are the examples of external drivers?
- accountability and performance
- neoliberalism
- SATs, numeracy and literacy testing
Why is PE sometimes critised?
imbalanced curriculum that is dominated by games and an over emphasis on performance outcomes
What are the links between health as an influential agenda and PE?
- have a long standing relationship
- subject has been historically viewed as an appropriate vehicle through which health outcomes can be worked towards
- engagement in PA (lack) is a public health concern
- childhood obesity has been labelled an ‘epidemic’ that needs to be addressed so schools have been sent interventions in PE
- PE is sought to contribute to his agenda but is criticised to due its fitness focus
List the problems that PE are facing?
- marganalised within the curriculum
- competition for curriculum time due to attainment pressures - focus on maths and english instead
- not valued within schools
List the positives of PE within the education as a influential agenda
- claims made about the educative value of PE
- globally researchers and teachers have explored the potential that PE has for learning and development in various domains:
cognitive, affective, social, physical
What is official curricula?
a policy generated by the government
- in which can be enacted by schools and teachers
What are the aims of the NCPE?
- develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
- are physically active for sustained periods of time
- engage in competitive sports and activities
- lead healthy, active lives
What is the attainment targets of NCPE?
by the end of each key stage students are expected to know, apply and understand the matters, skills and processes specified in relevant programme of study
What is holisitic learning?
it is shifting and contested but in anglophone education PE is commonly centered around a number of broad aims
What is the cognitive aim?
- highlighted in order to give PE status
- evidence of ‘academiscisaton’ of PE
- PE in gyms is considered separate and sub-ordinate to learning in classrooms
- in high stakes exams contexts PE is being studied but only rarely experienced
What is the socio-moral aim?
- often assumed that just by playing sport character traits will develop
- need to actively teach with a focus on socio-moral aims in order to effect change
What is affective aim?
- largely related to ‘subjective consciousness’
- has potential to be salient in creating conditions for meaningful PE
What is monism?
when the mind and body are inseparable
What is existentialism?
the value and impact of experiences
What is phenomenology?
experiences shape our unique perspective