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Moving primary physical education forward: start at the beginning

Jess, Mike
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McEvilly, Nollaig
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Carse, Nicola
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The University of Edinburgh; University of Chester; The University of Edinburgh
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2016-03-07
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This paper presents selected findings from a questionnaire completed by 509 primary school teachers in Scotland. Drawing on policy enactment theory, the paper focusses on teachers’ personal experiences of physical education and perceptions of the importance of physical education in their schools. More than half (56%) reported that physical education was either ‘very important’ or ‘important’, while almost 40% perceived it to be of ‘limited’ or ‘very limited importance’. ‘Staff’, ‘time’ and ‘subject status’ were the main themes they drew on to explain their responses. Our findings highlight the diverse nature of the physical education professional cultures in Scottish primary schools. From this, we propose that future initiatives to support change in primary physical education should, as a starting point, acknowledge these diverse professional cultures and move beyond the simplistic one-size-fits-all change projects that have been shown to have limited impact on practice.
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Jess, M., McEvilly, N., & Carse, N.(2016). Moving primary physical education forward: Start at the beginning. Education 3-13, 45(5), 645-657. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2016.1155072
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Taylor & Francis
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Education 3-13
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http://hdl.handle.net/10034/597198
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10.1080/03004279.2016.1155072
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en
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal Title on publication date, available online: doi 10.1080/03004279.2016.1155072
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education on 07/03/2016, available online: DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2016.1155072
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0300-4279
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1475-7575
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This research was conducted as part of the Scottish Primary Physical Education Project, funded by the Scottish Government.
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03004279.2016.1155072