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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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A Crack Where the Light Gets In: A Study of Health and Physical Education Teachers' Perspectives on Fitness Testing as a Context for Learning about Health
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Alfrey, Laura; Gard, Michael – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2014
Despite extensive critique, the teaching of Health and Physical Education (HPE) continues to be characterised by individualised and performative ideologies which are reflected in part by a continued focus upon fitness testing. There has been little attempt, however, to explore Australian HPE teachers' thoughts and reasoning for its privileged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Health Education
Health Literacy and the Australian Curriculum for Health and Physical Education: A Marriage of Convenience or a Process of Empowerment?
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Alfrey, Laura; Brown, Trent D. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2013
The concept of "health literacy" is becoming increasingly prominent internationally, and it has been identified as one of the five key propositions that underpin the forthcoming Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education (ACHPE). The ACHPE is one of few national curricula to explicitly refer to health literacy, identifying it…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Health Materials, Curriculum Design