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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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Curriculum Reform in 3D: A Panel of Experts Discuss the New HPE Curriculum in Australia
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Hickey, Chris; Kirk, David; Macdonald, Doune; Penney, Dawn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2014
This paper was developed at the request of the Organising Committee for the 27th Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation International Conference, in Melbourne, 2013. Its genesis was as a feature forum, wherein a panel of curriculum experts were bought together to discuss the emergence of the Australian Health and Physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Health Education
Active Kids Active Minds: A Physical Activity Intervention to Promote Learning?
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lisahunter; Abbott, Rebecca; Macdonald, Doune; Ziviani, Jennifer; Cuskelly, Monica – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2014
This study assessed the feasibility and impact of introducing a programme of an additional 30 minutes per day of moderate physical activity within curriculum time on learning and readiness to learn in a large elementary school in south-east Queensland, Australia. The programme, Active Kids Active Minds (AKAM), involved Year 5 students (n = 107),…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
Enacting Critical Health Literacy in the Australian Secondary School Curriculum: The Possibilities Posed by e-Health
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McCuaig, Louise; Carroll, Kristie; Macdonald, Doune – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2014
The teaching of health literacy in school-based health education (SBHE) is of international interest, yet there is less ready access to how conceptions of health literacy can be operationalised in school programmes. More specifically, while articulated in curriculum documents such as the incoming Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Health Materials, Secondary School Curriculum
The New Australian Health and Physical Education Curriculum: A Case of/for Gradualism in Curriculum Reform?
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Macdonald, Doune – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2013
In March 2012, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) released for public consultation the Shape Paper for the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education (HPE) that was finalized for publication in August 2012. This paper set out the key propositions for a "futures-oriented" curriculum suggesting…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Curriculum Development, Health Education, Educational Change
A Salutogenic, Strengths-Based Approach as a Theory to Guide HPE Curriculum Change
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McCuaig, Louise; Quennerstedt, Mikael; Macdonald, Doune – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2013
The draft Australian Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2012c) takes a strengths-based approach that emphasizes questions such as "What keeps me healthy and active?" rather than "What risks, diseases and behaviours should I learn to avoid?". This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Information Literacy, Health Materials
Challenging Stereotypes: Muslim Girls Talk about Physical Activity, Physical Education and Sport
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Knez, Kelly; Macdonald, Doune; Abbott, Rebecca – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2012
Often labelled as "problematic" within health and physical education (HPE) and sporting literature, young Muslim women's participation is frequently understood through both cultural and religious limitations seen to be placed upon them. Although these factors are negotiated by many young Muslim women, and contribute to the way in which some will…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reputation, Team Sports, Muslims