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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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Petrie, Kirsten; Penney, Dawn; Fellows, Sam – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2014
Internationally, recent research has indicated that the health and physical education (HPE) curriculum has become at least to some extent "an open market", with rapid growth in the number of external providers and diversity of resources targeted towards schools and teachers. This research acknowledges that the programmes and instruction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Physical Education, Outsourcing
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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
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Mainsbridge, Casey; Swabey, Karen; Fraser, Sharon; Penney, Dawn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2014
This paper directs attention towards the plethora of ongoing health and well-being initiatives that seek to address young people's participation in physical activity and that are underpinned by interests in youth health. Focusing on contemporary developments in the state of Tasmania and throughout Australia, the paper examines these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activities, Health Related Fitness, Well Being
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Ang, Swee Chong; Penney, Dawn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2013
Competition is an integral aspect of many physical education lessons, and one of the central characteristics of units and lessons adopting the Sport Education model. Pedagogy has a key, yet under-researched, role to play in supporting students to develop social and emotional skills that will enable them to cope with situations in which they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Penney, Dawn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2013
This paper draws on concepts from contemporary education policy sociology to explore the prospective interpretation, contextualisation and enactment of Health and Physical Education in the Australian Curriculum. Analysis examines the dynamic between characteristics of official texts and the contexts in which responses will be made. The paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Health Education, Educational Policy
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Penney, Dawn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2010
This paper explores contemporary Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum in Australia in the context of the ongoing development of a new national curriculum. Drawing on policy documents and academic commentaries it reviews and problematises the current position and prospective development of HPE in the Australian Curriculum, examining key…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Physical Education, Foreign Countries