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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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Health and Physical Education in Aotearoa New Zealand: An Open Market and Open Doors?
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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
Enabling or Limiting: The Role of Pre-Packaged Curriculum Resources in Shaping Teacher Learning
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Petrie, Kirsten – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2012
Pre-packaged curriculum resources that are purportedly designed to support teachers to deliver physical education in primary school settings have become prolific internationally. While both teachers and teacher educators use curriculum resources extensively, there has been little exploration into the effectiveness of resources in supporting…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Elementary Education, Educational Resources, Physical Education Teachers