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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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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
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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
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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
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Usher, Wayne – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2012
Stemming from the social media (Web 2.0) phenomenon, this paper will discuss how such modern communication technologies have inadvertently caused a paradigm shift throughout the Australian school health education landscape. Furthermore, attention will be directed towards investigating the ensuing challenges, potentials and transformations…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Information Retrieval, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum
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Dyson, Ben; Gordon, Barrie; Cowan, Jackie – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2011
Physical education has historically held an important place as an identified learning area within the wider New Zealand curriculum. While consistently present, the way that physical education has been conceptualised and implemented has evolved and changed over time. This paper considers the changes that have occurred in the teaching of physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Change Strategies, Educational Change
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Smith, Wayne; Philpot, Rod – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2011
Health and physical education teacher education (HPETE) in New Zealand has been subjected to numerous external influences and change elements in recent years. This article reflects on the impact of these influences on HPETE in our higher education institutions since the introduction of a new curriculum framework in 1993. The 1993 curriculum…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Physical Education, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
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Hickey, Christopher; Jin, Aijing – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2010
Among the many changes occurring across Chinese society in the early phase of Y2K is the construction and implementation of a new physical education (PE) curriculum. Not unlike recent changes in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, this process has seen a heightening of the emphasis on health. Presented within a wider framework for making the school…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Ovens, Alan – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2010
The launch of New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007) brings into question the future of the reforms introduced in the 1999 curriculum, Health and Physical Education in the New Zealand National Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 1999). The aim of this paper is to critique recent physical education curriculum policy in New Zealand and…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change