ERIC Number: EJ681634
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 18
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 15
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-1881
Exchange of Information about Physical Education to Support the Transition of Pupils from Primary and Secondary School
Capel, Susan; Zwozdiak-Myers, Paula; Lawrence, Julia
Educational Research, v46 n3 p283-300 Win 2004
he transfer of pupils from primary to secondary schools.The purpose of this study was to identify how information about physical education is exchanged between secondary schools and their respective feeder primary schools, what information is exchanged and how this information is used. A secondary purpose was to look at whether there is any relationship between schools engaging in liaison activities and exchanging information about physical education, and between exchanging information and the number of associated secondary schools to which pupils are sent or feeder primary schools from which pupils are received. Questionnaires were sent to 177 secondary and 538 feeder primary schools. Responses from 80 secondary schools and 299 primary schools showed that the highest percentage of teachers exchanged information through written documentation, followed by discussion at cross phase liaison meetings. The type of information exchanged by the highest percentage of teachers was identified as generic information about key stage 2 and 3 of the National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) areas of activity and schemes of work, rather than information about the specific physical education content covered or information about individual pupils, such as levels of attainment or ability. Further, results suggest that information may be used for pastoral purposes and that only a small percentage of teachers used the information exchanged to plan for continuity and progression in the physical education curriculum. There was a significant positive relationship between engagement in liaison activities and information received about the physical education curriculum followed by pupils, but a significant negative relationship for primary teachers between the number of different secondary schools to which pupils' progress and knowledge about the key stage 3 schemes of work that Year 6 pupils will follow in their associated secondary schools. These results are discussed in relation to continuity and progression in physical education in t
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Education, Student Promotion, Secondary Schools, Information Transfer
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Primary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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