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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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Translating Change into Improved Practice: Analysis of Teachers' Attempts to Generate a New Emerging Pedagogy in Scotland
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Thorburn, Malcolm; Carse, Nicola; Jess, Mike; Atencio, Matthew – European Physical Education Review, 2011
In Scotland, substantial changes in the management of education at national, local authority and school/community levels are afoot. Central to future improvements are how teachers translate curriculum guidelines, with an increased focus on health and wellbeing and holistic learning experiences, into constructivist inclined pedagogical practices.…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Physical Education, Interviews, Educational Change
Articulating a Merleau-Pontian Phenomenology of Physical Education: The Quest for Active Student Engagement and Authentic Assessment in High-Stakes Examination Awards
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Thorburn, Malcolm – European Physical Education Review, 2008
In an earlier paper some of the conceptual and curriculum coherence challenges of linking practically based experiential learning with authentic attainment in high-stakes examination awards in physical education were analysed (Thorburn, 2007). Problems often existed for students in deriving subject knowledge understanding from tasks where there…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Awards, Educational Objectives
The Effects of an Integrated Curriculum Model on Student Learning and Attainment
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Thorburn, Malcolm; Collins, Dave – European Physical Education Review, 2006
In an earlier article, we considered the pedagogy and assessment practices enacted by physical education (PE) teachers when attempting to translate a centrally prescribed rationale into meaningful performance-led teaching within an integrated curriculum--Higher Still Physical Education (HSPE) in Scotland. Through further research this article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Integrated Curriculum, Physical Education, Teacher Effectiveness