HPE: navigating the chasm of policy, practice and management to enact the intended curriculum and meet the needs of the twenty-first century learners

HPE: navigating the chasm of policy, practice and management to enact the intended curriculum and meet the needs of the twenty-first century learners

The learning area of Health and Physical Education (HPE) is marginalised and compromised through policies that result in low numbers of HPE specialists being employed in schools, particularly primary schools; negative perceptions and misconceptions about the learning area; lack of professional respect and professional development and misguided pedagogy that fails to engage the 21st Century learner. This qualitative research examines the policy, practices and management barriers to Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum delivery. It examines the disconnect between the intended curriculum and implementation and enactment of the curriculum in schools, and education authority directives identifying HPE as a learning entitlement for all Australian children.

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Paper originally presented at 29th Australian Council of Health Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) International Conference 2015, 13-15 April 2015 (Record #27702).