Primary physical education specialists and their perceived role in the explicit/implicit delivery of health education
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Article Title | Primary physical education specialists and their perceived role in the explicit/implicit delivery of health education |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | Chong, Melisa (Author), McCuaig, Louise (Author) and Rossi, Tony (Author) |
Journal Title | Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education |
Journal Citation | 9 (2), pp. 189-204 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2018 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2018.1452163 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/25742981.2018.1452163 |
Abstract | Children’s health and wellbeing are crucial to a prosperous Australia and are at the centre of health-related policy-making. Schools are considered as ideal sites to promote health and wellbeing and thus some of the responsibility of children’s health and wellbeing has been assumed by schools beyond the obligations of the health and physical education curriculum. Notwithstanding the importance attached to schooling as a key mechanism for enhancing and maintaining positive health and wellbeing, there is little research exploring the extent to which primary physical education (PE) specialists (such as in Queensland) currently undertake health work. This paper is to provide an insight into the health work currently undertaken by Queensland primary school PE specialists. Utilising a grounded theory approach, this study examines PE specialists’ roles as health workers and their engagement in the explicit/implicit delivery of health education in primary schools. The study adds to the evidence of the public health role played by PE teachers beyond simple motor skill development and exercise. Four categories of health work were identified from the data, these are: curriculum work, curriculum related work, policy work, and health related caring teaching. This research was undertaken as part of a higher degree by research program. |
Keywords | health and physical education, health education, grounded theory, primary physical education specialist |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390111. Physical education and development curriculum and pedagogy |
390304. Primary education | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
University of Queensland | |
Western Sydney University | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4q1w/primary-physical-education-specialists-and-their-perceived-role-in-the-explicit-implicit-delivery-of-health-education
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