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Physical education, sporting excellence and educational excellence
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-16, 20:34 authored by Penney, DThis paper explores the relationship between excellence in the context of physical education (and the National Curriculum for Physical Education (NCPE) in England, in particular) and excellence in sport. The ways in which progression and excellence are defined in the ‘official texts’ of the NCPE are examined. It is argued that discourses of performance in sport strongly ‘frame’ these definitions, while the notion of educational excellence remains apparently underdeveloped in the context of physical education. The processes of policy development, the structure of curricula and the histories (personal and collective) of the subject and profession are identified as critical influences (and origins of strong discursive frames) that collectively reinforce a direct association between excellence in physical education and excellence in sport. Parallel texts, associated with another subject (music), are examined to highlight possibilities for the development of alternative understandings and definitions of achievement and excellence in physical education, informed by and privileging educational discourses. © 2000, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
History
Publication title
European Physical Education ReviewVolume
6Pagination
135-150ISSN
1356-336XDepartment/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
SagePlace of publication
UKRepository Status
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