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Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment: Three message systems of schooling and dimensions of quality physical education
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Penney, D and Brooker, R and Hay, P and Gillespie, L, Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment: Three message systems of schooling and dimensions of quality physical education, Sport Education and Society, 14, (4) pp. 421-442. ISSN 1357-3322 (2009) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1080/13573320903217125
Abstract
This paper identifies 'quality' as an internationally relevant concept to be problematised in contemporary debates about physical education (PE). Drawing on the conceptualisation of curriculum by B. Bernstein in 1977, pedagogy and assessment as three inter-related message systems of schooling, the paper presents and explores curriculum, pedagogy and assessment as three fundamental dimensions of 'quality PE'. Discussion addresses what quality in each dimension may mean in PE, and demand in practice. Contemporary initiatives in Australia and New Zealand provide a reference point for exploring the prospective application of quality conceptualised in terms of the three inter-related dimensions. Attention is drawn to frameworks in mainstream education that may be utilised in endeavours to critically review current practices, and inform developments directed towards achieving quality in PE. It is argued that achieving quality in PE requires that quality is pursued and demonstrated within and across curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, and that meanings of quality always need to be contextualised in cultural, social and institutional terms.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Quality physical education; Curriculum; Pedagogy; Assessment; Productive pedagogies |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
Research Field: | Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
Objective Field: | Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum |
UTAS Author: | Penney, D (Professor Dawn Penney) |
ID Code: | 61758 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 94 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2010-03-05 |
Last Modified: | 2010-05-13 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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