Physical Education in the UK: Exploring provisions across the four home nations
This blog, the first in the EERA-funded seminar series on Physical Education Curriculum Learning across European Borders, explores PE curricula across the UK’s four home nations — Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Introducing a new series: Exploring Physical Education curriculum across European borders
Physical education has long been criticised for being narrow and exclusionary — but what happens when researchers and teachers from across Europe come together to question it? A new EERA-funded seminar series is doing just that, creating a space for cross-border dialogue to critically examine PE curricula and co-create more inclusive approaches to the subject.
How Design Thinking in Education can Help During COVID-19
In April 2020, Dr Fiona Chambers, a Senior Lecturer in PE and Sport Pedagogy at University College Cork in Ireland, drew an idea on the back of an envelope. She envisioned a plan to kickstart sport and physical activity during and beyond the pandemic, using the principle of Design Thinking in Education. This idea has become the first Global Design Challenge for Sport and Physical Activity. Here she tells us the reason behind this challenge and how she went about organising it.
The Challenges and Opportunities of Physical Education within the Context of Health and Wellbeing
During the #ReconnectingEERA online conference, a symposium was held to showcase just some of the excellent Physical Education research that is currently being carried out in Scotland. The symposium was organised in collaboration with SERA and their PE network (ScotPERN) in order to build capacity, share ideas and facilitate conversations. Dr Shirley Gray and Dr Rachel Sandford provide an overview of the online symposium, reflect on the discussion generated and consider implications for future research agendas.