New Publication: Crossing Borders for Transformative Professional Learning About Health and Physical Education Policy

A new publication by Jenna Lorusso and colleagues explores how health and physical education professionals can better understand complex policy processes and develop the skills needed to engage confidently with policy in practice.

Summary

How can health and physical education professionals make sense of complex policy processes and develop policy preparedness?

This new publication showcases an application of the Policy Process Case Method (PPCM), a recent innovation that engages professionals across roles and geographical borders to transform challenging policy experiences into practical insights through sustained reflexive dialogue and policy theory.

Drawing on a 1.5-year PPCM investigation, the authors reveal key lessons about navigating the messy realities of policy work, communicating effectively in policy contexts, and building policy preparedness (i.e., awareness, knowledge, know-how, motivation and confidence) through border-crossing, policy-focused professional learning.

Congratulations to Jenna Lorusso and her co-authors on this valuable contribution to professional learning, health and physical education, and policy research.

Citation

Lorusso, J. R., Baker, K., Clark, C., Jafar, M., Scanlon, D., Alfrey, L., & Aldous, D. (2026). Crossing borders for transformative professional learning about health and physical education policy through the Policy Process Case Method. Sport, Education and Society, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2026.2689079

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13573322.2026.2689079#abstract