Research Impact Summary: In the context of the redevelopment of the primary curriculum and the enactment of the Junior Cycle Framework, this publication explores young people’s voice with regards to their experiences of collective physical […]
Tag: Curriculum Development
Publication: Conceptualising examinable physical education in the Irish context: Leaving Certificate Physical Education
Research Impact Summary: This paper explores the construction of the Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE) specification and specifically, the influence of roles and power-ratios within the group (Physical Education Development Group – PEDG) responsible for such […]
Publication: Original intentions & unintended consequences: the ‘contentious’ role of assessment in the development of Leaving Certificate Physical Education in Ireland
Research Impact Summary: This paper explores how the Leaving Certificate Physical Education (LCPE) specification was constructed. Ten Physical Education Development Group (PEDG) members, who had the responsibility of such construction, were interviewed. This construction process was […]
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