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I think it's a good idea, I just don't know how to do it : the struggle for PE reform in China

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posted on 2010-01-01, 00:00 authored by Chris HickeyChris Hickey, A Jin
Among the many changes occurring across Chinese society in the early phase of Y2K is the construction and implementation of a new physical education (PE) curriculum. Not unlike recent changes in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, this process has seen a heightening of the emphasis on health. Presented within a wider framework for making the school curriculum more relevant, PE is more closely aligned with China’s emerging population health concerns around lifestyle practices of its youth. Foremost here are burgeoning social anxieties about decreased levels of physical activity, poor dietary practices, risk-taking tendencies, and a general shift in focus from ideology to skills.

This paper reports on a study undertaken to explore the perceptions of Chinese PE teachers and their engagement with the new PE & Health curriculum. The data reveals a number of structural, personal and cultural factors that work against PE teachers taking up the opportunities presented in the new curriculum. Prominent here are; low professional status, lack of resources, lack of training and the grip of deeply rooted cultural values.

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Journal

Asia-Pacific journal of health, sport and physical education

Volume

1

Issue

1

Pagination

19 - 26

Publisher

Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation

Location

Hindmarsh, S. Aust.

ISSN

1837-7122

eISSN

1837-7130

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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