School Physical Education and Teacher Education: Collaborative Redesign for the 21st Century

This book explores how physical education and physical education teacher education can be reconfigured to respond to changes in the global society, emphasizing international-comparative analyses, solid partnerships, and knowledge-generating teams to achieve improved, equitable outcomes for children and youth.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 13 December 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Setting a common international agenda for physical education, this book explores how physical education and physical education teacher education can be reconfigured together to respond to the changing dynamics of today's fast-paced, diverse, and uncertain global society. It argues that a revolutionary shift away from national policy silos is necessary to reinvigorate physical education and achieve improved, equitable outcomes for children and youth, both novice and veteran teachers. Drawing on developing success stories from diverse places, the book emphasizes three critical strategies: international-comparative analyses, which facilitate cross-border knowledge generation, innovation, professional learning, and continuous improvement; solid, dynamic partnerships between teacher education programs and exemplary school physical education programs; and knowledge-generating teams consisting of exemplary teachers and teacher educators.

Each chapter offers viable alternatives and rationales framed by unique national and local contexts. Importantly, these chapters announce that the work ahead is a collective action project that requires collaborative research and development among policy leaders, researchers, teacher education specialists, physical education teachers, and, in some cases, school-age students. This book is essential reading for all researchers with an interest in physical education or teacher education, and an invaluable source of new perspectives for physical education students, pre-service and in-service teachers, and educational administrators and policymakers.

Weight: 334g
Dimension: 154 x 233 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032238760