Joan Marian Fry
Biographic Data
| ID | 6685669 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan Marian Fry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan Marian |
| FAMILY NAME | Fry |
| SIGNATURE | FRY J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanyang Technological University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Muslim women and sport
Muslim women and sport Tansin Benn, Gertrud Pfister & Haifa Jawad (Eds), 2011 London, Routledge £80.00, 278 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-49076-4 (hbk); ISBN 978-0-203-88063-0 (ebk) With the negative western
In the Nation’s good’
Since independence in 1965, education and sport have been instrumental in Singapore’s nation building, with a rapid rise in education and economic status. This article examines the roles of physical education and school sport in the local context and makes comparison with global themes ( instrumentality and marginality). It is argued that current roles in fitness development and social unification were established in early survival- and developme…
Physical Education and Health in Singapore Schools
As a school subject, physical education (PE) in Singapore took on its own shape with the introduction of a conceptual games teaching approach in response to the national government's ‘Thinking Schools, Learning Nation’ policy of the late 1990s. With the recent media attention on hosting two main international events (Asian Youth Games and the inaugural Youth Olympic Games), aspects of PE as a school subject have been scrutinised. Particularly, th…
The tactical approach to teaching games from teaching, learning and mentoring perspectives
This study examined the teaching of games via a tactical approach (also known as teaching games for understanding) from the theoretical perspective of social constructivism. A pilot study (of student teachers (STs) and pupils) informed the ‘main’ study which included collecting data on 49 STs, 58 cooperating teachers (CTs) and 1177 pupils. ST data were collected through videotaping (lessons), interviews and questionnaires; CT data through intervi…
The Games Concept Approach (GCA) as a mandated practice
This paper reports on the views of Singaporean teachers of a mandated curriculum innovation aimed at changing the nature of games pedagogy within the physical education curriculum framework in Singapore. Since its first appearance over 20 years ago, Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), as an approach to games pedagogy has gathered support around the world. Through a process of evolution TGfU now has many guises and one of the latest of these …
In the local context’
This is an investigation of ‘situated learning’ among Singaporean physical education student teachers (STs) (n=11) who used a games concept approach (GCA) on their practicum in primary schools. Introduced to the physical education curriculum as part of a revised, mandated national syllabus, the GCA was reportedly having little impact ‘in the local context’ where PE had marginal status. Investigated were the extent to which the student teachers we…
Dealing with the Powers that Be
This study drew on the life history approach, specifically life story through interview, to examine a bellwether case of an experienced teacher implementing a new senior high school subject in the area of physical and health education. Discussions with the teacher focussed on power relations at her school as they affected and were affected by the implementation process. Two theoretical approaches were used to analyse the data. First, Ball's micro…
The Games Concept Approach (GCA) as a mandated practice
This paper reports on the views of Singaporean teachers of a mandated curriculum innovation aimed at changing the nature of games pedagogy within the physical education curriculum framework in Singapore. Since its first appearance over 20 years ago, Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), as an approach to games pedagogy has gathered support around the world. Through a process of evolution TGfU now has many guises and one of the latest of these …
In the local context’
This is an investigation of ‘situated learning’ among Singaporean physical education student teachers (STs) (n=11) who used a games concept approach (GCA) on their practicum in primary schools. Introduced to the physical education curriculum as part of a revised, mandated national syllabus, the GCA was reportedly having little impact ‘in the local context’ where PE had marginal status. Investigated were the extent to which the student teachers we…
The tactical approach to teaching games from teaching, learning and mentoring perspectives
This study examined the teaching of games via a tactical approach (also known as teaching games for understanding) from the theoretical perspective of social constructivism. A pilot study (of student teachers (STs) and pupils) informed the ‘main’ study which included collecting data on 49 STs, 58 cooperating teachers (CTs) and 1177 pupils. ST data were collected through videotaping (lessons), interviews and questionnaires; CT data through intervi…
Dealing with the Powers that Be
This study drew on the life history approach, specifically life story through interview, to examine a bellwether case of an experienced teacher implementing a new senior high school subject in the area of physical and health education. Discussions with the teacher focussed on power relations at her school as they affected and were affected by the implementation process. Two theoretical approaches were used to analyse the data. First, Ball's micro…
In the local context’
This is an investigation of ‘situated learning’ among Singaporean physical education student teachers (STs) (n=11) who used a games concept approach (GCA) on their practicum in primary schools. Introduced to the physical education curriculum as part of a revised, mandated national syllabus, the GCA was reportedly having little impact ‘in the local context’ where PE had marginal status. Investigated were the extent to which the student teachers we…
The Games Concept Approach (GCA) as a mandated practice
This paper reports on the views of Singaporean teachers of a mandated curriculum innovation aimed at changing the nature of games pedagogy within the physical education curriculum framework in Singapore. Since its first appearance over 20 years ago, Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), as an approach to games pedagogy has gathered support around the world. Through a process of evolution TGfU now has many guises and one of the latest of these …
The tactical approach to teaching games from teaching, learning and mentoring perspectives
This study examined the teaching of games via a tactical approach (also known as teaching games for understanding) from the theoretical perspective of social constructivism. A pilot study (of student teachers (STs) and pupils) informed the ‘main’ study which included collecting data on 49 STs, 58 cooperating teachers (CTs) and 1177 pupils. ST data were collected through videotaping (lessons), interviews and questionnaires; CT data through intervi…
Physical Education and Health in Singapore Schools
As a school subject, physical education (PE) in Singapore took on its own shape with the introduction of a conceptual games teaching approach in response to the national government's ‘Thinking Schools, Learning Nation’ policy of the late 1990s. With the recent media attention on hosting two main international events (Asian Youth Games and the inaugural Youth Olympic Games), aspects of PE as a school subject have been scrutinised. Particularly, th…
Muslim women and sport
Muslim women and sport Tansin Benn, Gertrud Pfister & Haifa Jawad (Eds), 2011 London, Routledge £80.00, 278 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-49076-4 (hbk); ISBN 978-0-203-88063-0 (ebk) With the negative western
In the Nation’s good’
Since independence in 1965, education and sport have been instrumental in Singapore’s nation building, with a rapid rise in education and economic status. This article examines the roles of physical education and school sport in the local context and makes comparison with global themes ( instrumentality and marginality). It is argued that current roles in fitness development and social unification were established in early survival- and developme…
Pedagogy (6 works) · Physical Education and Pedagogy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (4 works) · Curriculum (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works)