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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ID16855825
AuthorsChristopher Hickey (Deakin University, corresponding author), Aijing Jin (0000-0002-9242-1747, Federation University)
Year2010
Volume1
Issue1
Pages19-26
Publication date2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsia-Pacific Journal of Health Sport and Physical Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1837-7122 • E-ISSN: 1837-7130
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/18377122.2010.9730322
OpenAlexW2013253318
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

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 value

China · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Education Systems and Policy · Law

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