Contemporary benefits, issues and challenges primary teachers face when teaching Physical Education

Andrew Bennie; Ben Still

Contemporary benefits, issues and challenges primary teachers face when teaching Physical Education

School of Health Sciences

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This paper outlines contemporary benefits, issues and challenges generalist primary teachers face when teaching Physical Education (PE). It is based on research with five Sydney-based New South Wales Department of Education and Training (NSW DET) primary school teachers. The study utilised semi-structured interviews to collect data enabling the participants to detail their understanding of the issues and challenges they face when teaching PE. Data analysis identified six major categories including (1) School Environment, (2) School Personnel, (3) Needs of a Generalist Teacher, (4) Social Influences on PE, (5) Purpose of PE and, (6) Importance of PE that are discussed in this paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Moving, Learning & Achieving: Edited Proceedings of the the 27th ACHPER International Conference, Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia, 18-20 April 2011
Publisher	ACHPER National
Pages	160-169
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9780987110916
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	ACHPER International Conference - Duration: 18 Apr 2011 → …

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Conference	ACHPER International Conference
Period	18/04/11 → …

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Contemporary benefits, issues and challenges primary teachers face when teaching Physical Education. / Bennie, Andrew; Still, Ben.
Moving, Learning & Achieving: Edited Proceedings of the the 27th ACHPER International Conference, Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia, 18-20 April 2011. ACHPER National, 2011. p. 160-169.

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