TY - JOUR
T1 - Selection of printed curriculum materials in physical education
T2 - recontextualizing pedagogical knowledge
AU - Devís-Devís, J.
AU - Molina-Alventosa, J.
AU - Peiró-Velert, C.
AU - Kirk, D.
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - This paper examines how teachers select printed curriculum materials in PE in Spanish secondary schools through Bernstein’s theory of the pedagogic device. The sample recruited were 310 secondary school PE teachers (210 male and 100 female) belonging to the Valencian community in Spain. The mean age of participants was 37.7 (SD 8.7) and the average of PE teaching years was 11.8 (SD 8.87). Teachers responded individually to an interview-administered questionnaire. Results showed teachers were highly involved in choosing the curriculum materials they use, and a slight predominance for teachers to prepare the PE lesson first and then to choose appropriate materials to develop it. Main selection criteria used by teachers highlighted the importance of materials to be adequate to students. Finally, the results suggest that although teachers contribute to the existence of the Pedagogic Recontextualizing Field, they are influenced by the Official Recontextualizing Field and professional ideologies.
AB - This paper examines how teachers select printed curriculum materials in PE in Spanish secondary schools through Bernstein’s theory of the pedagogic device. The sample recruited were 310 secondary school PE teachers (210 male and 100 female) belonging to the Valencian community in Spain. The mean age of participants was 37.7 (SD 8.7) and the average of PE teaching years was 11.8 (SD 8.87). Teachers responded individually to an interview-administered questionnaire. Results showed teachers were highly involved in choosing the curriculum materials they use, and a slight predominance for teachers to prepare the PE lesson first and then to choose appropriate materials to develop it. Main selection criteria used by teachers highlighted the importance of materials to be adequate to students. Finally, the results suggest that although teachers contribute to the existence of the Pedagogic Recontextualizing Field, they are influenced by the Official Recontextualizing Field and professional ideologies.
KW - curriculum
KW - in-service teachers
KW - printed materials
KW - school knowledge
KW - social construction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960575370&partnerID=40&md5=e65feda8f5a61630174292be4c5ba10e
U2 - 10.1177/1356336X11402263
DO - 10.1177/1356336X11402263
M3 - Article
SN - 1356-336X
VL - 17
SP - 19
EP - 34
JO - European Physical Education Review
JF - European Physical Education Review
IS - 1
ER -