In 2021 we took the opportunity to connect with and listen to the perspectives of a range of educators, teacher educators and researchers around the policy and practice of physical education in a selection of countries from around the globe.
Access each blog via the hyperlinks below:
- England
- New Zealand
- Canada
- Norway
- USA
- India
- Scotland
- Turkey
- Wales (coming soon)
- Australia (coming soon)
This quest to find out more about what PE looks like in different countries and different context in the hope that it can help inform ‘world leading physical education’ in your context was kickstarted by some rich conversations I had during the Spring of 2020 (A.K.A coronavirus lockdown 1). If you would like to watch these original interviews that I conducted and shared via the Youth Sport Trust then head to this vimeo playlist page. I recommend watching video 010 – Global PE Perspectives Interview Highlights first as that is a highlight reel with snippets from the 9 interviews.
Here is a little summary of the PEople and places that feature in those interviews.
We would love to add to this database of perspectives, please do get in touch if you would like to add to the collection.
[…] If you are looking to create a ‘world leading’ PE curriculum offer for your school then I would encourage you to consider cherry picking some of the best features from different curricula from around the world that can be applied within the constraints of compliance. In 2021 I took the opportunity to discuss and capture insight around PE policy and practice from a range of different countries – access our blog series on ‘Global Perspectives of PE Policy and Practice’ here. […]