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Thorburn, Malcolm – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2021
This paper critically considers the pragmatic and phenomenological-informed conceptual possibilities for increasing meaningfulness in physical education via a greater emphasis on embodied subjectivity. The paper begins by considering why greater conceptual clarity is needed in this area and then focuses on why the centrality of lived-body…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Learning Experience, Human Body, Progressive Education
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Thorburn, Malcolm – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
In the broad area of moral philosophy, critiques of well-being values have notably increased since the 1980's. Often underpinning analysis are contrasting theories of well-being, e.g. subjective constructs that value highly reflections on personal experiences and individual fulfillment, and objective theories that emphasise more through specific…
Descriptors: Well Being, Values, Holistic Approach, Values Education
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Thorburn, Malcolm; Allison, Peter – Curriculum Journal, 2010
New devolutionary powers for education have been enthusiastically seized on by politicians and policy-makers alike to promote a more integrated and holistic form of education in Scotland. This period of curriculum renewal offers the prospect of increased levels of outdoor education; however, to date there is a lack of a clearly agreed rationale…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Learning Experience