ERIC Number: EJ1294004
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-May
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1356-336X
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Artefacts and Influence in Curriculum Policy Enactment: Processes, Products and Policy Work in Curriculum Reform
European Physical Education Review, v27 n2 p258-277 May 2021
Artefacts are an important part of policy work, and a means of representation, translation, re-negotiation, and resistance of policy. While research has established their integral role in policy enactment, little research has examined the production and/or dissemination of artefacts by teacher educators. This paper reports and analyses the production and re-production of a specific set of artefacts, arising from the policy work of four teacher educators seeking to influence the interpretation and enactment of the Australian Curriculum in Health and Physical Education (AC HPE). Analysis and discussion pursue: the rationale for producing a set of artefacts focusing on a particular feature of the AC HPE; the processes of artefact production; actions designed to activate and re-present the artefacts; and emerging evidence of uptake and impact. The relationship of artefacts to policy work is shown to be strategically significant for teacher educators, teachers and others invested in new curriculum developments, and is characterised as both fluid and generative. We argue that artefacts have important performative policy potential and play a key role in supporting and shaping curriculum policy enactment.
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Policy, Teacher Educators, National Curriculum, Health Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Teacher Education Programs, Physical Education Teachers, Discourse Analysis, Teacher Workshops, Conferences (Gatherings), Policy Formation, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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