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Direct linkRossi, Tony; Pavey, Amanda; Macdonald, Doune; McCuaig, Louise – British Educational Research Journal, 2016
With increasing cross-sectoral relationships and partnerships and the blurring of the boundaries of the various service sectors, the membrane that is assumed to separate education and health in terms of young people's wellbeing looks thinner than ever. In this project we are concerned to know what teachers do in terms of young people's health, how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Educational Practices, Health Promotion
Macdonald, Doune – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2013
In March 2012, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) released for public consultation the Shape Paper for the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education (HPE) that was finalized for publication in August 2012. This paper set out the key propositions for a "futures-oriented" curriculum suggesting…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Curriculum Development, Health Education, Educational Change
Leow, Anthony Chee Siong; Macdonald, Doune; Hay, Peter; McCuaig, Louise – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
While grappling with their traditional core business of imbuing students with official curricular knowledge, schools have simultaneously, increasing demands to take on health promotion responsibilities. This paper examines the mandated implementation of the Eat Well Be Active (EWBA) Action Plan and its subsidiary "Smart" policies in…
Descriptors: School Policy, Health Education, Eating Habits, Nutrition
McCuaig, Louise; Quennerstedt, Mikael; Macdonald, Doune – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2013
The draft Australian Health and Physical Education (HPE) curriculum (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2012c) takes a strengths-based approach that emphasizes questions such as "What keeps me healthy and active?" rather than "What risks, diseases and behaviours should I learn to avoid?". This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Information Literacy, Health Materials
lisahunter; Abbott, Rebecca; Macdonald, Doune; Ziviani, Jennifer; Cuskelly, Monica – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2014
This study assessed the feasibility and impact of introducing a programme of an additional 30 minutes per day of moderate physical activity within curriculum time on learning and readiness to learn in a large elementary school in south-east Queensland, Australia. The programme, Active Kids Active Minds (AKAM), involved Year 5 students (n = 107),…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
Abbott, Rebecca; Macdonald, Doune; Hay, Peter; McCuaig, Louise – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2011
This article presents the evaluation findings of an education policy initiative that involved the employment of facilitators to broker the policy and its implementation. An Australian state's education authority piloted the employment of physical activity facilitators to expedite the implementation of "Smart Moves" in schools, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Facilitators (Individuals), Program Implementation
Lee, Jessica; Macdonald, Doune – Sport, Education and Society, 2010
This paper makes use of critical discourse analysis and Bourdieu's theoretical framework to explore rural young women's meanings of health and fitness and how the healthism discourse is perpetuated through their experiences in school physical education (PE). The young women's own meanings are explored alongside interview data from their school PE…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Obesity, Physical Activities, Health Promotion
