TY  - UNPB
M1  - Doctoral
N2  - Taking a constructivist-interpretivist stance, this mixed methods case study gives a
voice to 236 children from east London between 2007 and 2010 through the use of
questionnaires and interviews. The aim was to explore what the children thought
about Physical Education, with a view to illuminating and informing current policy,
practice and research in relation to the aims which under-pin the national curriculum.
The children's voices, conspicuously absent from discussions about their physical
education, over the last twenty years, give a view of the curriculum from the
recipient's perspective. Through the vibrancy of their voices, the current status quo in
primary PE is examined, and ways forward are offered as recurring themes throughout
the thesis. In addition to valuing children's voices this thesis shows that through
democratising the discussion, the children were more than just 'empty vessels', and
were able to offer informed views. The children largely enjoyed Physical Education,
valued their health and had ideas on curriculum content, timetabling, fund raising, and
asked for a greater range of physical activities to be made available them.
PB  - Institute of Education, University of London
Y1  - 2011///
UR  - http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.538266
N1  - Thesis: (EdD) University of London Institute of Education, 2011.
TI  - The voices of year 6 children :their views on physical education and the implications for policy practice and research
AV  - public
ID  - discovery10019967
EP  - 200
A1  - Paraskevas Costas, Barry
ER  -