Educative purposes, learning and new participation pathways for health and physical education

In this presentation we use the key idea of ‘a focus on educative purposes’ to explore how Health and Physical Education can simultaneously promote ongoing learning and sustained participation in physical activity and... [ view full abstract ]

In this presentation we use the key idea of ‘a focus on educative purposes’ to explore how Health and Physical Education can simultaneously promote ongoing learning and sustained participation in physical activity and sport. The starting point is an exploration of the sort of learning and similarly, forms of participation, that are relevant to young people’s lives now and in the future. We argue that we need different visions of ‘pathways’ to open up, rather than close down, the potential for HPE to support lifelong and lifewide learning and participation. The presentation will systematically consider the role of curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment in achieving this outcome for students with diverse abilities and interests.