Original intentions and unintended consequences: the ‘contentious’ role of assessment in the development of Leaving Certificate Physical Education in Ireland

Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 71-90

  Scanlon, Dylan ^a   MacPhail, Ann ^a   Calderón, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

assessment; curriculum development; Examinable physical education; Leaving Certificate Physical Education; Norbert Elias game models

Indexed keywords

EID: 85067675671     PISSN: 25742981     EISSN: 2574299X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/25742981.2018.1552500     Document Type: Article

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