Editorial group — International Committee of Sport Pedagogy

Series Editor — Darlene Kluka

CRITERIA FOR "GOOD PRACTICE" — guidance for submissions for the book:

Submissions should show HOW projects or programmes specifically meet the criteria in the Berlin Agenda for Action I and/or II, within the countries or cultures in which they are delivered; and how they enhance the position and status of physical education.

1. Introduction — purpose of the book, rational etc
2. Definitions & perspectives — how Physical Education is understood and represented to others
3. Criteria for good practice in Physical Education
4. EXAMPLES in:

• Curriculum:

• Curriculum development and process
• Managing curriculum innovation and change in Physical Education

• Diversity:

• Challenging stereotypes and promoting equity (gender, (dis)ability, special needs, cultures/religions), celebration of diversity and inclusion
• Providing Physical Education in circumstances of poverty, deprivation and challenge
• Physical Education for disaffected or excluded groups
• Implementing physical education delivery in less-developed countries
• Providing for talented children

• Teaching styles and methods:

• Mixed-sex and single-sex grouping and teaching
• Uses of progression, raising aspirations
• Selection of appropriate and innovative teaching styles and methods

• Preparing elementary school teachers to teach physical education — the roles and needs of specialists and generalist classroom teachers
• Physical education specialists for secondary schools, use of teachers of other subjects in delivering physical education
• Initial and in-service teacher education for physical education, professional development

• Quality and evaluation:

• Criteria related to purpose
• Evaluation systems, use of accountability to raise quality
• Making the case for physical education, securing its place in the curriculum

• Partnerships:

• School sport and physical education, links with community provision
• Dance in the community
• Using relationships with sport development, health promotion, arts provision, to enhance curriculum and out-of-school physical education provision

• The role of people who are not teachers — coaches, parents, dancers, sport celebrities etc

• The role of national organisations for physical education, teachers’ groups etc

1. Resources for physical education
2. Directory, sources

TIMELINES

ACTION DEADLINE

Submission deadline Nov 30, 2000

All information sent to Darlene Kluka Dec 31, 2000

All files sent to ICSSPE office January 30, 2001

Publication Spring 2001