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Edith Cowan University

2020

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The Enactment Of Setting Policy In Secondary School Physical Education, Shaun D. Wilkinson, Dawn Penney, Linda Allin, Paul Potrac Jan 2020

The Enactment Of Setting Policy In Secondary School Physical Education, Shaun D. Wilkinson, Dawn Penney, Linda Allin, Paul Potrac

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© 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The micro-level enactment of educational policy has received little attention in the physical education [PE] literature, particularly as it relates to setting policy. This study employs enactment theory to provide original insights into the ways in which setting policy was enacted by PE teachers in three mixed-gender secondary schools in England. The work of Stephen Ball and colleagues is used to examine the distinct and combined influence of the situated, material, professional and external dimensions of context on setting policy and practices in PE in these three …