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Exploring The Policymaking Process Of School-Based Physical Education: A Congressional Perspective, Edward B. Olsen
Exploring The Policymaking Process Of School-Based Physical Education: A Congressional Perspective, Edward B. Olsen
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The purpose of this exploratory case study design was to investigate and analyze the policymaking process of physical education at the national level. The participants used to explore this phenomenon were senators and representatives from the 114th-115th Congress who sat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (n = 21), and the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education (n = 14). Additional participants were national policymakers (n = 3), staffers (n = 6), and legislative liaisons (n = 2). Data was collected from semi-structured interviews (n = 8), policy artifacts (n = 87), and the researcher's journal …