Conflicts in the Curriculum: An Example from Physical Education
Hendry L.B.
1978
Educational Research
6
10.1080/0013188780200302
A recent survey of over 3,000 comprehensive school pupils and 75 physical education teachers revealed a complex pattern of influences in teachers' curriculum intentions, decisions and implementations; and in pupils' responses to the curriculum. A series of dilemmas, contradictions or conflicts were found in: a) teachers' innovatory aims versus traditional teaching; b) expanded extracurricular opportunities for pupils versus restrictions on sports club membership; c) pupilcentred interest and guidance versus competitive achievement orientation by teachers; d) liberal education aspirations of teachers versus elitist expectations by colleagues; e) acceptance of competitive values versus rejection and nonparticipation in sports by pupils. © 1978, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
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