TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - 'I think it's a good idea, I just don't know how to do it': The struggle for PE reform in China JO - Asia-Pacific journal of health, sport and physical education A1 - Hickey, Christopher A1 - Jin, Aijing SP - 19 EP - 26 VL - 1 IS - 1 N2 - Among the many changes occurring across Chinese society in the early phase of Y2K is the construction and implementation of a new physical education (PE) curriculum. Not unlike recent changes in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, this process has seen a heightening of the emphasis on health. Presented within a wider framework for making the school curriculum more relevant, PE is more closely aligned with China's emerging population health concerns around lifestyle practices of its youth. Foremost here are burgeoning social anxieties about decreased levels of physical activity, poor dietary practices, risk-taking tendencies, and a general shift in focus from ideology to skills. This paper reports on a study undertaken to explore the perceptions of Chinese PE teachers and their engagement with the new PE low professional status, lack of resources, lack of training and the grip of deeply rooted cultural values.

LA - SN - 1321-0394 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2010.9730322 ID - ref1 ER -