A Match between University Professors and School Inspectors? Innovation and Stagnation in the Physical Education Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Vangrunderbeek, Hans; Delheye, Pascal
Titel	A Match between University Professors and School Inspectors? Innovation and Stagnation in the Physical Education Curriculum
Quelle	In: Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 50 (2014) 3, S.338-355 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0030-9230
DOI	10.1080/00309230.2013.822901
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Physical Education; Secondary School Curriculum; Educational Change; Educational History; Public Education; Educational Environment; Hidden Curriculum; Catholic Schools; Universities; Church Related Colleges; Inspection; College Faculty; Educational Innovation; Athletics; Case Studies; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Bildungsreform; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Öffentliche Erziehung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Heimlicher Lehrplan; Katholische Schule; University; Universität; Kirchliche Hochschule; Prüfverfahren; Fakultät; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Leichtathletik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Belgien
Abstract	During the 1960s and 1970s, "traditional" secondary educational systems in various Western European countries made way for comprehensive education curricula. In contrast to the reforms within the "intellectual" subjects, the field of physical education (PE) remained largely underexposed in research. This study focuses on PE reform in Belgium, the first country in the world (apart from Sweden itself) to introduce, in 1908, so-called "Swedish gymnastics" in all levels of state public education and, in 1968, the last country apart from Portugal to abandon it. The question arises as to who was responsible for Swedish gymnastics being applied for so long and, ultimately, how and by whom reform was implemented. The results show that the power of the past and the positions of "Swedists" in the Government Inspectorate, universities and professional associations, perpetuated the domination of Swedish gymnastics in Belgian education. The final "dynamisation" of the subject of PE around 1968 did not come about through "revolution" but a "natural" generational transition, whereby a new guard of young government inspectors with a drive for reform took over from their Swedish-minded predecessors. The educational climate prevailing in Belgium at the end of the 1960s facilitated this reform. The state university PE institutes lost their position as pedagogical profile keepers during this process of transformation, while the hidden curriculum of the (Catholic) university institute in Leuven implicitly shaped the educational climate. Further comparative international research into the (changed) profile, position and power of school inspectors in educational reform appears necessary. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10