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Mixed ETB school

Coláiste an Phiarsaigh generally has 3 classes of 30 students in each year group

PE facilities consist of one small hall with a storage container for equipment, a changing rooms and a swimming pool. There are 3 small outdoor basketball courts and a playing pitch. The school makes use of a nearby gym in the community, Evcore.

The junior cert short course is not in use and leaving Cert PE is no longer required yet available in the school.

JC students

Those in the junior cert cycle were mostly aged between 12 and 15 and are of mixed gender. Interest levels were surprisingly  high with many involved in extracurricular teams and clubs outside of school. Those who do not participate in club sports were keen and eager to learn new skills.

All students had high levels of thinking, reasoning and remembering thus making cognitive ability high.

All were proficient in locomotor fundamental skills, with all but a few with high levels of stability and object control skills.

First and second years were fully engaged with the activity and rarely needed added motivation or discipline, which was not the case with third years, whose affective domain was poor and classroom management was tough.

In terms of the learning needs of students, it was made clear to me that students needed more educating in relation to sport such as health related activity, physiology and basic rules of various sports.

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Piece of legislation which governs education -
Education Act 1998 // Disability Act 2005
What is the EPSEN Act ?
Education for Persons

with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004
The Government Department which governs education in Ireland
Department of Education and Skills The Government body which devises curriculum

National Council for

Curriculum and Assessment

The body which provides in-service training to secondary teachers

Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST)

The body that assesses the quality of education in Ireland

Department of

Education and Skills – The Inspectorate

The PE Inspectors for this region

Tony Weir

Which body looks gauges the personal, social and educational needs of pupils

especially Special Needs Students?

DES - National Educational

Psychological Service (NEPS)

Which body coordinates the professionalism of teachers in Ireland?

The Teaching Council

The centre which targets talented children

Centre for Talented Youth

Ireland (www.giftedchildren.ie)/  Dublin City University

Where information of the delivery of Junior Cycle PE can be found

www.JCPE.ie and ncca.ie

The body in the DES that sets examinations

State Exams Commission (SEC)

NAPD and their function

NAPD represents Principals and Deputy Principals at post-primary level.

The Association aims to provide a united voice nationally for Principals and

Deputy Principals on issues of common concern
SDP

School Development Planning

Guidelines regarding child protection policy the welfare and

protection of children.

Children First – National

Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children

The national professional association of PE teachers

Physical Education Association of Ireland

President of the PEAI

Mr Gareth Coyle

Initiative to increasing Physical

Activity in Ireland in vulnerable groups

All Island All Active

The AIESEP conference will be held Banff, Canada in 2021.

The EERA Conference will be held in Glasgow in 2020

The three teacher unions

Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland

(ASTI), Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) and Irish National Teachers

Organisation (INTO)
International PE research journals

a.   Journal of Teaching Physical Education (JTPE)

b.   Sport Education and Society (SES)

c.   European Physical Education Review (EPER)

d.   Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy (PESP)

The seven strands in the JCPE programme

Adventure activities,

Aquatics, Athletics, Dance, Games, Gymnastics, Health Related Activities

Strands in the Primary PE programme

All of previous Six

excluding HRA

The World Health Organisation daily physical activity

recommendations for 5-18 year olds

60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity each day that

is developmentally appropriate and involves a variety of activities

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Chung, A., Skinner, A., Hasty, S., & Perrin, E. (2016). Tweeting to Health. Clinical Pediatrics, 56(1), 26-32. doi: 10.1177/0009922816653385

Department of Education and Science. (2004). Junior Cycle Physical Education Guidelines for Teachers. Dublin: NCCA.

Education Theory/Constructivism and Social Constructivism - UCD - CTAG. (2020). Retrieved 8 April 2020, from http://www.ucdoer.ie/index.php/Education_Theory/Constructivism_and_Social_Constructivism

Framework for Junior Cycle | NCCA. (2020). Retrieved 6 April 2020, from https://ncca.ie/en/junior-cycle/framework-for-junior-cycle

Kolb, DA (1984) Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.

Luttrell, S., & Chambers, F. (2013). Senior Cycle Physical Education Curriculum & Instructional Models (1st ed.). Dublin: eprint.ie.

Nation Council for Curriculum and Assessment. (2020). Retrieved 8 April 2020, from https://www.curriculumonline.ie/getmedia/adcacb84-1886-4ea2-9b0a-36063e84cedc/JC_History-Assessment_Guidelines.pdf

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. (2016). Short Course Physical Education. Dublin: NCCA.

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. (2018). Reporting Guidelines. Dublin: NCCA.

National Council of Special Needs. (2011). Inclusive Education Framework. Co. Meath: NCSE.

University College Dublin. (2020). Retrieved 8 April 2020, from http://www.ucd.ie/teaching/t4media/reflective_practice_models.pdf

Vygotsky, LS (1978) Mind and Society: The Development of Higher Mental Processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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2016 Chambers & McCarthy Analytical tool for Literacy-1

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2015 Chambers & McCarthy Analytical tool for Numeracy-1

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Each column has a title signifying an aspect of the creation of this Short Course

There is a scroll bar to the right of each column to use as you read the information of each individual column.⬇

To view more columns, scroll right.➡

For an overall view of the layout  you may zoom out (80% suggested as opposed to 100%) by clicking on three dots to the right of the Google search bar. ↙↘

I began designing this course by planning which is represented with the symbol  📝

Any Items to do with the course itself is represented using the symbol  📚

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I wish to design my own Junior Cycle Short Course for Physical Education to help build on the success that the existing course has already had. There are still flaws in the course of which I wish to tackle. I wish to make PE accessible and enjoyable by all by using learning and teaching styles that will intrigue all students. For the rationale I explored a number of different curriculum in order to choose the best tactic for my own short course. They are depicted below on the bottom left of the picture attached. Praxis is the method that I felt would target and entice the most students into participating to their best ability in PE. The learning theory involved with Praxis uses aspects of Connectivism, through digital aids, and Social Theories of Learning . I hope to grow learner autonomy using an action and reflection process.

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Nation Council for Curriculum and Assessment. (2020). Retrieved 8 April 2020, from https://www.curriculumonline.ie/getmedia/adcacb84-1886-4ea2-9b0a-36063e84cedc/JC_History-Assessment_Guidelines.pdf

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Task B Shortcourse Breakdown of hours per Strand