Artefacts and influence in curriculum policy enactment: processes, products and policy work in curriculum reform

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    Abstract

    Artefacts are an important part of policy work, and a means of representation, translation, re-negotiation, and resistance of policy. While research has established their integral role in policy enactment, little research has examined the production and/or dissemination of artefacts by teacher educators. This paper reports and analyses the production and re-production of a specific set of artefacts, arising from the policy work of four teacher educators seeking to influence the interpretation and enactment of the Australian Curriculum in Health and Physical Education (AC HPE). Analysis and discussion pursue: the rationale for producing a set of artefacts focusing on a particular feature of the AC HPE; the processes of artefact production; actions designed to activate and re-present the artefacts; and emerging evidence of uptake and impact. The relationship of artefacts to policy work is shown to be strategically significant for teacher educators, teachers and others invested in new curriculum developments, and is characterised as both fluid and generative. We argue that artefacts have important performative policy potential and play a key role in supporting and shaping curriculum policy enactment.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)258-277
    Number of pages20
    JournalEuropean Physical Education Review
    Volume27
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2021

    Keywords

    • curriculum policy
    • curriculum reform
    • enactment
    • Health and Physical Education
    • Policy artefacts
    • teacher education

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