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May 25, 2023 · The findings reveal that overall, mixed-ability grouping is the most common ability grouping practice in PE, although the extent and nature of this practice (and other ability grouping practices) varied by year group, Key Stage, gender of students, and/or curriculum activities.
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Shaun Wilkinson and Dawn Penney’s article ‘A national survey of ability grouping practices in secondary school physical education in England’(2023) confirmed that grouping students in sets based on ability was the most preferred method by those involved in their research. However, the most common form of grouping in secondary PE was mixed-ability c...
The Department for Education in England published their ‘Gender Separation in Mixed-Schools, Non-Statutory Guidance’in 2018. The guidance clearly states that ‘In a mixed school, any separation of pupils of either sex that denies them the choice or opportunity to interact socially, or to interact in an educational setting, with pupils of the other s...
In 2015, Sport England published their ‘Under the skin’survey results. The research reported the complex relationships that young people have with sport and physical activity is due to their “own emotional, rational and behavioural relationship with sport and physical activity” (Sport England, 2015, p. 10). Sport England subsequently identified six...
The purpose of this blog was to explore key research into the two most common forms of grouping in secondary core PE and to offer an alternative option for grouping. Whilst the alternative offered has not been fully researched, it does offer an opportunity to explore a new, and hopefully more inclusive, method of grouping. I can see the advantages ...
May 25, 2023 · The findings reveal that overall, mixed-ability grouping is the most common ability grouping practice in PE, although the extent and nature of this practice (and other ability grouping...
The findings reveal that a wide range of ability grouping practices are used in PE in secondary schools in England. As shown in Tables 1 and 2, mixed-ability grouping was overall the most
Mar 11, 2024 · In PE specifically, recent national research involving over 900 secondary schools in England revealed that while mixed-ability grouping remains overall the most common grouping practice in the subject, there is more extensive use of setting than has previously been reported, particularly in Year 8 (aged 12–13) and Year 9 (aged 13–14 ...
- Shaun D. Wilkinson, Dawn Penney
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- 11 March 2024
Apr 28, 2021 · The findings reveal that overall, mixed-ability grouping is the most common ability grouping practice in PE, although the extent and nature of this practice (and other ability grouping...
The findings reveal that overall, mixed-ability grouping is the most common ability grouping practice in PE, although the extent and nature of this practice (and other ability grouping practices) varied by year group, Key Stage, gender of students, and/or curriculum activities.
