ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores political, academic and professional debates related to worthwhile and essential knowledge within examination and senior secondary physical education and explains how this knowledge is translated into pedagogical practice in the classroom. It reveals the complexities associated with prospective representation of curriculum policy in practice. Insights pertinent to pending and ongoing developments in physical education across the senior secondary years are used to position opportunities, possibilities and future directions for both research and teaching in this context. The book offers much in terms of enhancing knowledge pertaining to examination and senior secondary physical education and the field more broadly. It presents research-informed academic debate and key challenges for students, teachers and researchers to engage with. The book also presents an informed and unique contribution by focusing on issues of policy and practice in examination and senior secondary physical education.
