Threshold Concepts in Physical Education (PDF)

Fiona C. Chambers is Head of the School of Education and Senior Lecturer in PE and Sport Pedagogy at University College Cork, Ireland and a Hasso-Plattner Institute-certified Design Thinking Coach. Her teaching, research and civic engagement focuses particularly on the areas of physical education and sport pedagogy, mentoring, and social innovation. She is an Invited Member of UNESCO Scientific Committee for Physical Activity, as well as Secretary General for the Association Internationale des Écoles Superiéure d'Éducation Physique (AIESEP), and a Founder and Link Convenor of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) Network on Research in Sport Pedagogy. She is also co-founder of WickED, a platform using design thinking to develop educational solutions to complex societal challenges.

Anna Bryant is Director of Teacher Education and Professional Learning at the Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy (CSESP), Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. Anna has made a significant contribution to Health Physical Education, specifically, in the area of physical literacy and 'Health and Well-being'. She has project led Cardiff Metropolitan University's Sport Wales Physical Literacy Consultants and was an international panel member for the Australian Sports Commission's Physical Literacy Project (2016-2017). Anna has been involved in providing academic consultancy to the Welsh Government on the new Health and Well-being Area of Learning and Experience (AoLE) and has played a central part in Cardiff Metropolitan University's Welsh Government National Professional Enquiry Project (NPEP).

David Aldous is Senior Lecturer in Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK. The focus of his current research, innovation and teaching interests lies in using forms of sociological theory to develop critical understanding of how education, sport and community-based