In Ireland, primary physical education (PE) is delivered by non-specialist classroom teachers. A growing number of primary schools are committing resources to external providers for partial delivery of the PE curriculum. Some researchers (Evans and Davies [2014; 2015]. “Neoliberal Freedoms, Privatisation and the Future of Physical Education.” Sport, Education and Society 20 (1): 10–26. doi:10.1080/13573322.2014.918878; Powell [2015]. “Assembling the Privatisation of Physical Education and the ‘Inexpert’ Teacher.” Sport, Education and Society 20 (1): 73–88. doi:10.1080/13573322.2014.941796) suggest the use of external providers in primary PE represents an increasing privatisation of the public education system. Thus, privatisation of PE raises questions about the future purpose, quality, and content of the subject. The goal of this paper is to identify the most common forms of external provision in support of PE in a small cohort primary schools. Network analysis was used to achieve a graphical representation of primary schools/external provision. Web pages of primary schools yielded data that allowed the creation of a social network analysis of external provision for 67 primary schools selected from the 2015/2016 list of Delivery of Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) programme. Results highlight that the most common forms of PE external provision in Irish primary schools are Gaelic Games (GAA), swimming, and dance and describe the network relationships between external provision types. Discussion provides possible reasons to justify the external provision trend for primary PE in Ireland.

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描绘爱尔兰小学体育教育外部供给的格局

在爱尔兰，初级体育 (PE) 由非专业课堂教师提供。越来越多的小学正在向外部供应商提供资源，以提供部分体育课程。一些研究人员（埃文斯和戴维斯 [2014; 2015]。“新自由主义自由、私有化和体育的未来。”体育、教育和社会 20 (1): 10–26. doi:10.1080/13573322.2014.918278; Powell [ ]. “组装体育教育的私有化和‘非专家’教师。”体育、教育和社会 20 (1): 73–88. doi:10.1080/13573322.2014.941796) 建议在初级体育中使用外部提供者代表增加公共教育系统的私有化。因此，PE 的私有化引发了有关该主题未来目的、质量和内容的问题。本文的目标是确定支持小规模小学体育运动的最常见的外部提供形式。网络分析用于实现小学/外部供应的图形表示。小学网页生成的数据允许对从 2015/2016 年学校机会均等计划 (DEIS) 计划中选出的 67 所小学进行外部供应的社交网络分析。结果突出显示，爱尔兰小学最常见的体育外部提供形式是盖尔运动会 (GAA)、游泳和舞蹈，并描述了外部提供类型之间的网络关系。讨论提供了可能的理由来证明爱尔兰主要 PE 的外部供应趋势是合理的。