Social Justice in Physical Education

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-55130-894-4
Verlag: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

The physical education classroom can be a site of discomfort for young people who occupy marginalized identities, and a place where the normative beliefs and teaching practices of educators can act as a barrier to their inclusion. This timely edited collection challenges pre-service and in-service teachers to examine the pedagogical practices and assumptions that work to exclude students with intersecting and diverse identities from full participation in physical and health education.The contributors to this volume—who consist of both experienced and emerging scholars from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand—approach their topics from a range of social justice perspectives and interpretations. Covering a variety of areas including (dis)ability, gender, sexuality, race, social class, and religion, Social Justice in Physical Education promotes a broader understanding of the sociocultural, political, and institutional practices and assumptions that underlie current physical education teaching.Each chapter encourages the creation of more culturally relevant and inclusive pedagogy, policy, and practice, and the discussion questions invite readers to engage in critical reflection. Mapping a better way forward for physical and health education, this text will be an invaluable resource for courses on social justice, diversity, inclusive education, and physical education pedagogy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson, Daniel B

Randall, Lynn

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- An Introduction to Social Justice in Physical Education: Critical Reflections and Pedagogies for Change, Lynn Randall and Daniel B. Robinson
- Chapter 1: ""I Guess People Are More Attracted to White People than Black People"": Shedding Light on Racial Prejudice, Misrepresentation, and (In)Visibility of Ethnic Minority Bodies, Laura Azzarito, Mara Simon, and Risto Marttinen
- Chapter 2: Culturally Relevant Strategies for Inclusion of Hispanic Students in Physical Education, Luis Columna, Michelle Dolphin, and Lindsay McCabe
- Chapter 3: Towards a Critical Discourse on the Black Experience in Canada and the United States: Implications for Physical Education, Brian Culp and Martha James-Hassan
- Chapter 4: Girls and Physical Education: New Starting Points for Critical Pedagogy, Eimear Enright and Louise McCuaig
- Chapter 5: Rethinking ""Straight Pedagogy"": Gender, Sexuality, and Physical Education, Katie Fitzpatrick and Hayley McGlashan
- Chapter 6: Looking Over Our Shoulders: Disability in Physical Education from a Critical Perspective, William Harvey
- Chapter 7: Seeking the Fountain of Mental Health in Physical Education?, William Harvey, Shawn Wilkinson, and Marie Varriano
- Chapter 8: Indigenous Bodies: Ordinary Lives, Brendan Hokowhitu
- Chapter 9: Engaging with Issues of Social Class in Physical and Health Education, LeAnne Petherick
- Chapter 10: (Un)Holy Spaces: A Consideration of Religious Minorities in Health and Physical Education, Daniel B. Robinson and Lynn Randall
- Chapter 11: Exploring the Issues Faced by Immigrant Students in Physical Education, Amanda Stanec, Jennifer Bhalla, and James Mandigo
- Chapter 12: Trans*, Intersex, and Cisgender Issues in Physical Education and Sport, Heather Sykes and Christopher Smith
- Chapter 13: Critical Pedagogy, Physical Education, and Obesity Discourse: More Advocacy than Pedagogy, Richard Tinning, Rod Philpot, and Erin Cameron
- Contributor Biographies

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel B. Robinson is an Associate Professor of Education at St. Francis Xavier University. His current research interests include culturally relevant physical education, First Nations physical education, physical education teachers’ programs and practices, and action research related to gender and physical education.

Lynn Randall is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of New Brunswick. Her research centres on improving the quality of physical education programs offered to elementary and secondary public school students.