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Teaching for social justice through physical education
University of Auckland, New Zealand.
University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Monash University, Australia.
University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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2024 (English)In: Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure, and Social Justice / [ed] Stefan Lawrence, Joanne Hill, Rasul Mowatt, New York: Routledge, 2024, p. 219-235Chapter in book (Refereed)
Sustainable development
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Abstract [en]

This chapter examines the nature of a socially critical physical education and the opportunities it provides for teachers and students to question and challenge assumptions about physical culture and take action to effect positive change. Physical education is a mandatory school subject for many young people around the world. It is a space that is experienced in a variety of ways, often depending on the pedagogies used and content selected by the teacher. As a growing literature base shows, it is a space that often reinforces a raft of racist, sexist, and ableist beliefs as well as normalising discriminatory practices and behaviours. The challenge becomes one of questioning how physical education can become a space that is empowering and enables young people to not only participate positively in human movement culture, but also ask critical questions about physical activity within their communities and challenge dominant discourses around body image, health, gender, and competition. We conclude the chapter by offering further suggestions about what future PE practice and curriculum could/should look like to strengthen the social justice agenda.

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New York: Routledge, 2024. p. 219-235
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Educational Sciences
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Pedagogics and Educational Sciences; Social Sciences, Sport Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-129093DOI: 10.4324/9781003389682-21Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85193069393ISBN: 9781003389682 (electronic)ISBN: 9781032485607 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-129093DiVA, id: diva2:1855166
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Available from: 2024-04-30 Created: 2024-04-30 Last updated: 2025-02-25Bibliographically approved

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