1st Edition

Artificial Intelligence in Physical Education Disruptions, Dilemmas, and Directions

By Ove Østerlie Copyright 2027
196 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This is the first accessible, critically grounded book to examine how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the foundations of physical education (PE).  Opening with a concise introduction to the fundamentals of AI, and assuming no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, the book goes on to examine how AI disrupts embodied and relational learning in PE, identifies the ethical and... Read more

Part I – Disruptions: How AI unsettles Embodied, Relational, and Pedagogical Foundations in Physical Education 

1. AI Meets an Embodied Subject: Why Physical Education is a Special Case

2. AI and the Disruption of Teacher Expertise: From Demonstration to Delegation

3. Rethinking Learning in AI-Augmented Physical Education: Datafied Bodies and Global Epistemic Disruption 

Part II – Dilemmas: Ethical, Cultural, and Professional Tensions Emerging from AI in Physical Education 

4. Data, Bodies, and Responsibility in AI-Supported Physical Education: Ethics in Motion

5. Bias, Representation, and Cultural Tensions When AI Imagines Physical Education

6. Teaching in the Age of AI: Professional Judgement Under Pressure 

Part III – Directions: Human-centred Pathways for AI in Physical Education 

7. Critical Digital Humanism in Physical Education: Rehumanising Digital Practice and Designing AI for Human Purposes

8. Designing AI Practices with Learners: Entangled Pedagogy and Co-creation

9. Sustainable AI Competence: Professional Growth, Boundaries, and the Future of Physical Education

Biography

Ove Østerlie is an Associate Professor and Excellent Teaching Practitioner at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Griffith Institute for Educational Research (GIER), Australia, and a leading international researcher in digital technology, artificial intelligence and physical education. He heads the DiTePES (Digital Technology in Physical Education and Sports) research group, an internationally recognised community focusing on digital pedagogy in PE and teacher education. Ove’s work spans AI-supported professional development, digital didactics, VR, video analysis, flipped learning and critical perspectives on technology use in PE.