1st Edition

Critical Pedagogies in Physical Education, Physical Activity and Health

Edited By Julie Stirrup, Oliver Hooper Copyright 2021
246 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

246 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Critical Pedagogies in Physical Education, Physical Activity and Health explores critical pedagogy – and critical work around the body, health and physical activity – within physical education. By examining the complex relationships between policies and practice, and how these are experienced by young people, it elucidates the need for critical pedagogy in contemporary times. With... Read more

List of illustrations

List of contributors

Introduction

Part 1 Situating health and physical education within an international context

PRELUDE
Dawn Penney

1 Health, physical education, and the curriculum
Julie Stirrup and Estelle Damant

2 Democracy, Equity and Social Justice: The constitution of ‘health’ in Swedish Physical Education and Health
Göran Gerdin and Katarina Schenker

3 Physical Education in the United States: Policy, Curriculum, and Pedagogy
Dillon Landi, Jennifer L. Walton-Fisette and Sue Sutherland

4 Exploring the role of assessment policy in securing an educative Health and Physical Education in schools
Louise Mccuaig

Part 2 Constructions of Health in Education

PRELUDE
Shirley Gray

5 H/health Education in Primary Schools: Teachers, Learners and Initiating Change
Kirsten Petrie and Kylie Thompson

6 Health-related learning in physical education in England
Oliver Hooper, Jo Harris and Lorraine Cale

7 Australian Health and Physical Education Teachers’ Philosophies and Pedagogies of Health
Laura Alfrey and Rosie Welch

Part 3 Locating Places of and Spaces for Health

PRELUDE
Amanda Mooney

8 Corporations in physical activity spaces: Teaching young people about health?
Darren Powell and Joe Piggin

9 Young people’s health-related engagements with/in digital spaces
Sarah Macisacc and Oliver Hooper

10 British Chinese Youths’ Physical Activity Practices and the Influence of Home Environments
Bonnie Pang

Part 4 Engaging with Progressive Pedagogies in Health and Physical Education

PRELUDE
Rachel Sandford

11 Health inequalities: how and why physical education can help and hinder the equity agenda
Oli Williams Gareth Wiltshire and Kass Gibson

12 ‘Transforming ourselves’: Towards a pedagogy of love in health and physical education
Carla Luguetti and Brent Mcdonald

13 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Health and Physical Education
Alison Wrench and Robyne Garrett

14 Proposals for engaging students in outsourced H/PE
Leigh Sperka Oliver Hooper And Julie Stirrup

INDEX

Biography

Julie Stirrup is a Lecturer in Sport Pedagogy and Physical Education at Loughborough University, UK. Julie is a former physical education teacher and currently works across undergraduate and teacher education programmes. Julie’s research explores physical education and its role within the curriculum and young people’s lives, with a specific focus on issues of equity and inclusion, social class and health discourse.

Oliver Hooper is a Research and Teaching Associate at Loughborough University, UK. Oliver’s research explores young people’s experiences within physical education, health and youth sport contexts, with a specific focus on the experiences of marginalised youth. He is particularly interested in youth voice and the use of participatory methods to facilitate young people’s meaningful involvement in research.