Full Description
This book assesses the landscape of physical education today and the issues that shape it as a curriculum subject, particularly in the era of COVID-19. It explores the processes of transformation and change that follow government policy and considers what this means for physical education practitioners in schools.
The book covers a wide range of important issues, across (micro-)political, social-cultural, historical and post-modernist categories. Bringing together current research with autobiographical and anecdotal reflections on the realities of PE teaching, it considers the significance of issues such as the emphasis on competitive sport in schools, the socialization of teachers, the influence of politics and policy on the classroom, colonization and decolonization of the curriculum, digital technologies, the health and well-being agenda and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Offering a unique set of critical perspectives on physical education today, this book is essential reading for any physical education course, for all teacher training programmes with a PE track and for all practising teachers, teacher educators or policy-makers with a professional interest in PE.
Contents
Part I: Micro-Political Issues in Physical Education 1. The Socialization of Physical Education 2. The Competitionization of Physical Education 3. The Politicization of Physical Education 4. The Marketization of Physical Education 5. The Academicization of Physical Education Part II: Socio-Cultural and Historical Issues in Physical Education 6. The Militarization of Physical Education 7. The Equalization of Physical Education 8. The Globalization of Physical Education Part III: Post-Modernist Issues in Physical Education 9. The Healthization of Physical Education 10. The Digitalization of Physical Education 11. The Pandemicization of Physical Education 12. The Modernization of Physical Education
