Social Justice in Physical Education

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.

Author: Daniel B. Robinson
Publisher: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
Published: 05/01/2016
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9781551308944
ISBN10: 1551308940
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching | Subjects | Physical Education

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