Article
Education & Educational Research
Jorge Knijnik, Carla Luguetti
Summary: Research demonstrates the benefits of educating for social justice in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) programs, enabling student teachers to create a sense of agency and community purpose. The social justice perspective allows PETE educators and student teachers to work together in order to become conscious of power structures in society that lead to social inequities.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Rod Philpot, Wayne Smith, Goran Gerdin, Lena Larsson, Katarina Schenker, Susanne Linner, Kjersti Mordal Moen, Knut Westlie
Summary: This paper discusses the use of Critical Incident Technique (CIT) methodology in exploring how secondary school health and physical education teachers address social justice. The research project aims to develop teaching strategies to help teachers improve practices for more inclusive and engaging educational outcomes. The study highlights rich examples of teaching for social justice and emphasizes the importance of social justice pedagogies in education practice.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Rod Philpot, Wayne Smith, Richard Tinning
Summary: This paper reports on a research project exploring how the biographies of 19 physical education teacher education students mediate their understanding of their program with a critical pedagogy philosophy. Using Bourdieuian concepts, the study found that students' readings of the program and its impact on their habitus varied. The findings suggest that students' biographies influenced and were shaped by both coursework and practicum experiences in different ways.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Pedro Jesus Ruiz-Montero, Silvia Corral-Robles, Marina Garcia-Carmona, Juan Jose Leiva-Olivencia
Summary: This study assessed the development of prosocial competencies in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) and Sport Science (SS) students through a Service-Learning (S-L) experience. The results showed an improvement in competencies such as organization, proactivity and optimism, self-esteem, and tolerance and respect. The study highlights the transformative role of S-L in promoting cultural diversity and social justice.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Luiz Sanches Neto, Luciana Venancio, Eduardo Vinicius Mota e Silva, Alan Patrick Ovens
Summary: Brazil is the largest and most influential country in South America, but faces significant income inequality issues. Legislation enacted in 2007 aimed to address these challenges by expanding federal university services and support for middle- and low-income families.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Evelyn Rios-Valdes, Susanna Soler, Merce Mateu
Summary: This study explores the opportunities and challenges that capoeira brings as a pedagogical tool for addressing social issues according to PE teachers who participated in a CPD course on capoeira. The study reveals a wide range of benefits and limitations of incorporating capoeira into PE classes, particularly in terms of addressing social justice, interculturality, and coeducation issues. The study also highlights the importance of addressing these issues in PE teacher CPD courses and providing tools to work on cultural diversity and gender belief systems.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2023)
Review
Education & Educational Research
David Meir
Summary: This is the first systematic qualitative review examining the practical application of critical pedagogy in Physical Education and Sport for Development. The analysis reveals the challenges faced in implementing critical pedagogy, and highlights the importance of curriculum and professional development in promoting social transformation.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Sharoon Shahzad, Ahtisham Younas, Parveen Ali
Summary: This article synthesizes literature on teaching social justice to nursing students and identifies approaches for effective teaching of social justice issues in nursing education. The review highlights the importance of participatory teaching and collaboration between educators and students as essential competencies for effective teaching. Findings suggest that interactive simulations, service learning, interpersonal dialogues, and critical community-based pedagogies have the potential to develop students' competencies to practice social justice in their nursing practice.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Dylan Scanlon, Kellie Baker, Deborah Tannehill
Summary: The concept and pedagogy of social justice have gained traction in physical education, but there is a lack of understanding about how to teach and practice it. This article proposes a socially-just Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) approach as a way to address this gap.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2022)
Editorial Material
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Terrell R. Morton
Summary: Critical race theory, an academic framework to understand systemic racism, can contribute to promoting justice and equity in the chemistry community.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Brendan Moy, Tony Rossi, Scott Russell
Summary: The study examined the effectiveness of an authentic and supportive teaching experience on PETE students' knowledge and understanding of an alternative teaching approach. The results showed that the collaborative professional development model facilitated PETE students' thorough understanding of the pedagogical principles and motor learning theory. This model has great potential for improving teaching quality and student learning outcomes.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Elizabeth M. Heitkemper, Whitney Thurman
Summary: Considering the inequalities highlighted by the pandemic, it is time for nursing informatics to prioritize social justice and equity. Social justice informatics is an emerging field that utilizes data, information, and technology to advance equity through collaboration with diverse communities. This article proposes adopting a social justice informatics approach to shift power paradigms, center communities in the work, and ensure that future informatics work avoids unintended consequences.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Erik Backman, B. Tolgfors, G. Nyberg, M. Quennerstedt
Summary: This paper addresses the significance of physical education teacher education (PETE) and proposes a method for exploring its potential impact. By examining the perspectives of preservice teachers and physical education teachers, the study investigates the relationship between teacher education and teaching practice. The suggested method involves stimulated recall interviews, observations, and communication through social media. The combination of Bernstein's and Ball's theoretical perspectives allows for an analysis of how pedagogic discourses are constructed, recontextualized, and realized in PETE and school physical education. The findings suggest that this research design can contribute to understanding the importance of PETE in school physical education.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jennifer Tsai, Edwin Lindo, Khiara Bridges
Summary: A professional and moral medical education should provide trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to advance health equity, with Critical Race Theory offering a unique framework to address structural sources of racial inequities. Current medical pedagogy lacks self-reflexivity and fails to teach learners how to challenge injustice, while CRT provides interdisciplinary perspectives to combat biological racism and understand institutional mechanisms of racism. In summary, CRT rigorously teaches physician trainees how to confront health inequity, demonstrating the importance of theory in discussions of health injustice.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ingrid Hinojosa-Alcalde, Susanna Soler
Summary: This study investigates the impact of a university physical activity-based critical feminist service-learning project conducted at a women's prison. It found that participating students experienced significant changes in their beliefs about prisons, developed critical awareness, and strengthened collaborative relationships between the entities involved. The findings highlight the power of CFSL as a higher education strategy to promote social justice and contribute to achieving the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Kjersti Mordal Moen, Knut Westlie, Goran Gerdin, Wayne Smith, Susanne Linner, Rod Philpot, Katarina Schenker, Lena Larsson
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2020)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Wayne Smith, Rod Philpot, Goran Gerdin, Katarina Schenker, Susanne Linner, Lena Larsson, Kjersti Mordal Moen, Knut Westlie
Summary: This paper explores the importance of including social cohesion in school practices and presents how HPE teachers teach for social cohesion in different countries. Through data analysis, it was found that teachers mainly focus on inclusiveness, culturally inclusive practices, building relationships, planning cooperative activities, and encouraging adherence to fair play principles in their teaching practices.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Goran Gerdin, Per Goran Fahlstrom, Mats Glemne, Susanne Linner
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Gustavo Gonzalez-Calvo, Goran Gerdin, Rod Philpot, David Hortiguela-Alcala
Summary: This study examines future Spanish PE teachers' previous experiences and beliefs about PE that influence their pedagogical practice and intentions within the subject. The research reveals four key themes in the student teachers' experiences and beliefs, which represent four different factors influencing future PE teacher identities: 'Sport', 'PE for health', 'A focus on pedagogy', and 'A critical orientation'. The study highlights the importance of reflecting on how previous experiences and beliefs shape the development of professional teacher identities in PE teacher education.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Goran Gerdin, Lena Larsson, Katarina Schenker, Susanne Linner, Kjersti Mordal Moen, Knut Westlie, Wayne Smith, Rod Philpot
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Nina Modell, Goran Gerdin
Summary: This study examined students' experiences of assessment in physical education and health, revealing that teaching and assessment practices in this subject are shaped more by cultural-cognitive conditions associated with competitive and club sports norms and values. Both teachers and students actively participate in reproducing these practices, emphasizing the need for further attention to curriculum objectives in order to better align assessment processes with the curriculum intentions for equal quality education and teaching equity.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Gustavo Gonzalez-Calvo, Alfonso Garcia-Monge, Goran Gerdin, Richard Pringle
Summary: This paper critically examines the issue of obesity in children and their experiences of physical inactivity in the context of Spain. Data obtained from interviews with 13 sedentary children were analyzed using thematic content analysis, and a collective story was constructed to represent their experiences. The study reveals the limitations of assuming that sport and school physical education are effective solutions to childhood obesity, and highlights how neoliberal and capitalist logics shape and constrain children's experiences and opportunities. It argues for a reformulation and rethinking of childhood wellbeing and the role of physical education.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Gustavo Gonzalez-Calvo, Vanesa Gallego-Lema, Goran Gerdin, Daniel Bores-Garcia
Summary: The study found that future physical education teachers are aware of the influence of gender stereotypes and consumerism values in the field of physical activity, largely stemming from the media. They also see physical education as an important space to help students challenge these beliefs.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Goran Gerdin, Richard Pringle
Summary: This paper examines the resistance to change in physical education (PE) practices and the (re)production of unequal power relations. The researchers believe that critical research can shift and rearticulate prevailing power relations, making PE a more inclusive and socially just educational space.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Nina Modell, Goran Gerdin
Summary: The aim of this study was to explore how Swedish upper secondary school students perceive physical education and health (PEH) through assessment practices. The results showed a misalignment between curriculum objectives and assessment in Swedish PEH practice, with cultural-cognitive conditions associated with club sports having a greater influence than regulatory and normative conditions. The study also found a prioritization of practical knowledge over theoretical knowledge in PEH practice, without clear learning objectives.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Gustavo Gonzalez-Calvo, Goran Gerdin
Summary: Physicality plays a crucial role in the identity of physical education (PE) teachers and affects their teaching and students' perceptions. This study used participatory visual methodologies to examine how primary school children perceive and experience PE teacher bodies. The findings demonstrate how dominant discourses of fitness, health, and sport shape expectations and practices in PE. The reproduction of idealized PE teacher bodies limits the diversity of bodily experiences, and challenging these discourses is necessary for promoting inclusivity in PE.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Suzanne Lundvall, Goran Gerdin
Summary: This paper examines the impact and controversies surrounding physical literacy in the field of health and physical education, emphasizing the limitations and risks of its practice in a neoliberal context. It calls for the recognition and support of diverse concepts of physical literacy in HPE/PEH practices.
CURRICULUM STUDIES IN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Rod Philpot, Goran Gerdin, Wayne Smith, Susanne Linner, Katarina Schenker, Knut Westlie, Kjersti Mordal Moen, Lena Larsson
Summary: This study aimed to explore school health and physical education teaching practices that promote social justice through practical enactment. The participants included high school teachers from three different countries. The findings highlighted that teachers primarily focus on relationships, teaching for social cohesion, and explicitly teaching about social inequities when addressing issues of social justice, taking action through critical pedagogies.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Rod Philpot, Wayne Smith, Goran Gerdin, Lena Larsson, Katarina Schenker, Susanne Linner, Kjersti Mordal Moen, Knut Westlie
Summary: This paper discusses the use of Critical Incident Technique (CIT) methodology in exploring how secondary school health and physical education teachers address social justice. The research project aims to develop teaching strategies to help teachers improve practices for more inclusive and engaging educational outcomes. The study highlights rich examples of teaching for social justice and emphasizes the importance of social justice pedagogies in education practice.
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Katarina Schenker, Susanne Linner, Wayne Smith, Goran Gerdin, Kjersti Mordal Moen, Rod Philpot, Lena Larsson, Maureen Legge, Knut Westlie
CURRICULUM STUDIES IN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
(2019)