TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical education “in all sorts of corners”
T2 - Student activists transgressing formal physical education curricular boundaries
AU - Enright, Eimear
AU - O’Sullivan, Mary
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - The data for this paper were generated during a 3-year, participatory action research project, with 41 female coresearchers and activists ages 15–19 years old, within and beyond the walls of a secondary school. The two questions we sought to answer were (a) what happens when we engage with students to challenge formal physical education curricular boundaries and connect with students’ physical culture; and (b) what are the benefits and the challenges associated with engaging in this sort of practical activism? The findings suggest that a boundary-crossing approach to physical education can facilitate students in finding their own meanings in physical education and physical activity. Supporting boundary-crossing practices is, however, a time- and thought-intensive pedagogical design, which will be challenging for many physical education teachers.
AB - The data for this paper were generated during a 3-year, participatory action research project, with 41 female coresearchers and activists ages 15–19 years old, within and beyond the walls of a secondary school. The two questions we sought to answer were (a) what happens when we engage with students to challenge formal physical education curricular boundaries and connect with students’ physical culture; and (b) what are the benefits and the challenges associated with engaging in this sort of practical activism? The findings suggest that a boundary-crossing approach to physical education can facilitate students in finding their own meanings in physical education and physical activity. Supporting boundary-crossing practices is, however, a time- and thought-intensive pedagogical design, which will be challenging for many physical education teachers.
KW - Participatory action research
KW - Physical education pedagogy
KW - Student voice
KW - Students as researchers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85008756766&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02701367.2012.10599856
DO - 10.1080/02701367.2012.10599856
M3 - Article
C2 - 22808711
AN - SCOPUS:85008756766
SN - 0270-1367
VL - 83
SP - 255
EP - 267
JO - Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
JF - Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
IS - 2
ER -