TY - JOUR
T1 - “We took pictures”
T2 - Children’s meaning-making in physical education
AU - Chróinín, Déirdre Ní
AU - Coulter, Maura
AU - Parker, Melissa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Purpose: Studying learning in primary physical education is complex and largely practical and embodied; not only involving the child, but also closely linking the lesson context. The aim of this paper is to understand teaching and learning in primary physical education through the use of photo-diaries. Method: Participants were children (n = 38) and their teachers (n = 2) from two Irish primary schools across a 6-week period. Data included children’s photo-diaries, photo-elicitation focus group interviews with the children, and interviews with their teachers. Results: Results highlight that photo-diaries supported children’s meaning-making processes about their learning, highlighting a variety of meanings grounded in the centrality of the body as performance of learning. Discussion and Conclusion: The value of photo-based approaches with primary school children to access their meaning-making and influences on their understandings is highlighted.
AB - Purpose: Studying learning in primary physical education is complex and largely practical and embodied; not only involving the child, but also closely linking the lesson context. The aim of this paper is to understand teaching and learning in primary physical education through the use of photo-diaries. Method: Participants were children (n = 38) and their teachers (n = 2) from two Irish primary schools across a 6-week period. Data included children’s photo-diaries, photo-elicitation focus group interviews with the children, and interviews with their teachers. Results: Results highlight that photo-diaries supported children’s meaning-making processes about their learning, highlighting a variety of meanings grounded in the centrality of the body as performance of learning. Discussion and Conclusion: The value of photo-based approaches with primary school children to access their meaning-making and influences on their understandings is highlighted.
KW - Photo-voice
KW - Primary physical education
KW - Student voice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085380933&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1123/JTPE.2019-0019
DO - 10.1123/JTPE.2019-0019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085380933
SN - 0273-5024
VL - 39
SP - 216
EP - 226
JO - Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
JF - Journal of Teaching in Physical Education
IS - 2
ER -