scholarly journals Environing as Embodied Experience—A Study of Outdoor Education as Part of Physical Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Lundvall ◽  
Ninitha Maivorsdotter
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Outdoor Education ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences ◽  
School Year ◽  
Sport Pedagogy ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Practical Epistemology ◽  
Favorite Place

The development of a re-understanding or re-investigation of body pedagogy is currently prominent in the field of physical education (PE) and sport pedagogy. This goes for the learning of movement capability and health but also in relation to outdoor education (OE). The latter a criticized area for having a one-size-fits-all approach to curriculum, with less attention to what to learn in OE, including aspects of everyday practices of being outdoors. The aim of this study was to explore students aged 15 years, and their meaning making of being outdoors expressed in written stories about a favorite place. Two school year eight classes in a Swedish compulsory school situated in an area with high diversity participated. Through this theory-generated empirical study, written stories were explored as one way of evaluating students' meaning making of outdoor places. By using practical epistemology analysis (PEA) to examine experience operationalized through aesthetic judgements attention is paid to the relation between the student and the situation (their favorite place). The analysis make it possible to discern a sense and meaning making of “being” outdoors as an embodied experience, as a relational whole of the self, others and the environment. Descriptions of aesthetic experiences were analyzed leading to dimensions of environing described as “calm and privacy,” “community and togetherness” and “feelings and senses.” A favorite place was by all students described as a very local and nearby place accessible in everyday life. The analysis generated understandings of feelings of “fulfillment” and different embodied experiences of what an encounter with an outdoor place or being outdoors could mean. Furthermore, how personal and diverse the meaning making place tends to be and how experience and habits contribute to the students' creation of microenvironments. Dimensions of environing become part of an embodied process. The analysis of the written stories calls for an alternative understanding of what OE can or should consist of. The findings encourage teachers and researchers to consider alternative understandings and practices of OE that highlight and educate students' overall embodied (individual) experiences and learning in OE and PE.

scholarly journals Students' Aesthetic Experiences of Playing Exergames

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ninitha Maivorsdotter ◽  
Mikael Quennerstedt ◽  
Marie Öhman
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
School Students ◽  
Aesthetic Experiences ◽  
School Based ◽  
Audio Recordings ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
Practical Epistemology

The aim of this study was to explore Swedish junior high school students meaning-making of participating in exergaming in school based on their aesthetic judgments during game play. A transactional approach, drawing on the work of John Dewey, was used in the study and the data consisted of video- and audio recordings of ongoing video gaming. A practical epistemology analysis (PEA) was used in order to explore the students' meaning-making in depth. When analyzing the data, the importance of performing well in relation to the challenges the game offers; developing techniques suitable for the game; and interacting socially with one's peers emerged as main themes in the students' meaning-making and learning. It was clear that the students' taste for gaming played a crucial role in how they proceeded in the activity and that meaningful gaming included an intrinsic combination of pleasure and displeasure.

The Association Between Pupil-Related Psychological Factors and Academic Achievement in Physical Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ruben Vist Hagen ◽  
Håvard Lorås ◽  
Hermundur Sigmundsson ◽  
Monika Haga
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Final Grade ◽  
Scholastic Competence ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
School Year ◽  
Athletic Competence ◽  
Situational Motivation

Purpose: Physical education (PE) teachers’ assessments are often based on continuous observations of pupils. As certain psychological factors may mediate pupils’ learning behaviors relevant to the PE context, they may also influence academic achievement in PE. Thus, this study’s aim was to explore the association between pupil-related psychological factors and academic achievement in PE. Methods: Eighty-nine boys and 111 girls (12–16 years old) in lower secondary school participated in this study, responding to a questionnaire containing previously validated scales measuring pupils’ grit, mindset, self-perceptions, and situational motivation. The pupils’ final grade in PE was collected at the end of the school year. Results: A multiple regression model significantly explained 33% of the variance in grade. The self-perception domains—scholastic competence, athletic competence, and physical appearance—acted as unique predictors, explaining a small portion of the variance in academic achievement. Discussion/conclusion: These results support the importance of positive self-perceptions in relation to academic achievement in PE.

Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy: The Application of the Academic Discipline of Kinesiology

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Melinda A. Solmon
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Technical Application ◽  
Physical Education Teacher Education ◽  
Sport Pedagogy ◽  
History Of Research ◽  
Research On Teaching ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of

Scholarship related to physical education and sport pedagogy is rigorous and should be central to the academic discipline of kinesiology. The goal of this article is to situate physical education and sport pedagogy as an applied field in kinesiology, grounded in the assumption that physical education, as the professional or technical application of the broader academic discipline, is of critical importance to the success of kinesiology. A brief overview of the history of research on teaching physical education is followed by an overview of the streams of research that have evolved. Major tenets of research on effective teaching and curricular reform are discussed. The status of physical education teacher education and school physical education programs is considered, and a rationale for a broader view of pedagogy that has the potential not only to promote physical education and sport pedagogy but also to enrich the academic discipline is offered.

Helping Preservice Teachers Learn to Negotiate Sociopolitical Relationships Through a Physical Education Teacher Education Outdoor Education Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenn M. Jacobs ◽  
K. Andrew R. Richards ◽  
Zach Wahl-Alexander ◽  
James D. Ressler
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Outdoor Education ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Physical Education Teacher ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Education Teacher ◽  
Physical Education Teacher Education ◽  
Education Experience

Physical education teacher education programs are tasked with preparing students for a teaching career in a field that possesses inherent challenges. Purpose: The current study, designed as a descriptive case study, examined how an outdoor education field experience can facilitate important learning for preservice teachers about navigating sociopolitical relationships among colleagues and the greater school community. Method: Interviews were conducted with 13 preservice physical educators and the course instructor, in addition to field observations. Results: An outdoor education experience that includes opportunities to interface with and reflect on working with various stakeholders can help preservice teachers learn to navigate sociopolitics and persist through challenges. Discussion/Conclusion: Despite challenges, the nontraditional and intensive nature of the field experience, as well as the positive relationships developed with students, compelled the preservice teachers to find effective ways to collaborate and manage teaching roles.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Lembar Kerja Siswa (LKS) Fisika Berbasis Gambar Materi Getaran dan Gelombang

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Devi Lara Suci ◽  
Sukainil Ahzan ◽  
Dwi Pangga
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Development Study ◽  
Physics Teacher ◽  
School Year ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
Teachers Training

[Title: Development of Physics Student Worksheets Based on Image on Vibration and Waves Material]. Has conducted development research of media instruction in the form of Physics student worksheet (PSW) based image. This study aims to determine the eligibility of PSW based image subject matter of vibration and wave material in the class of VIII SMPN 4 Batukliang. Subjects in this study were students of class VIII SMPN 4 Batukliang the school year 2015/2016 amounting to 21 students. Methods of data collection in this study is the questionnaire. Eligibility test carried out by the validation by expert lecturers Mataram Teachers' Training College physical education and assessment by a physics teacher and students in a limited group test conducted at SMPN 4 Batukliang. The results of this development study found that the results of eligibility by expert lecturer percentage of 86.5%, then from teachers of eligibility obtained the percentage of 94%. The results based on the results of validation expert lecturers and showed a very good physics teacher. The response of the students was also very good with a percentage of 96.71% eligibility. Based on this analysis showed that the student worksheet physic-based image very decent used in the learning process.

scholarly journals Toward a Decarceral Sexual Autonomy: Biopolitics and the Compounds of Projected Deviance in Carceral Space

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raechel Tiffe
Keyword(s):  
Queer Studies ◽  
Correctional Facility ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Correctional Facilities ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Transformative Justice ◽  
Space Race ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Race And Sexuality ◽  
Prison Abolition

 Abstract This essay examines the rhetorical and structural divides between the “inside” and “outside” carceral world as they exist within the intersections of racialized state violence and biopolitics. It is also a reflection on my embodied experience, as a volunteer and activist, inside penal and correctional facilities, not in an attempt to center my “freeworld” body as more important than the embodied experiences of incarcerated people, but rather to trouble that binary altogether and to use my experience as a perceived outsider to illuminate what I call the compounds of projected deviance.  I will use my experiences working in jails as well as my experiences teaching yoga in an addiction correctional facility to argue for prison abolition and transformative justice, particularly in relation to resettlement. Drawing on the work of prison and queer studies, I argue that space, race, and sexuality interlock in significant ways in historical and contemporary prisons and jails. I will also use my reflections to argue that the feminist project of sexual liberation and autonomy must start with a rejection of sexual Othering for the most marginalized members of society: incarcerated people. 

Looking beyond what's broken: towards an appreciative research agenda for physical education and sport pedagogy

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 912-926 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eimear Enright ◽  
Joanne Hill ◽  
Rachel Sandford ◽  
Michael Gard
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Sport Pedagogy
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