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The A–Z of Social Justice Physical Education: Part 2

Dillon Landi, Shrehan Lynch, Jennifer L. Walton-Fisette

2020Journal of Physical Education Recreation & Dance31 citationsDOI

Abstract

Education has the ability to both reproduce and transform broader social structures. Yet, teachers’ responsibilities are constantly increasing whilst budgets, resources, and staffing are depleted. We argue that we are living in a time of great uncertainty and precarity. As physical educators, we should make attempts to be socially conscious of this precarity and provide equitable environments for all students. This article (the second installment of a two-part series) is an attempt to make an important step in enacting a socially just and informed physical education program. In so doing, we highlight specific ways that teachers and teacher educators can prepare for and teach about precarity in physical education. By providing resources, readings, and examples from practice, we provide a framework that promotes ethics of value, care, and zeal for others.

Topics & Concepts

PrecarityStaffingValue (mathematics)Physical educationSociologyEconomic JusticePublic relationsPedagogySocial justiceEngineering ethicsPolitical scienceSocial scienceLawGender studiesEngineeringComputer scienceMachine learningPhysical Education and PedagogyInclusion and Disability in Education and SportAthletic Training and Education