Physical Education Futures by David Kirk

Physical Education Futures by David Kirk

Can we imagine a future in which physical education in schools no longer exists?

In this controversial and powerful meditation on physical education, David Kirk argues that a number of different futures are possible. Kirk argues that multi-activity, sport-based forms of physical education have been dominant in schools since the mid-twentieth century and that they have been highly resistant to change. The practice of physical education has focused on the transmission of de-contextualised sport-techniques to large classes of children who possess a range of interests and abilities, where learning rarely moves beyond introductory levels. Meanwhile, the academicization of physical education teacher education since the 1970s has left teachers less well prepared to teach this programme than they were previously, suggesting that the futures of school physical education and physical education teacher education are intertwined.

Kirk explores three future scenarios for physical education, arguing that the most likely short-term future is ‘more of the same’. He makes an impassioned call for radical reform in the longer-term, arguing that without it physical education faces extinction. No other book makes such bold use of history to interrogate the present and future configurations of the discipline, nor offers such a wide-ranging critique of physical culture and school physical education. This book is essential reading for all serious students and scholars of physical education and the history and theory of education.

Kirk, David: - David Kirk grew up in the wild and boundless suburbs of central Ohio, where he learned about small creatures and art. He is the creator of Miss Spider, who appears in many well-loved children's books and her own television series. Nova the Robot and the Biddle books are also his creations. Some of his recent books are Oh So Tiny Bunny, Oh So brave Dragon, and Truckeroo School. His latest, My Hugging Rules will arrive in 2019 . An inventor as well as an author, David started several toy companies, including Ovicular Toyworks, Hoobert Toys, David Kirk's Fun House, and the Sunny Patch brand. His newest toy, Art Face by David Kirk is available in the app store and on Google Play. He lives in a secluded woodland with his family. They are happily surrounded by a large and well-fed menagerie of hamsters, guinea pigs, chipmunks, squirrels, groundhogs, skunks, possums, deer, foxes, and bunnies, each one as fluffy and huggable as can be.

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ISBN 13	9780415677363
ISBN 10	041567736X
Title	Physical Education Futures
Author	David Kirk
Series	Routledge Studies In Physical Education And Youth Sport
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2011-06-17
Number of pages	172
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.