Feel Good--Be Good: Subject Content and Governing Processes in Physical Education

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Autor/inn/en	Ohman, Marie; Quennerstedt, Mikael
Titel	Feel Good--Be Good: Subject Content and Governing Processes in Physical Education
Quelle	In: Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 13 (2008) 4, S.365-379 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1740-8989
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Socialization; Physical Activities; Foreign Countries; Curriculum; Discourse Analysis; Educational Principles; Program Evaluation; Educational Objectives; Hidden Curriculum; Citizenship Education; Role of Education; Educational Philosophy; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Ausland; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Diskursanalyse; Bildungsprinzip; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Heimlicher Lehrplan; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Bildungsauftrag; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Schweden
Abstract	Background: In this paper a study of both subject "content" and governing "processes" in Swedish physical education is presented. The reason why an analysis of both content and processes is of special interest is that it makes it possible to understand the encounter between the institutional level and the practice of education. Purpose: The purpose of the paper is threefold: (1) to analyse the subject content in physical education through identifying discourses embedded in its practice; (2) to illustrate how the subject content is created/re-created in physical education practice through various governing processes; and (3) to discuss how governing processes also become content through the socialization of students in terms of becoming a certain type of social citizen. Research design and data collection: The empirical material used is collected in connection with a national evaluation of physical education in Sweden, commissioned by the Swedish Government and the Swedish National Agency for Education. This paper uses local curriculum documents from 72 schools and 15 video-recorded physical education lessons from five schools. A starting point for the methodological framework is discourse theory and the governing perspective developed by Michel Foucault (1978/1991, 1980, 1982/2002). The governing perspective is used as a methodological tool, and we work with two overarching analysis themes: one oriented towards "what" pupils are governed, in terms of discourses embedded in physical education, and the other "how" the identified discourses are created/re-created in the practice of physical education. We also use the methodological framework as a tool to discuss how the governing processes also become content--a content of socialization. Findings: The results show that physical exertion and active participation are the main threads that run though the analysed material. In connection with physical exertion and active participation, pupils are also encouraged to cooperate with others and to compete. The content of socialization is primarily directed towards different components of willingness, for example "a will to do one's best" and "a will to try", where the pupils are expected to be participatory, take responsibility and govern their own actions in the direction of that which is most reasonable. Conclusions: A clear message is communicated in physical education in Sweden--be active and work up a sweat. This is also concerned with fostering good character, i.e. creating correct attitudes and approaches through physical activity--be an active and willing person. Physical education is consequently a place where both political volition and the creation of today's citizens are staged. It is thus not only physical exertion--the physiological effects of exercise and involvement in sports and physical education--that is in the foreground of the activities we study in physical education. It is also about becoming a certain type of social citizen. (As Provided).
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