"Friluftsliv": A Contribution to Equity and Democracy in Swedish Physical Education? An Analysis of Codes in Swedish Physical Education Curricula

Autor/in	Backman, Erik
Titel	"Friluftsliv": A Contribution to Equity and Democracy in Swedish Physical Education? An Analysis of Codes in Swedish Physical Education Curricula
Quelle	In: Journal of Curriculum Studies, 43 (2011) 2, S.269-288 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Outdoor Education; Democracy; Physical Education Teachers; Foreign Countries; Curriculum; Course Descriptions; Classification; Teacher Role; Educational Change; Educational Objectives; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Freiluftunterricht; Demokratie; Physical education; Physical training; Teacher; Teachers; Sportlehrer; Ausland; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Kursstrukturplan; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Lehrerrolle; Bildungsreform; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Schweden
Abstract	During the last decade, expanding research investigating the school subject Physical Education (PE) indicates a promotion of inequalities regarding which children benefit from PE teaching. Outdoor education and its Scandinavian equivalent "friluftsliv," is a part of the PE curriculum in many countries, and these practices have been claimed to have the potential to contribute to more equity in PE teaching. Through an investigation of how stipulations regarding "friluftsliv" in the national Swedish PE curriculum are transformed and interpreted into 31 local PE syllabus documents, this paper investigates the possibilities for "friluftsliv" to fulfil this potential. In an analysis inspired by the educational sociologist, Basil Bernstein, I claim that Swedish PE teachers' marginalized interpretation of "friluftsliv" indicates its weak classification when a part of PE. When "friluftsliv" is addressed in PE, the strong dominance of a performance code transforms it into mere sport activities. The results of this study highlight questions regarding PE teachers' interpretation of learning aims and their work with text documents. It also discusses alternatives to implementing "friluftsliv" through PE and the role of teachers in curriculum reforms. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10