Physical Education at Preschools: Practitioners' and Children's Engagements with Physical Activity and Health Discourses

Autor/inn/en	McEvilly, Nollaig; Verheul, Martine; Atencio, Matthew
Titel	Physical Education at Preschools: Practitioners' and Children's Engagements with Physical Activity and Health Discourses
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 36 (2015) 6, S.832-852 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2013.848780
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Preschool Education; Preschool Children; Physical Activities; Foreign Countries; Discourse Analysis; Neoliberalism; Observation; Interviews; Freehand Drawing; Child Behavior; Adults; Health Behavior; Attitudes; Participant Observation; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Ausland; Diskursanalyse; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Drawing; Zeichnen; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Teilnehmende Beobachtung
Abstract	This paper focuses on one aspect of a qualitative study concerned with investigating the place and meaning of "physical education" to practitioners and children at three preschools in Scotland. We examine the ways in which the participants engaged with discourses related to physical activity and health in order to construct their subjectivities. Fourteen practitioners and 70 children participated. Research methods employed were observations, interviews with adults, a group drawing and discussion activity with children, and interviews with children. Both the adults' and children's talk illustrated the dominance of neoliberal, healthism meanings that position individuals as responsible for their own health. While the children's talk primarily centred on health as a corporeal notion, the practitioners tended to talk about physical activity and health in both corporeal terms and in relation to the self more holistically. The practitioners also talked about physical activity as a means of regulating children's behaviour. (As Provided).
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