Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE: Nine Pedagogies for Social Justice
We currently find ourselves living in precarious times, with old and new social inequities on the rise due to the challenges associated with an unprecedented rise of global migration and neoliberalism, amplified in our post COVID-19 world. Research has demonstrated that there is a high correlation b...
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| author | Göran Gerdin Rod Philpot Wayne Smith Katarina Schenker Kjersti Mordal Moen Lena Larsson Susanne Linnér Knut Westlie |
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| description | We currently find ourselves living in precarious times, with old and new social inequities on the rise due to the challenges associated with an unprecedented rise of global migration and neoliberalism, amplified in our post COVID-19 world. Research has demonstrated that there is a high correlation between inequality at the societal level and the overall health and wellbeing of individuals within those societies. We believe that school health and physical education (HPE) has a significant role to play in addressing and acting on social inequities that impact on the wellbeing of both students and society as a whole. Based on the findings of an international research project called EDUHEALTH which explored pedagogies for social justice in school health and physical education (HPE) across Sweden, Norway and New Zealand, this paper aims to highlight the addressing of (in)equality and student wellbeing through HPE practice. In particular, the paper presents nine different but complementary pedagogies for social justice that we believe can improve individual, collective, and societal wellbeing. We conclude by proposing that, if adopted across a whole school curriculum, these nine pedagogies for social justice could form the basis of a holistic school-wide community approach aimed at improving both student and societal wellbeing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f51bd49dae74a25bab7e0e69fd8123a2022-12-21T18:24:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sports and Active Living2624-93672021-08-01310.3389/fspor.2021.702922702922Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE: Nine Pedagogies for Social JusticeGöran Gerdin0Rod Philpot1Wayne Smith2Katarina Schenker3Kjersti Mordal Moen4Lena Larsson5Susanne Linnér6Knut Westlie7Department of Sport Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö/Kalmar, SwedenFaculty of Education and Social Work, School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandFaculty of Education and Social Work, School of Curriculum and Pedagogy, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandDepartment of Sport Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö/Kalmar, SwedenDepartment of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, NorwayDepartment of Sport Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö/Kalmar, SwedenDepartment of Sport Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö/Kalmar, SwedenDepartment of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, NorwayWe currently find ourselves living in precarious times, with old and new social inequities on the rise due to the challenges associated with an unprecedented rise of global migration and neoliberalism, amplified in our post COVID-19 world. Research has demonstrated that there is a high correlation between inequality at the societal level and the overall health and wellbeing of individuals within those societies. We believe that school health and physical education (HPE) has a significant role to play in addressing and acting on social inequities that impact on the wellbeing of both students and society as a whole. Based on the findings of an international research project called EDUHEALTH which explored pedagogies for social justice in school health and physical education (HPE) across Sweden, Norway and New Zealand, this paper aims to highlight the addressing of (in)equality and student wellbeing through HPE practice. In particular, the paper presents nine different but complementary pedagogies for social justice that we believe can improve individual, collective, and societal wellbeing. We conclude by proposing that, if adopted across a whole school curriculum, these nine pedagogies for social justice could form the basis of a holistic school-wide community approach aimed at improving both student and societal wellbeing.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2021.702922/fullwellbeinghealthphysical educationsocial justicepedagogy |
| spellingShingle | Göran Gerdin Rod Philpot Wayne Smith Katarina Schenker Kjersti Mordal Moen Lena Larsson Susanne Linnér Knut Westlie Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE: Nine Pedagogies for Social Justice Frontiers in Sports and Active Living wellbeing health physical education social justice pedagogy |
| title | Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE: Nine Pedagogies for Social Justice |
| title_full | Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE: Nine Pedagogies for Social Justice |
| title_fullStr | Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE: Nine Pedagogies for Social Justice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE: Nine Pedagogies for Social Justice |
| title_short | Teaching for Student and Societal Wellbeing in HPE: Nine Pedagogies for Social Justice |
| title_sort | teaching for student and societal wellbeing in hpe nine pedagogies for social justice |
| topic | wellbeing health physical education social justice pedagogy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2021.702922/full |
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