The Crisis of Physical Education in the Discourse of Mimicry: Ukrainian and Global Contexts
This study presents a qualitative analytical approach through a critical analysis of data to critically describe, interpret, and explain the crisis in physical education (PE) in Ukraine and the world. The subject of consideration is the Ukrainian PE curriculum, which must be followed by all teachers...
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| description | This study presents a qualitative analytical approach through a critical analysis of data to critically describe, interpret, and explain the crisis in physical education (PE) in Ukraine and the world. The subject of consideration is the Ukrainian PE curriculum, which must be followed by all teachers when making lesson plans. Among the many different obstacles for Ukrainian PE, the study focused on one of the most important and hidden barriers, which is a kind of multiplier of the crisis – the culture of mimicry. Institutional mimicry is a serious problem that has been poorly analyzed, but it is actually very significant and often causes crises or slows down the progress of PE. Ignoring or failing to understand the factor of mimicry reduces the possibility of escaping a crisis or even makes escape impossible. The results show that the mimicry of PE is at least two-tiered: on the one hand, it is bureaucratic (external), and on the other, it is “internal” (based on tradition). Mimicry in the Ukrainian reality of PE is not advertised, but there is almost no alternative path for development. The constant mimicry of PE in Ukraine has created a paradoxical situation in which scientific expediency yields to politics and eventually leads to a new crisis. The study shows that there is a missing culture of influence on political decisions in Ukraine. Ukrainian PE teachers have a culture of mimicry, not a culture of leadership. The Ukrainian PE curriculum for secondary schools contains contradictions in its theoretical and practical parts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c59a7f2666c465b94bf9835dccbfa612022-12-21T21:19:20ZengSciendoPhysical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research1899-48492022-03-01941566610.2478/pcssr-2022-0006The Crisis of Physical Education in the Discourse of Mimicry: Ukrainian and Global ContextsSainchuk Mykola0Petrachkov Oleksandr1Sainchuk Anna2Verbyn Nazarii3The National Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi, Kyiv, UkraineThe National Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi, Kyiv, UkraineThe National Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi, Kyiv, UkraineThe National Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi, Kyiv, UkraineThis study presents a qualitative analytical approach through a critical analysis of data to critically describe, interpret, and explain the crisis in physical education (PE) in Ukraine and the world. The subject of consideration is the Ukrainian PE curriculum, which must be followed by all teachers when making lesson plans. Among the many different obstacles for Ukrainian PE, the study focused on one of the most important and hidden barriers, which is a kind of multiplier of the crisis – the culture of mimicry. Institutional mimicry is a serious problem that has been poorly analyzed, but it is actually very significant and often causes crises or slows down the progress of PE. Ignoring or failing to understand the factor of mimicry reduces the possibility of escaping a crisis or even makes escape impossible. The results show that the mimicry of PE is at least two-tiered: on the one hand, it is bureaucratic (external), and on the other, it is “internal” (based on tradition). Mimicry in the Ukrainian reality of PE is not advertised, but there is almost no alternative path for development. The constant mimicry of PE in Ukraine has created a paradoxical situation in which scientific expediency yields to politics and eventually leads to a new crisis. The study shows that there is a missing culture of influence on political decisions in Ukraine. Ukrainian PE teachers have a culture of mimicry, not a culture of leadership. The Ukrainian PE curriculum for secondary schools contains contradictions in its theoretical and practical parts.https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2022-0006curriculumbureaucratictraditionpolicyukraine |
| spellingShingle | Sainchuk Mykola Petrachkov Oleksandr Sainchuk Anna Verbyn Nazarii The Crisis of Physical Education in the Discourse of Mimicry: Ukrainian and Global Contexts Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research curriculum bureaucratic tradition policy ukraine |
| title | The Crisis of Physical Education in the Discourse of Mimicry: Ukrainian and Global Contexts |
| title_full | The Crisis of Physical Education in the Discourse of Mimicry: Ukrainian and Global Contexts |
| title_fullStr | The Crisis of Physical Education in the Discourse of Mimicry: Ukrainian and Global Contexts |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Crisis of Physical Education in the Discourse of Mimicry: Ukrainian and Global Contexts |
| title_short | The Crisis of Physical Education in the Discourse of Mimicry: Ukrainian and Global Contexts |
| title_sort | crisis of physical education in the discourse of mimicry ukrainian and global contexts |
| topic | curriculum bureaucratic tradition policy ukraine |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/pcssr-2022-0006 |
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