Students' Experiences in Sport-Based Physical Education: [More Than] Apologies are Necessary
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Catherine D. Ennis, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Those of us who have been participants in sport for much of our lives often
find it a time-consuming and irrelevant task to defend the joys and rewards of
physical activity to the uninformed or the uninitiated. Some physical education
teachers are amazed at the energy they must spend motivating students to
dress and participate in physical activity at the lowest intensity levels (Ennis,
1995). Even physiologists are modifying the "criteria" for health-enhancing
exercise to make it more palatable for the majority of Americans who enjoy a
sedentary lifestyle and are unconcerned with target heart rate zones. While
many Americans watch sport, far fewer participate in sport as aphysical activity.
Corlett, in his efforts to focus on the benefits of sport, glazes over the
problems insidious in some sporting contexts. I will focus on problems plaguing
sport-based, public school physical education that lead to discriminatory
and abusive practices. I am most concerned with the policies used to perpetuate
discriminatory sporting practices in schools, and believe disenfranchised
individuals deserve an apology.
Students' Experiences in Sport-Based Physical Education: [More Than] Apologies are Necessary
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Quest, 1996, 48, 453-456
- Language: English
- Date: 1996
- Keywords
- Sports, Physical education, Primary/Secondary education, Fitness, Alienation, Marginalization, Inclusive physical education, Gender