Despite good intentions: The elusiveness of social justice in health and physical education curricula across different contexts

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Despite good intentions: The elusiveness of social justice in health and physical education curricula across different contexts

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This paper draws on critical discourse analysis to examine how health and physical education (HPE) curricula from Sweden, Norway, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand may influence possibilities for the enactment of social justice in schools. The findings highlight the presence of social justice intentions across the five curricula as related to embodied movement experiences, social cohesion, and activism. That said, the findings simultaneously suggest that the language used to orient tea...

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Gerdin, Göran / Lundin, Katarina / Philpot, Rod / Berg, Ellen / Mooney, Amanda / Kitching, Ansie / Alfrey, Laura / Schenker, Katarina / Linnér, Susanne

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/69140

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3901 Curriculum and Pedagogy / 39 Education / 3904 Specialist Studies In Education / Behavioral and Social Science / 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions / Social Sciences / Education & Educational Research / Physical education / health / curriculum / social justice / discourse / language / DISCOURSE ANALYSIS / LIFE ORIENTATION / REPRODUCTION / PERCEPTIONS / 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences / 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy / 1303 Specialist Studies in Education / 3903 Education systems / 4207 Sports science and exercise

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