Teaching Horse Riding: Is the Role of the Horse Recognized?

IF 0.6 4区农林科学 Q4 SOCIOLOGY

Society & Animals Pub Date : 2021-09-28 DOI:10.1163/15685306-bja10062

Mari Zetterqvist Blokhuis

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Abstract

This study investigated what methods professional trainers use in their teaching. Interviews with nine professional trainers in sports dressage were analyzed using a qualitative approach. The results showed that trainers had developed a “good eye” using their prior experiences. The trainers helped the riders solve their problems but did not make clear their observations or reasoning for specific instructions. Thus, trainers could further develop the riders’ own practical knowledge. The role of the horse was not made explicit in most cases, showing that recognition of the horse as a sentient and thinking individual is not built into the current teaching practice. Teaching methods would be improved if trainers encouraged riders to pay more attention to the perspective of the horse, to examine how to interpret and attend to the horse’s reactions, and to reflect on these issues in dialog with them.

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骑马教学：马的作用被认可了吗？

本研究调查了专业培训师在教学中使用的方法。采用定性方法对九名盛装舞步专业教练的访谈进行了分析。结果显示，培训师利用他们之前的经验培养了一双“好眼睛”。培训师帮助骑手解决了他们的问题，但没有明确说明他们的观察结果或具体说明的理由。因此，培训师可以进一步发展骑手自己的实践知识。在大多数情况下，马的角色并没有明确，这表明对马作为一个有感知力和思维能力的个体的认识并没有融入当前的教学实践。如果驯马师鼓励骑手更多地关注马的角度，研究如何理解和关注马的反应，并在与他们的对话中反思这些问题，那么教学方法就会得到改进。

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来源期刊

Society & Animals 社会科学-兽医学

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

12.50%

发文量

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Society & Animals publishes studies that describe and analyze our experiences of non-human animals from the perspective of various disciplines within both the Social Sciences (e.g., psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science) and the Humanities (e.g., history, literary criticism). The journal specifically deals with subjects such as human-animal interactions in various settings (animal cruelty, the therapeutic uses of animals), the applied uses of animals (research, education, medicine and agriculture), the use of animals in popular culture (e.g. dog-fighting, circus, animal companion, animal research), attitudes toward animals as affected by different socializing agencies and strategies, representations of animals in literature, the history of the domestication of animals, the politics of animal welfare, and the constitution of the animal rights movement.