{"title":"Team-building activities in dance classes and discoveries from reflective essays","authors":"S. Hanrahan, Rachel A. Pedro","doi":"10.1080/18377122.2016.1272427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2016.1272427","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine students’ perceptions of team-building activities within a university Latin dance course. Students (N = 30) completed an evaluation of the team-building activities and wrote reflective essays about their experiences in the course. The course consisted of twenty 90-minute classes. In the third class students were provided an information sheet describing the research. In the fourth class the students completed a demographics questionnaire. In classes 10–14 team-building activities took up roughly the first third of each class. In class 16 the students completed the evaluation. The reflective essays were submitted two weeks after the last class. Students agreed that the team-building activities helped to bond class members, and felt it was valuable for these activities to be included in the unit in the future. The reflective essays indicated the students felt the team-building activities improved interpersonal, dance, and personal mental skills.","PeriodicalId":125416,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124629515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Invented tradition and how physical education curricula in the Australian Capital Territory has resisted Indigenous mention","authors":"John Williams","doi":"10.1080/18377122.2016.1233803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2016.1233803","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article reports how ‘invented tradition’ [Hobsbawm, E. (2012), Introduction: Inventing traditions. In E. Hobsbawm & T. Ranger (Eds.), The invention of tradition (pp. 1–14). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press] as a long-term process has contributed to Indigenous students experiencing physical education (PE) within Eurocentric curricula that largely ignores their own culture. The study was undertaken at three high schools within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) which come under the remit of the ACT Education and Training Directorate. Documentary evidence was the main data source and figurational sociology was used to inform the study and analyse the data. Central to figurational sociology is the notion of the figuration which refers to how individuals are located interdependently in social structures characterised by relationships of power. Historical and contemporary documents were analysed using content and thematic analysis according to the premise that the document writers are themselves included in figurations and their inclusion or presence has to be taken into account [Dolan, P. (2009), Using documents: A figurational approach. In J. Hogan, P. Dolan, & P. Donnelly (Eds.), Approaches to qualitative research: Theory and its practical application (pp. 185–208). Cork: Oak Trees Press]. The paper identifies key events and long-term processes mainly linked to Australia’s colonial past that have shaped contemporary PE curricula. Despite intent within historical PE curricula to include Indigenous perspectives in PE these have largely not translated to actual teaching. The final part of the paper suggests additional research to find ways to embed these perspectives. This is important because current curriculum requirements at a national level emphasise these perspectives.","PeriodicalId":125416,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115719498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"It’s not how old you are, it’s how you are old. State discourse on successful ageing in Singapore","authors":"M. Brooke","doi":"10.1080/18377122.2016.1220400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2016.1220400","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT According to Asher and Nandy, the global population of seniors will increase to 1.41 million in 2030 and is predicted to further grow to 2 billion by 2050. This will cause a fundamental change in the world’s ageing structure, with the number of seniors equal to the child population (0–14 years). Today, seniors are being encouraged to be part of the workforce for as long as possible to cater for this shift. One of the means to achieve this is to stay healthy through regular engagement in physical activity. This paper takes Singapore as a case study. Its purpose is to examine the relationship between the discourses on successful ageing, physical activity and employment in Singapore and how these are embodied by local seniors in their everyday lives. It asks whether this demographic group should be predominantly doing menial work and should their salaries be significantly lower than their younger counterparts? Is it right to use a discourse that links work to physical activity, and therefore health, and to make this a part of ageing successfully?","PeriodicalId":125416,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education","volume":"419 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126705223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hurry up and ‘like’ me: immediate feedback on social networking sites and the impact on adolescent girls","authors":"Stephanie T Jong, M. Drummond","doi":"10.1080/18377122.2016.1222647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2016.1222647","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT At an age identified as the period with the most intense focus on appearance, and where young girls are establishing their identity, it appears that social networking site (SNS) interactions are playing a pivotal role in determining what is, and what is not, socially endorsed. This paper draws on data obtained during five separate focus group interviews with a total of 28 middle school aged girls from three South Australian schools. Results indicated that feedback from other SNS users was central in the construction of identity and had an impact on self-esteem. It was found that immediate feedback was highly desired in response to images and comments posted on SNSs. It was also found that the immediacy of the feedback directly influenced the emotional state of the study participants. Understanding the impact of SNS communication, specifically pertaining to feedback, can be directly linked to the Australian Curriculum Health and Physical Education key ideas. Furthermore it is relevant to educative practices where schools are sites for technological advancements and positive reinforcement of identity and appearance.","PeriodicalId":125416,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130346080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer says no: an analysis of three digital food education resources","authors":"M. Gard, Eimear Enright","doi":"10.1080/18377122.2016.1222238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2016.1222238","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT What kind of thing will food education become in digitised classrooms? Drawn from a broader research project concerned with the ‘e turn’ in school health and physical education, this paper analyses three examples of digital food education (DEF). This is done by considering the role of digital technology in changing – or not changing – earlier forms of food education. In each case, these processes are viewed as portals of connection through which knowledge claims are produced, copied, merged, manipulated, juxtaposed and re-represented. Food education is, therefore, conceptualised not as the distillation of scientific knowledge, but as the uses to which this knowledge can be put. Our overall finding – that in many ways DEF is not very different from that which preceded it – echoes other scholars; nutritionism dressed in digital garb is still nutritionism. However, rather than arguing that DEF needs to adhere more faithfully to nutritional science, we argue the reverse; that digital technology has the as yet unmet potential to move food education away from nutritional science towards something more intellectually rich and educationally engaging.","PeriodicalId":125416,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132614108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pedagogies for justice in health and physical education","authors":"Alison Wrench, Robyne Garrett","doi":"10.1080/18377122.2016.1222239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2016.1222239","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In developed economies, such as Australia, schooling is heavily impacted by neo-liberal and neo-conservative agendas. Policies suggest a homogeneity in students that fails to reflect regional contexts of inequality. For the new Australian Curriculum, which includes Health and Physical Education (AC: HPE), this logic prioritises consistency in content and standards for students no matter location or socio-economic circumstances. Little is known about the ‘lived’ realities of such aspirations as they relate to teaching students from disadvantaged regions. This paper reports on practitioner inquiry into a redesigned dance unit, as part of a broader investigation into the implementation of AC: HPE with disadvantaged students. We draw on literature around student engagement and Nancy Fraser’s theorisation of justice to explore the pedagogical redesign. We conclude in arguing that enhanced learning outcomes for disadvantaged students are dependent upon rich and contextualised pedagogical practices.","PeriodicalId":125416,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126110383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Video self-reflection and coach development in New Zealand","authors":"Simon Mead, Kirsten Spencer, L. Kidman","doi":"10.1080/18377122.2016.1196113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2016.1196113","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Drawing on data from semi-structured interviews with New Zealand coaches (N = 6), this study examined how video self-reflection (VSR) was perceived as a tool for learning within ‘on-going’ coach development. This study also looked to determine the potential barriers experienced by coaches before engaging in VSR. Each participant was a performance coach (as identified by the NZ coach development framework (CDF)) with 5+ years coaching experience and had recently (in the previous 12 months) participated in a coach development program that aligned with Sport NZ’s CDF. Five main themes emerged from the data; coaches had a positive perception of the benefits of VSR, a desire to engage in VSR but did not prioritise the time, logistical concerns, a fear of self-confrontation and evidence of knowledge for ‘modern’ coaching development. Findings indicated that coaches valued VSR as a tool for learning; however, the lack of exposure and experience in the process meant coaches did not value the practise enough to dedicate specific time towards it. This study provides an evidence-base that can be used to support National Governing Bodies coach development frameworks, and the modification of content to encourage the use of VSR as a tool for learning.","PeriodicalId":125416,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education","volume":"185 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114566027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Boys, bodies, and bullying in health and physical education class: implications for participation and well-being","authors":"Patrick Jachyra","doi":"10.1080/18377122.2016.1196112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2016.1196112","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In Ontario, Canada, adolescent boys are increasingly developing a disinterest towards health and physical education (HPE) class, and also are withdrawing from HPE as soon as they institutionally are allowed to do so. To date however, there has been a dearth of research that has explored the various mechanisms that are dissuading boys from active participation, and prompting boys to develop a cultural disaffection towards HPE. Drawing on data from an ethnographic case study, this paper begins to provide some insights in further understanding the emerging disaffection towards HPE, and increasing attrition rates among Canadian boys. As illustrated in the study findings, this paper suggests that boys who disengage from HPE do so not because they are genetically predisposed to be lazy, or are unmotivated. Rather, their repeated experiences of explicit and symbolic abuse, degradation, and ignominy from teachers and peers alike dissuade them from active HPE participation. The findings of this study suggest the need for teachers to initiate a reflexive stance in their teaching practices, while concomitantly teaching students critical health literacy skills in an effort to meet the health and well-being needs of adolescent boys.","PeriodicalId":125416,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123234447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of middle school pupils’ acculturation on their readings of and expectations for physical education","authors":"Meredith L. George, M. Curtner-Smith","doi":"10.1080/18377122.2016.1196116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2016.1196116","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of middle school pupils’ acculturation on their readings of and expectations for physical education. Participants were 94 pupils attending one public middle school. Data were collected using five qualitative techniques. They were analysed by employing analytic induction and constant comparison. Findings indicated that the majority of pupils read the subject positively and in terms of four outcomes. These were learning and experiencing sports, health and fitness, socialising, and enjoyment and excitement. A minority of pupils, however, was more negative about physical education and viewed the subject as being of little worth. Differences in the ways in which pupils read and the expectations they had for physical education emerged based on age, gender, and ability. Key socialising agents that appeared to shape the beliefs and views of the pupils were their physical education teachers, peers, parents, coaches, and prevailing culture.","PeriodicalId":125416,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127769799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning in action and adventure sports","authors":"E. Ellmer, S. Rynne","doi":"10.1080/18377122.2016.1196111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/18377122.2016.1196111","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The exponential growth in action and adventure sport (e.g. snowboarding, bicycle motorcross (BMX), surfing, parkour) participation over the past two decades has been showcased in world championship events and the inclusion in Olympic programs. Yet, by virtue of their alternative, escapist and/or adventure-based origins, these sports do not fully conform to the characteristics by which traditional sports are known (e.g. structured training). An area of great interest across all sports is how athletes learn to perform. In action and adventure sports, the lack of well-established, sport-specific knowledge bases mean that athletes potentially learn in different ways. This research seeks to make an initial contribution to our understanding by examining the learning trajectory of an international-level Trials athlete. She was found to take a strong role in her own learning while leveraging her coach and peers for learning opportunities at different stages of her career to date. Suggestions for future research in this area are subsequently offered.","PeriodicalId":125416,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115205420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}