Physical Education, Curriculum And Culture: Critical Issues In The Contemporary Crisis

PHYSICAL EDUCATION, CURRICULUM AND CULTURE Deakin Studies in Education Series General Editors: Professor Rob Walker and Professor Stephen Kemmis, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia 1 CURRICULUM: PRODUCT OR PRAXIS? Shirley Grundy 2 CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION Edited by Terry Evans and Daryl Nation 3 CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP Edited by John Smyth 4 TOWARDS A THEORY OF SCHOOLING David Hamilton 5 PHYSICAL EDUCATION, CURRICULUM AND CULTURE: CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE CONTEMPORARY CRISIS Edited by David Kirk and Richard Tinning Deakin Studies in Education Series: 5 PHYSICAL EDUCATION, CURRICULUM AND CULTURE: CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE CONTEMPORARY CRISIS Edited by David Kirk and Richard Tinning (A member of the Taylor & Francis Group) London • New York • Philadelphia UK The Falmer Press, Rankine Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 0PR USA The Falmer Press, Taylor & Francis Inc., 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007 © Selection and editorial material copyright David Kirk and Richard Tinning 1990 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Publisher. First published 1990 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/.” British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Physical education, curriculum and culture 1. Educational institutions. Curriculum subjects: Physical education. I. Kirk, David. II. Tinning, Richard. III. Series. 613.707 ISBN 0-203-97550-2 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 1-85000-674-1 (Print Edition) ISBN 1-85000-675-X (pbk.) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on request Jacket design by Caroline Archer Contents General Editors’ Introduction Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction: Physical Education, Curriculum and Culture David Kirk and Richard Tinning Chapter 2 A Critical Analysis of the Hidden Curriculum in Physical Education Linda L.Bain Chapter 3 Defining the Subject: Gymnastics and Gender in British Physical Education David Kirk Chapter 4 Oppression and Privilege in Physical Education: Struggles in the Negotiation of Gender in a University Programme Alison Dewar Chapter 5 Pedagogy as Text in Physical Education Teacher Education: Beyond the Preferred Reading Jennifer M.Gore Chapter 6 Ability, Position and Privilege in School Physical Education John Evans Chapter 7 Challenging Hegemonic Physical Education: Contextualizing Physical Education as an Examinable Subject Lindsay Fitzclarence and Richard Tinning Chapter 8 Winners, Losers and the Myth of Rational Change in Physical Education: Towards an Understanding of Interests and Power in Innovation Andrew C.Sparkes Chapter 9 Images of Healthism in Health-Based Physical Education Derek Colquhoun vi