ERIC Number: EJ1302533
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-2574-2981
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SHAPE America and Physical Literacy: An Event Horizon?
Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, v12 n2 p106-122 2021
In this paper, we reflect on SHAPE America's K-12 National Standards and its connection to physical literacy. We argue physical educators in the United States have primarily engaged with the "term" physical literacy without engaging with the theoretical and pedagogical depth of the "concept." Despite this, SHAPE America does explicitly endorse an adapted version of Whitehead's definition of the physical literacy "concept." In drawing on feminist intersectional thought, we make an argument that SHAPE America's adoption of physical literacy has produced an era of 'disorientation' in United States physical education. Within this disorientation, much of the advancements made in theory, pedagogy, sociocultural issues, as well as curriculum have been lost. We conclude by calling for a revamping of the standards that are not bound to a single concept, model or theoretical paradigm.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Fitness, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Standards, Social Justice, Psychomotor Skills, Life Style, Curriculum, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Student Diversity, Racial Bias, Gender Bias, Values
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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