Precarity, Critical Pedagogy and Physical Education (Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport)

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This unflinching analysis explains the nature of precarity and its detrimental effects on the health and wellbeing of young people. It exposes physical educators’ unpreparedness to provide inclusive, fair and equitable forms of physical education that might empower young people to overcome the mal effects of precarity. Following a thorough analysis and critique of critical pedagogy, David Kirk advocates for critical pedagogies of affect as physical education’s response to precarity, providing detailed outlines of these pedagogies and their grounding in research. He argues that now more than ever physical educators need to be alive to the serious social and economic challenges that shape young people’s health, happiness and life chances. This bold and provocative book is essential reading for all researchers in the field of physical education and health education pedagogy, as well as teacher educators, curriculum policy makers, and other professionals who work with young people living in precarity. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction References 2. Social turbulence, precarity, education Introduction Social turbulence Rethinking social class Precarity and the precariat The marketization and privatization of education Conclusion References 3. Precarity, young people, and health and wellbeing Introduction Precarity, young people, and health and wellbeing: The evidence The internet, social media, health, and young people Body image, health and wellbeing Social vulnerability, health, and young people Conclusion References 4. The occupational socialization of physical education teachers, stress and burnout, and precarity Introduction Teacher socialization: Becoming a physical education teacher Teacher stress, burnout, and attrition Conclusion References 5. Physical education-as-health promotion in precarity Introduction Physical education and contemporary interest in health and wellbeing Early approaches to health: The medico-health rationale and scientific functionalism The ‘new health consciousness’ and health-related fitness Exercise-is-medicine: The New Public Health, physical activity, and obesity Pathogenic and salutogenic approaches to health promotion Conclusion References 6. Advocacy, critique and educational action: Critical pedagogies of physical education as a response to precarity Introduction What is critical pedagogy? What critical pedagogy might be Conclusion References 7. Critical pedagogies of physical education teacher education and school physical education Introduction Critical pedagogy in physical education teacher education Critical pedagogies of school physical education Conclusion References 8. Critical pedagogies of affect for physical education: A response to precarity Introduction Life skills education: Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) Fair play, inclusion, and enthusiasm: Sport Education Empowering young people through action: An activist approach to physical education Conclusion References 9. A note on teacher professional learning for precarity References Index