Contemporary ways of understanding human movements, specifically
movement learning, are heavily dominated by individualistic, dualistic
and mechanistic perspectives. These perspectives are individualistic
in the sense that in research as well as in educational practice
movements/movers are typically decontextualized, they are dualistic in
the sense that the body is taken to be ‘inhabited’, even
‘governed,’ by a rational mind which is not itself a part of that
body; and they are mechanistic in the sense that movements and
movement learning can be ‘calculated’. This approach has supported
the dominance of a westernised and predominantly white, masculinised
and heteronormative view of able bodies, embodiment and movements.
Hence, it has contributed to marginalise not only other approaches and
perspectives and individuals. New research has evolved, including new
approaches and these held perspectives have been challenged by social
and culturally sensitive, holistic as well as pluralistic, and
dynamic/organic perspectives of human movements and moving humans.
Examples of such research can be found in disciplines such as;
physical education and pedagogy, ethnography, philosophy, and
sociology. Learning Movements: New Perspectives of Movement Education
provides the societal and epistemological background for these new
approaches and will be essential in disseminating this knowledge to
movement educators, academics and researchers as well as professionals
within education, sports, health and fitness, dance, outdoor
activities, etc., and that it will spearhead new and inclusive
practices within these settings.
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New Perspectives of Movement Education
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781000343762
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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