The relation between teaching physical education and discourses on body weight – an integrative review of research

Quennerstedt, Mikael; Barker, Dean; Johansson, Anna; Korp, Peter

doi:10.1080/25742981.2021.1894407

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“…For example, despite a willingness of our participants to engage critically with digital health technologies, there was evidence that discourses and practices around bodyworkdisciplining, monitoring and 'improving' bodies -were dominant in a number of the teachers' digital health engagements. The dominance of bodywork narratives has long been reported among PE teachers, even among those exposed to 'counter' discourses (Barker et al, 2021). When analysing these tensions through a new materialist lens, we can see how these discourses can lead to strong negative affects, for example feelings of guilt and obsession.…”

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“…Schools are often regarded sites for health education and promotion, with subjects such as physical education (PE) considered especially important for supporting young people to live physically active lives. However, some young people can feel marginalised and excluded in PE, often in relation to discourses of health, body size and shape (Quennerstedt et al, 2021; Sykes and McPhail, 2008). Despite this, PE does harbour great potential for critical, embodied and transformative practices that can enable young people to appreciate and value their bodies (Fitzpatrick, 2019).…”

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Critical engagement with digital health: A socio-material analysis of physical education teachers’ digital health mind maps

MacIsaac,

Gray,

Camacho-Miñano

et al. 2024

Health Education Journal

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Objective: This paper forms part of a DigihealthPE project in which we have been working with physical education (PE) teachers to co-create critical and embodied digital health pedagogies. As part of the project, we invited PE teachers to mind map their personal engagements with digital health technologies. We aimed to explore the potential openings and opportunities (and limitations) within these maps for critical thinking and action. Method: Data were generated during a workshop with 12 PE teachers in Scotland. Informed by new materialism, we focus on the human and non-human factors and intra-actions evident within six narrative portraits generated from teachers’ mind maps. Results: Our findings suggest that teachers were engaging complexly and extensively with digital health technologies, which we considered an opening for further critical work. Importantly, experiences of strong (negative) affect had the potential to transform engagements with digital health technologies. Conclusion: We conclude by exploring how the process of mind mapping helped us to see further opportunities for supporting teachers to engage critically with digital health technologies. We also argue that new materialist-informed critical practices in education may have transformative potential for helping teachers and pupils to engage critically with the moving body, technology and health.

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Critical engagement with digital health: A socio-material analysis of physical education teachers’ digital health mind maps

MacIsaac,

Gray,

Camacho-Miñano

et al. 2024

Health Education Journal

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“…The interview material used as data in this paper were generated within a larger project exploring discourses of body, health and weight among PE teachers (see Barker et al. , 2021a, b; Quennerstedt et al. , 2021).…”

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Making sense of health in PE: conceptions of health among Swedish physical education teachers

Korp

Quennerstedt

Barker

et al. 2023

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PurposeOver the last couple of decades, health has become a central part of the subject content in physical education (PE) curricula in many countries. As a result, issues of health have been foregrounded much more clearly in the teaching of PE. The aim of this study was to explore how Swedish PE teachers make sense of health in relation to their teaching practices. This was done through investigating conceptions and theories about health in the teachers' descriptions of their teaching practices.Design/methodology/approachThe data analyzed in this paper were collected through focus group and individual interviews with PE teachers in the grades 7–9 within compulsory schools in Sweden. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis.FindingsFour dominant themes were identified in the data: 1) Health as a healthy attitude, 2) Health as a functional ability, 3) Health as fitness, 4) Health as mental wellbeing. There is a clear impact from healthism and obesity discourses on the teachers' accounts of health, but there is also an impact from holistic views and approaches to health. The authors contend that teachers should be explicit in what they mean by health in relation to what they teach, how they teach and why they teach health in a certain way.Originality/valueThe knowledge produced by this study is crucial since teachers' assumptions regarding health affect the subject content (what), the pedagogies (how), as well as the reasons (why) they teach health and therefore what students learn regarding health.

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“…Undergraduate students in particular spend a great deal of time in school, making universities a prime location for interventions that encourage healthy, physically active living [27]. Several researchers have pointed out that schools and PE in particular can play a significant role in combating obesity and the "obesity epidemic" [26,28,29]. Different countries have produced educational materials, programs, and specialized teaching tactics to inspire young adolescents to adopt a healthy, physically active lifestyle in an effort to reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity [30,31].…”

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10-Weeks TABATA workout in repetition and its effect on Body Mass Index and waist circumference of undergraduate students

Kuswahyudi,

Lobo,

Setiawan

et al. 2023

Fiz Pol

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The TABATA workout has been praised in a number of research articles for its value to young adults. However, no research involving college students in the Philippines' higher education context was located or carried out. The purpose of this research was to determine whether or not college students may benefit from the TABATA exercise program. Finally, it hoped to see if this exercise could assist reduce participants' body mass index and waist circumference. Using an experimental design, this study examined the effects of a 10-week TABATA training program in repetition on college students. After the 10-week exercise performed by the participants in general, it was found that there is a reduction and improvement on participants’ BMI. Additionally, a significant improvement was observed in the participants’ WC. However, based on sex, no significant variance in both genders’ BMI. Fascinatingly, a significant improvement was observed in the WC of both sexes. Based on the general findings, participating in the TABATA program is effective and may partially improve students’ BMI and significantly enhance WC. To conclude, this study did not take into account other factors which may also affect the result of this study. Therefore, comparable experiments may be conducted while taking into account other variables aforementioned to this study’s limitation.

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The relation between teaching physical education and discourses on body weight – an integrative review of research

Abstract: The relation between teaching physical education and discourses on body weightan integrative review of research, Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education,

Cited by 8 publications

References 68 publications

Critical engagement with digital health: A socio-material analysis of physical education teachers’ digital health mind maps

Critical engagement with digital health: A socio-material analysis of physical education teachers’ digital health mind maps

Making sense of health in PE: conceptions of health among Swedish physical education teachers

10-Weeks TABATA workout in repetition and its effect on Body Mass Index and waist circumference of undergraduate students

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