Insideness and outsideness: An autoethnography of a primary physical education specialist teacher

The purpose of this study is to provide an authentic and legitimate voice to the physical education (PE) specialist teacher in the primary school and to give an insight into professional knowledge. An autoethnographic approach has been used to invite readers to enter my world of the primary PE speci...

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Published in:European physical education review 2015-08, Vol.21 (3), p.325-339
Main Authors: Brooks, Caroline, Dinan Thompson, Maree
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Arbeitsbedingungen
Australia
Australien
Elementary School Teachers
Erfahrung
Ethnographie
Ethnography
Fachlehrer
Faculty Development
Foreign Countries
Grundschule
Guidelines
Lehren
Lehrplan
Physical Education
Physical Education Teachers
Professional Identity
Soziale Rolle
Specialists
Sportpädagogik
Sportunterricht
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Role
Unterrichtsgestaltung
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Summary:The purpose of this study is to provide an authentic and legitimate voice to the physical education (PE) specialist teacher in the primary school and to give an insight into professional knowledge. An autoethnographic approach has been used to invite readers to enter my world of the primary PE specialist teacher and observe and respond to its social and cultural practices. Teacher professionalism as a cultural practice is defined, perceived and enacted in different ways over the three years I spent as a primary PE specialist teacher. The places and spaces in which primary PE operates are investigated using the conceptual framework of Relph's Place and Placelessness. I found myself both in and out of places and spaces that raised questions about the role of the primary PE specialist teacher, the issue of non-contact time in Queensland schools, the influence of performance cultures and the possibility (or not) for enacting an activist democratic professionalism. Verf.-Referat.
ISSN:1741-2749
1356-336X
1741-2749
DOI:10.1177/1356336X14568126