A contrasting analysis of the neo-liberal and socio-critical structural strategies in health and physical education: reflections on the emancipatory agenda within and beyond the limits of HPE

Taking as a reference the previous texts in this special issue of Sport, Education and Society, this paper contrasts a variety of structural strategies utilized by both the neoliberal and socio-critical camps in health and physical education (HPE) in order to forward their respective agendas. Moreov...

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Published in:Sport, education and society education and society, 2017-07, Vol.22 (5), p.658-668
Main Author: Fernández-Balboa, Juan-Miguel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Alternative approaches
Consciousness
Educational Change
Educational Policy
Educational Strategies
Emancipatory
Foreign Countries
Health
Health Education
Health planning
Neoliberal
Neoliberalism
Physical Education
Policy Analysis
Socio-critical
Sociocultural factors
Sociocultural Patterns
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Taking as a reference the previous texts in this special issue of Sport, Education and Society, this paper contrasts a variety of structural strategies utilized by both the neoliberal and socio-critical camps in health and physical education (HPE) in order to forward their respective agendas. Moreover, it also theorizes about some possible reasons for the socio-cultural agenda's stalemate. An analysis of the articles in the special issue reveals a striking imbalance between the neoliberal and socio-critical scaffoldings with a strategies' ratio of more than seven to one in favor of the former; a key factor, it is argued, in sustaining the efficient and all-encompassing neoliberal operation. Lastly, the article provides some reflections regarding the sociocultural agenda within and beyond the limits of HPE and proposes a viable and necessary alternative.
ISSN:1357-3322
1470-1243
DOI:10.1080/13573322.2017.1329142