Critical Inquiry and Problem Solving in Physical Education: Working with Students in Schools

Critical inquiry, critical thinking and problem-solving are key concepts in contemporary physical education. But how do physical educators actually do critical inquiry and critical thinking? Critical Inquiry and Problem-Solving in Physical Education explains the principles and assumptions underpinning these concepts and provides detailed examples of how they can be used in the teaching of physical education for different age groups and in a range of different contexts. Topics covered include: sport education and critical thinking dance as critical inquiry media analysis understanding cultural perspectives student-led research and curriculum reflective coaching practice. The authors are teachers, teacher educators, policymakers and academics. Each shares a commitment to the notion that school students can do more than learn to move in physical education classes.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Locating critical inquiry and problem-solving in physical education 1. Critical inquiry and problem-solving in physical education Jan Wright 2. Understanding learning in physical education Doune Macdonald Part II: Critical inquiry and problem-soving in the middle years of schooling 3. Using the tactical games model to develop problem-solvers in physical education Linda L Griffin and Deborah A Sheehy 4. PlaySMART: developing thinking and problem-solving skills in the context of the national curriculum for physical education in England Tom Bell and Dawn Penney 5. Problem-solving in teaching sports Peter Hastie 6. Student-centred research: working with disabled students Hayley Fitzgerald and Anne Jobling 7. Movement, art and culture: problem-solving and critical inquiry in dance Michael Gard 8. Understanding and investigating cultural perspectives in physical education Lisette Burrows 9. Rich tasks, rich learning? Working with integration from a physical education perspective Doune Macdonald 10. Negotiating the curriculum: challenging the social relationships in teaching Trish Glasby and Doune Macdonald Part III: Critical inquiry and problem-solving in the senior years of schooling 11. Reflective practices in teaching and coaching: using reflective journals to enhance performance 12. Biomechanical analyses in physical education Ross H Sanders 13. Desperately seeking certainty: statistics, physical activity and critical inquiry Michael Gard 14. Analysing sportsmedia texts: developing resistant reading positions Jan Wright Part IV: The challenges of critical inquiry in physical education 15. New practices, new subjects and critical inquiry: possibility and progress David Kirk Index