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Teaching on body ideals in physical education

Research project
Active research
Website
SCoPE
Project owner
Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science

Financier
Department of Food and Nutrition and Sport Science

Short description

Teaching on body ideals in physical education: a collaborative research project with upper secondary schools.

Body ideals and their consequences for students’ health are a mandatory content in the physical education (PE) curriculum in Swedish upper secondary school. PE teachers however describe feeling insecure and in lack of didactical concepts for this content. Addressing these professional needs, the aim of our project is to establish pedagogical knowledge related to teaching and learning on body ideals in PE.

Findings

  • Schubring, A., Bergentoft, H., & Barker, D. (2021). Teaching on body ideals in physical education: a lesson study in Swedish upper secondary school. Curriculum Studies In Health And Physical Education, 2021.
  • Bergentoft, H., Schubring, A., Barker, D., Sadik, S., Martinsson, M. (2019). Teaching on body ideals in physical education: pedagogical possibilities and challenges. SVEBI conference 22nd of November, 2019, Stockholm, Sweden.

Participants

  • Astrid Schubring
  • Heléne Bergentoft
  • Dean Barker