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"Knowing the rules of the game": rural sporting biographies and their influence on physical education pedagogy
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posted on 2016-01-01, 00:00 authored by Amanda MooneyAmanda Mooney, Chris HickeyChris HickeyThe influence of place-based biographies in shaping professional identities and practices can be powerful. This is particularly prevalent in fields like Physical Education (PE) where personal physical and sporting prowess can readily become embodied signifiers of one’s credibility and expertise. In rural and regional communities, identities attached to, and social capital accrued from sports participation are often very strong. In this chapter we reflexively draw on aspects of our own personal biographies as active (and privileged) participants in rural community sport to explore the ways in which they have shaped our professional identities and practices as physical education teacher educators. We juxtapose our biographies alongside the experiences of ‘Rachel,’ a female physical education teacher who, at the time of data collection, had recently commenced teaching in a regionally based Catholic all-boys’ school after two previous posts in rural co-educational schools. Presented as heuristic devices, we look for points of intersection and divergence between Rachel’s experiences and our own biographies to consider the ways in which place shapes professional identities and pedagogical practices in PE. The practical translation of this self-study process is to be ultimately located in our undergraduate teacher education programs and in our identities as teacher educators.
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Self-studies in rural teacher educationVolume
14Series
Self-study of teaching and teacher education practicesChapter number
7Pagination
123 - 138Publisher
SpringerPlace of publication
Berlin, GermanyPublisher DOI
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9783319174884Language
engPublication classification
B1 Book chapter; B Book chapterCopyright notice
2016, Springer International Publishing SwitzerlandExtent
10Editor/Contributor(s)
A Schulte, B Walker-GibbsUsage metrics
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