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Bringing shared values out of the shadows
As part of its wider promotion of a world that is peaceful and tolerant, the United Nations declared 2005 the International Year of Sport and Physical Education. At the fore of the UN's proclamation was recognition of the important role sport and PE play in nurturing the health and harmony of society. Sport and PE, the UN declared, provide important nodes for social connection around which shared values and understandings can be formed. In the wake of the UN's endorsement of the role that sport and PE can play in fostering social and emotional development, it is more important that ever that we reflect on and refine our practices towards this end. This paper draws on two research narratives to illustrate how easily this potential can be undermined. Indeed, behind some of the wonderful opportunities for connection that exist through a participation in PE and sport exists a dark shadow of alienation and oppression. The challenge raised through this paper centres on the need for PE teachers and coaches to work deliberately and strategically towards the cultivation of inclusive, tolerant and responsible forms of participation, and not leave their development to chance.
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ACHPER Australia healthy lifestyles journalVolume
53Issue
1Pagination
17 - 21Publisher
Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and RecreationLocation
Hindmarsh, S. Aust.ISSN
1445-8918Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2006, ACHPERUsage metrics
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