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How do we connect sense-makers around:
1. A common respect for the voices of young people;
2. The diverse experiences of those who have spent their lives helping others find meaning in movement?
As @ImSporticus notes, this CSJ paper is not the
Does school-based sport have a place? Of course! For some, school sport will be a way of becoming entangled in the lives of others in ways which will lead to a pastime becoming a valued, stabilising influence throughout life. That's awesome!
But as @ImSporticus notes, it's not "sport" that has the impact. That's down to "good people intentionally designing positive experiences through sport" - which is not the same thing!
Ideal: those involved co-creating the positive experiences! #ownership
https://t.co/WOMLG5Y83a
Talk of glue, shared interests & civic pride doesn't get us far. Public debate needs to start with a richer & more nuanced appreciation of aspiration & of wayfinding... & if we want "fewer stories like this" & "more stories like that" we need local sense-making & mapping 🗺️
Yes, established pathways to finding meaning in movement are a lot more accessible / inviting for some than for others... & that's a tough area... but we're already way, WAY beyond prescribing "a more robust framework of expectations for school sport"
1. A common respect for the voices of young people;
2. The diverse experiences of those who have spent their lives helping others find meaning in movement?
As @ImSporticus notes, this CSJ paper is not the
Does school-based sport have a place? Of course! For some, school sport will be a way of becoming entangled in the lives of others in ways which will lead to a pastime becoming a valued, stabilising influence throughout life. That's awesome!
Sport is proposed as a panacea for individual, community and societal ills. It can save lives, strengthen communities, serve society, prevent crime, improve educational attainment and prepare for the world of work. That message makes me uncomfortable as someone who loves sport.
— Sporticus (@ImSporticus) December 28, 2020
But as @ImSporticus notes, it's not "sport" that has the impact. That's down to "good people intentionally designing positive experiences through sport" - which is not the same thing!
Ideal: those involved co-creating the positive experiences! #ownership
https://t.co/WOMLG5Y83a
Firstly because it sees the child as something that is broken, dysfunctional and in deficit and sport will fix them. Secondly because it isn't sport that will have the impact suggested, but good people intentionally designing positive experiences through sport that enrich lives.
— Sporticus (@ImSporticus) December 28, 2020
Talk of glue, shared interests & civic pride doesn't get us far. Public debate needs to start with a richer & more nuanced appreciation of aspiration & of wayfinding... & if we want "fewer stories like this" & "more stories like that" we need local sense-making & mapping 🗺️
Yes, established pathways to finding meaning in movement are a lot more accessible / inviting for some than for others... & that's a tough area... but we're already way, WAY beyond prescribing "a more robust framework of expectations for school sport"
Do our expectations of sport in schools reflect "folk wisdom" where we think "students will eventually engage with something they like, hopefully sufficiently to pursue it now or in their future"?
If so, shouldn't we working to get sport OUT of schools?
https://t.co/iHu30PC7tu
Backing up: some on the outside of schools & education might still anticipate finding engagement with a "Multi Activity Curriculum" that gives pupils a "bit-of-this" & a "bit-of-that"... perhaps because that's what so many of us genuinely experienced ourselves so very long ago!
Of course, if that had worked well back-in-the-day... we'd be a nation of sporting nuts, having each found our own way of making some sporting-pastime or another a major stabilising influence on our life - & the world would never have needed "Towards An Active Nation" & the rest.
Anyone not familiar with the context might want to glance at this piece by @pilly66 - which gets us a little way into why we might avoid getting school PE & sport delivered by sports coaches & in connection with a culturally dominant mainstream sport.
https://t.co/M1xoiIaiHh
gets to one issue in this recent piece:
** PE, in a Democratic society, should not primarily be for Sport, Fitness, Movement Skill, or even a future “Physically Active” life **
Key thing: kids doing "sport" in school is NOT inherently good!
https://t.co/MJQKebQjua
If so, shouldn't we working to get sport OUT of schools?
https://t.co/iHu30PC7tu
Backing up: some on the outside of schools & education might still anticipate finding engagement with a "Multi Activity Curriculum" that gives pupils a "bit-of-this" & a "bit-of-that"... perhaps because that's what so many of us genuinely experienced ourselves so very long ago!
Of course, if that had worked well back-in-the-day... we'd be a nation of sporting nuts, having each found our own way of making some sporting-pastime or another a major stabilising influence on our life - & the world would never have needed "Towards An Active Nation" & the rest.
Anyone not familiar with the context might want to glance at this piece by @pilly66 - which gets us a little way into why we might avoid getting school PE & sport delivered by sports coaches & in connection with a culturally dominant mainstream sport.
https://t.co/M1xoiIaiHh
gets to one issue in this recent piece:
** PE, in a Democratic society, should not primarily be for Sport, Fitness, Movement Skill, or even a future “Physically Active” life **
Key thing: kids doing "sport" in school is NOT inherently good!
https://t.co/MJQKebQjua