A well established curriculum model which some claim has a socio-cultural component is
the Sport Education model (Siedentop, Mand and Taggart, 1986). Others suggest that this
model, with development, could be an appropriate vehicle for socio-critical learning
outcomes that have lifelong meaning and value (Penney, Clarke and Kinchin, 2002,
Taggart, 2004).
An interest in developing an understanding of the relationship between the philosophical
underpinnings of a Physical Education curriculum and teaching methods used to facilitate
socio-critical learning outcomes is the motivation behind this research project. Through
interviewing two secondary school students, their perceptions of the influence of Sport
Education on their sport thinking and actions were explored to ascertain if, soci-cultural
and socio-critical learning may indeed be realistic outcomes of the Sport Education
model.
The research provided evidence that students gave a lot of thought to specific incidents
within the Sport Education unit and acted on these thoughts within the unit. Elements of
critical thinking and critical action are evident in the research. Students also reported
thinking about their sport involvement both from a participation point of view and also
about the nature of their involvement, for example helping others, in out of school
contexts. Both expressed intentions of actions they may take in sport out of school due to
the influence of Sport Education. The two students' perceptions of the influence of the
Sport Education model on their sport thinking and sport action has shown that
educational outcomes of a socio-cultural nature can be achieved through the model.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:canterbury.ac.nz/oai:ir.canterbury.ac.nz:10092/2932 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Pratley, Sharyn |
| Publisher | University of Canterbury. School of Sciences and Physical Education |
| Source Sets | University of Canterbury |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic thesis or dissertation, Text |
| Rights | Copyright Sharyn Pratley, http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/thesis/etheses_copyright.shtml |
| Relation | NZCU |
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