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Publication Date: 2012
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"Society Has Taught Us to Judge": Cultures of the Body in Teacher Education
Garrett, Robyne; Wrench, Alison
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, v40 n2 p111-126 2012
The body is a powerful symbolic form and all bodily activities are expressions of culture. The look, size, shape and physicality of bodies are perceived by all and compared to particular cultural standards. In this way the body is inscribed with culture and can serve as a site for social control. Various discourses of the body, including those around appearance, health and fitness, circulate within societal institutions and through relations of power these impact on the way in which we come to understand bodies. In times marked by individualised responsibility for all aspects of life, the body and technologies of self around bodywork are also significant in relation to self-formation and self-government. This research investigates the impact of various cultures of the body, on pre-service physical education teachers' understandings and meaning making about bodies, fitness, health and personal engagement in bodywork. Implications for future practices in teaching, relationships with school students and messages for teacher educators are also considered.
Descriptors: Social Control, Teacher Educators, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education, Human Body, Interpersonal Attraction, Physical Characteristics, Power Structure, Self Concept, Self Management, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Futures (of Society), Student Attitudes, Phenomenology, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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