Curriculum politics of physical education focusing on the teaching and learning of "competition-cooperation" and "fitness"

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25350722
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Kyoto University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Itani Keiko 京都教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (80291433)
• Research Collaborator: OMI Nozomu 京都教育大学, 非常勤講師 ; IKEGAWA Keiji 大阪市立焼野小学校, 教諭
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 体育カリキュラム / 体力向上 / 序列化 / ローカルポリティクス / 競争原理 / ジェンダー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Focusing on the politics of the Japanese physical education curriculum, this case study examined the ways in which “competition-cooperation” and “fitness” are interpreted, constituted as curriculum, and taught and learned. It also analyzed the ways in which learners receive and internalize such curriculum.
The result of this study demonstrates that there is a tendency to emphasize competition in sports and put physical strength into a hierarchy, within the local educational administration and school physical education. These curriculum politics could result in the marginalization of the students who feel uncomfortable in the space in which strength and competition are valued, including the underrepresentation of women in sports.

Free Research Field

体育科教育学