Rethinking the 'Aspirations' of Chinese Girls within and beyond Health and Physical Education and Physical Activity in Greater Western Sydney

Autor/inn/en	Pang, Bonnie; Hill, Joanne
Titel	Rethinking the 'Aspirations' of Chinese Girls within and beyond Health and Physical Education and Physical Activity in Greater Western Sydney
Quelle	In: Sport, Education and Society, 23 (2018) 5, S.421-434 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-3322
DOI	10.1080/13573322.2016.1217517
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Asians; Females; Aspiration; Physical Education; Health Education; Physical Activities; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Environmental Influences; Social Influences; Teaching Methods; Parent Influence; Educational Environment; Cultural Influences; Feminism; Femininity; Social Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Children; Adolescents; Asian Culture; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Weibliches Geschlecht; Streben; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Feminismus; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sekundarschüler; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Australien
Abstract	This paper aims to explore young Chinese girls' aspirations and ideal environments for engagement in Health and Physical Education (HPE) and physical activity (PA) in Greater Western Sydney. Interviews are used to elicit these girls' perceptions of their future and ideal environments in relation to HPEPA. Their data offer insights into key influences regarding what is thinkable, desirable and achievable in their HPEPA environments. Results showed dimensions of environments, such as social and pedagogical aspects, that are conducive to these girls' aspirations in HPEPA (e.g. social support from parents, and functional built environment for HPE). This paper aligns with a strengths-based approach to understanding and recognising young Chinese girls' perceived aspirations within their socio-cultural environment. In doing so, we discuss how feminism and femininity are positioned from a Chinese perspective that may provide alternative views to a post-feminist panorama in promoting advancement of "all" young girls in HPEPA. Results invite us to take into account some of the girls' ambivalence towards being an 'autonomous' and 'dependent' modern Chinese young girl. This paper calls for a rethinking of how aspirations that shape young people's future in HPEPA in much of the contemporary Western world are conceptualised in academic research. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01