Lessons from Critical Race Theory: Outdoor Experiential Education and Whiteness in Kinesiology

Autor/inn/en	Gauthier, Viviane Soa; Joseph, Janelle; Fusco, Caroline
Titel	Lessons from Critical Race Theory: Outdoor Experiential Education and Whiteness in Kinesiology
Quelle	In: Journal of Experiential Education, 44 (2021) 4, S.409-425 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Joseph, Janelle)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-8259
DOI	10.1177/10538259211006739
Schlagwörter	Critical Theory; Race; Outdoor Education; Experiential Learning; Whites; Kinesiology; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Social Bias; Racial Bias; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kritische Theorie; Rasse; Abstammung; Freiluftunterricht; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; White; Weißer; Ausland; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Kanada
Abstract	Background: Outdoor experiential education (OEE) is often presented as a neutral and equitable curricular practice with positive learning outcomes. However, few studies have examined the experiences of racialized and queer White settler students or the representation of Whiteness in OEE curricular documents. Purpose: This article explores Whiteness, racialization, and Indigenous erasure in OEE as an undergraduate curricular practice at a Kinesiology program in a Canadian university. Methodology/Approach: Using critical race theory, a critical discourse analysis of six types of documents used to advertise and organize the outdoor experiential courses was combined with five semi-structured interviews with undergraduate students. Findings/Conclusions: This study demonstrates that students must negotiate Whiteness and settler colonialism to participate in OEE. Three main findings include the following: (a) The imagined student is wealthy and White, (b) students both assimilate to and resist codes of Whiteness, and (c) curricular documents and practices promote Eurocentricity and erase Indigeneity. Implications: OEE presents an opportunity for students preparing to become workers and educators in sport and recreation to learn about Whiteness, racialization, and Indigeneity. Kinesiology program design can use student narratives to shift from supposedly neutral curricular documents and pedagogies to ones that expose and work toward dismantling Eurocentricity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01