Power and Group Work in Physical Education: A Foucauldian Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Barker, Dean; Quennerstedt, Mikael
Titel	Power and Group Work in Physical Education: A Foucauldian Perspective
Quelle	In: European Physical Education Review, 23 (2017) 3, S.339-353 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-336X
DOI	10.1177/1356336X15620716
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Cooperative Learning; Power Structure; Group Dynamics; Student Centered Learning; Teacher Student Relationship; Dance; Interviews; Social Theories; Interpersonal Relationship; Secondary School Students; Cultural Awareness; Gender Issues; Masculinity; Femininity; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Kooperatives Lernen; Gruppendynamik; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Tanz; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Gesellschaftstheorie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Sekundarschüler; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Geschlechterfrage; Männlichkeit; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	Group work is used in physical education (PE) to encourage student-directed, collaborative learning. Aligned with this aim, group work is expected to shift some power from teacher to students and enable students to make decisions and co-construct meaning on their own. There are, however, very few investigations focusing on power in group work situations in PE, with most research focusing on learning and content. Assumptions about the nature of power and its mechanisms have been largely implicit. The purpose of this paper was consequently to explore power relations in PE group work. To do this, we have drawn primarily on observational data of three groups working together to choreograph a dance performance in a Swedish PE lesson. A small amount of pre- and post-lesson interview material is used as a complementary data source. Michel Foucault's notion of power as action-on-action is used to identify different types of power relations in this group work. Four specific kinds of relations are presented concerning: (1) the students' task; (2) other cultures; (3) gender; and (4) interactions with one another. These relations suggest that power relations are not simply created locally between group members, nor are power relations only a function of the members' proficiency in the task. In these respects, the results encourage a reconsideration of learning in group work and open up new avenues for further research. The paper is concluded with practical considerations that relate to common assumptions about student power, teacher authority and the potential benefit of ambiguous tasks in group work. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01