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Touchless classes and absent bodies: teaching physical education in times of Covid-19

Sport, education and society, 2021-10, Vol.26 (8), p.831-845 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Touchless classes and absent bodies: teaching physical education in times of Covid-19
  • Author: Varea, Valeria ; González-Calvo, Gustavo
  • Subjects: assemblage ; bodies ; Coronaviruses ; COVID-19 ; Disease Control ; Educational programs ; Emotional Response ; Foreign Countries ; Human Body ; lockdown ; Online Courses ; Pandemics ; Physical contact ; Physical Education ; Physical Education Teachers ; Practicums ; Preservice Teachers ; risk ; School Closing ; Student Attitudes ; Student teacher relationship ; Students ; Teacher education ; Teachers ; Teaching ; touch
  • Is Part Of: Sport, education and society, 2021-10, Vol.26 (8), p.831-845
  • Description: Bodies have been claimed to be an 'absent presence' and touch 'risky business' in physical education (PE). We have now witnessed how these claims are intensified in pandemic times of Covid-19, particularly in countries that have adopted extreme lockdown measures. This paper explores how PE practices have become 'touchless' and bodies absent using the theoretical concepts of risk and assemblage. The paper focusses on a group of pre-service PE teachers who were keen on undertaking their PE practicum experience and who were forced to switch to online mode. Data were collected through participant-produced drawings and comments on the drawings. Results suggest that the pre-service teachers are experiencing a mix of emotions during this time, miss the physical contact with students and believe the subject of PE is losing its identity as a consequence of the current situation. The conclusions of this study reveal a shift in the way that bodies are being constituted as assemblages now, and the possibility that pre-service teachers are missing out on an important aspect of their practicum experiences because of the lack of direct contact with students. We also wonder if pre-service teacher education programmes should put more emphasis on better preparing the students to teach online, and what will be the long-term consequences in the teaching of PE because of the current Covid-19 pandemic situation.
  • Publisher: Abingdon: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1357-3322
    ISSN: 1470-1243
    EISSN: 1470-1243
    DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2020.1791814
  • Source: SWEPUB Freely available online
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