Critical Postmodernism in Human Movement, Physical Education, and Sport

Juan-Miguel Fernandez-Balboa is Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Northern Colorado.

• Part I: The Human Movement Profession in the Postmodern Era: Critical Analyses 1. Introduction: The Human Movement Profession—From Modernism to PostmodernismJuan-Miguel Fernández-Balboa 2. Sociocultural Aspects of Human Movement: The Heritage of Modernism, the Need for a PostmodernismGeorge H. Sage 3. Gender Discrimination in Norwegian Academia: A Hidden Male Game or an Inspiration for Postmodern Feminist PraxisGerd von der Lippe 4. Schooling Bodies in New Times: The Reform of School Physical Education in High ModernityDavid Kirk 5. Health, Freedom, and Human Movement in the Postmodern EraLarry Fahlberg and Lauri Fahlberg 6. A Critical-Postmodern Perspective on Knowledge Development in Human MovementRobert Brustad 7. Performance and Participation Discourses in Human Movement: Toward a Socially Critical Physical EducationRichard Tinning 8. Physical Education Teacher Preparation in the Postmodern Era: Toward a Critical PedagogyJuan-Miguel Fernández-Balboa 9. Critical Moral Issues in Teaching Physical EducationSusan M. Schwager 10. Toward a Department of Physical Cultural Studies and an End to Tribal WarfareAlan G. Ingham (and Friends) Part II: Critiques of the Critical Postmodern Analyses of the Human Movement Profession 11. Transformation in the Postmodern Era: A New Game PlanLinda L. Bain 12. A Practical Inquiry into the Critical-Postmodernist Perspective in Physical EducationDon Hellison 13. Defining the Dreaded Curriculum: Tensions Between the Modern and the PostmodernCatherine D. Ennis Questions for Reflection Notes References Archival Materials About the Authors Index

"A collection of sound, well-written, and complementary texts which provides a long-overdue and much-needed critical foundation for discourse on professional reform in Human Movement."—Ralph C. Wilcox, University of Memphis."This book has the potential to become a benchmark publication in the field of physical education. Every ten to fifteen years a notable text stimulates a paradigm shift in physical education, and I expect that this book may well foster such a paradigm shift." —Loy, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand."With this book, the field of human movement is moved into the next century. I especially like the brevity and conciseness of each chapter; the wide representation of some of the best thinkers' work in this field; and the transnational perspective." — Synthia Sydnor Slowikowski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.