Blar i Brage NIH på forfatter "Dowling, Fiona"
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An analysis of the ideological work of the discourses of ‘fair play’ and moral education in perpetuating inequitable gender practices in PETE
Dowling, Fiona; Kårhus, Svein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-05-09)Background: Physical education (PE) is a subject which has a long history of legitimising itself on the grounds of its contribution to pupils' social and moral welfare. It therefore seems probable that PE teacher education ... -
‘Are PE teacher identities fit for postmodern schools or are they clinging to modernist notions of professionalism?’: a case study of Norwegian PE teacher students’ emerging professional identities
Dowling, Fiona (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-02-16)The concept of the ‘professional teacher’ is highly contestable, and the array of definitions that circulate in teacher education draw on competing theoretical and ideological positions. This paper explores what discourses ... -
A critical discourse analysis of a local enactment of sport for integration policy: Helping young refugees or self-help for voluntary sports clubs?
Dowling, Fiona (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)An increasing number of scholars argue that politicians’ ill-defined policies of sport for integration are difficult to realize and, paradoxically, can lead to a sense of alterity and exclusion. This paper provides a ... -
Getting in touch with our feelings: the emotional geographies of gender relations in PETE
Dowling, Fiona (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-08-01)This paper attempts to illustrate how embodied ways of knowing may enhance our theoretical understanding within the field of physical education teacher education (PETE). It seeks to illustrate how teacher educators' ... -
‘I just treat them all the same, really’: teachers, whiteness and (anti) racism in physical education
Flintoff, Anne; Dowling, Fiona (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This paper explores physical educators’ perspectives on race and racism as a first step towards disrupting whiteness and supporting the development of antiracist practice. With close links to sport, a practice centrally ... -
Is sport's ‘gateway for inclusion’ on the latch for ethnic minorities?: A discourse analysis of sport policy for inclusion and integration
Dowling, Fiona (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Scholars have increasingly called for the need to problematise and critically examine sport policy for integration/inclusion. This article aims to contribute to this ongoing debate by presenting a Foucauldian-inspired ... -
Narrative inquiry in physical education research: the story so far and its future promise
Dowling, Fiona; Garrett, Robyne; Hunter, Lisa; Wrench, Alison (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)At a recent international education conference, current life history and narrative research within Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) was criticised for its seeming inability to ‘produce anything new’ and for ... -
Narratives from the road to social justice in PETE: teacher educator perspectives
Dowling, Fiona; Fitzgerald, Hayley; Flintoff, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-01-13)eveloping teacher education programmes founded upon principles of critical pedagogy and social justice has become increasingly difficult in the current neoliberal climate of higher education. In this article, we adopt a ... -
Negotiating the discursive spaces of inclusive education: narratives of experience from contemporary Physical Education
Svendby, Ellen Berg; Dowling, Fiona (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-12-10)Responding to calls about the urgent need to better understand young disabled people's experiences in the subject of Physical Education (PE), this paper adopts a narrative approach to explore how they experience and value ... -
«’Rase’ og etnisitet? Det kan ikke jeg si noe særlig om – her er det ’Blenda-hvitt’!»: Lærerutdanneres diskurser om hvithet, «rase» og (anti)rasisme
Dowling, Fiona (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-05)Som ledd i arbeidet for «å forstyrre» («interrupt» jf. MacLure 2003) tatt-for-gitte ideer om «rase» og å utvikle en antirasistisk pedagogikk, fokuserer artikkelen på lærerutdanneres diskurser om «rase» og (anti)rasisme i ... -
Working through whiteness, race and (anti) racism in physical education teacher education
Flintoff, Anne; Dowling, Fiona; Fitzgerald, Hayley (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-09-24)The persistent gaps between a largely white profession and ethnically diverse school populations have brought renewed calls to support teachers' critical engagement with race. Programmes examining the effects of racism ...