Journal Article

Culturally relevant physical education in urban schools: reflecting cultural knowledge

McCaughtry, Nate, Flory, Sara B

2011

Overview

Using a three-part theoretical framework, the cultural relevance cycle - which consists of knowing community dynamics, knowing how community dynamics influence educational processes, and implementing strategies that reflect cultural knowledge of the community - the authors examined teachers' and students' perspectives on culturally relevant physical education in urban settings. The authors observed and interviewed 53 physical education teachers and 183 students in urban districts over 4 years. The authors identified themes of care, respect, language and communication, and curricular content that explained how these teachers enacted the cultural relevance cycle. Within these themes, teachers and students specified global and discipline-specific components of care, the flattening of social hierarchies among students and between students and teachers, accommodation of English as a second language and urban communication, and relevant curricular content as necessary for achieving cultural relevance. Enacting the cycle of cultural relevance resulted in respectful learning environments in which students were highly engaged; however, very few teachers enacted all three steps of the cycle. Verf.-Referat (geändert).

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group,American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance,Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subject: Adolescent / Adult / Behavior / Bilingual Students / Communication / Community / Cultural Awareness / Cultural relevance / Cultural values / Culturally Relevant Education / Culture / Curriculum / Didaktik / Educational Strategies / English (Second Language) / Faculty / Female / Focus Groups / Humans / Influence / Interpersonal Relations / Interviews as Topic / Kommunikation / Kompetenz / Kultur / Language / Language Arts / Learner Engagement / Learning Processes / Lehrerverhalten / Lernbedingungen / Lerninhalt / Linguistics / Male / Middle Aged / Middle school physical education / Middle School Students / Middle School Teachers / Midwestern United States / Minorität / Multiculturalism & pluralism / Multikulturelle Gesellschaft / Physical Education / Physical Education and Training / Physical Education Teachers / Respect / Schools / Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung / Second Language Learning / Slang / Social Class / Social Structure / Sozialer Status / Sportpädagogik / Sportunterricht / Sprache / Strategie / Student Attitudes / Students / Teacher Attitudes / Teachers / Unterrichtsgestaltung / Unterrichtsmodell / Urban Population / Urban Schools / USA