The meaningful sport thematic series has now been going for about 1.5 years as a part of Physical Activity Researcher podcast. During this time, the podcast has grown steadily and we have been delighted to have a third host, Liis Kukkonen, leading her “practitioner viewpoint” series. Meaningful Sport episodes have been released on Fridays andContinue reading “Meaningful Sport Podcast: What is New for 2022?”
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What Can we Learn from Meaningful Work when Studying Meaningful Sport?
In the forthcoming ISSP conference, we’re doing a talk with Michael McDougall on ‘Lessons Learned from Meaningful Work: Implications for Sport Psychology and Understanding Meaningfulness in Sport’ . After recording the presentation a few days ago, I wanted to reflect on a few things arising from this work. Meaning and meaningfulness in sport (broadly understood)Continue reading “What Can we Learn from Meaningful Work when Studying Meaningful Sport?”
Prof. Øyvind Standal: Phenomenology, ‘Deep and ‘Shallow’, and Meaning in Physical Education
Professor Øyvind Standal has written extensively about phenomenology, skills, habits, embodiment and meaning in physical education. He shared his insights in the Meaningful Sport podcast. Part 1 here: Meaning has been a core concept for physical educators for a very long time, and often explored through a phenomenological perspective. In the first part of our conversation,Continue reading “Prof. Øyvind Standal: Phenomenology, ‘Deep and ‘Shallow’, and Meaning in Physical Education”
Greg Dryer (Pt2) | Physical Education | Critical Pedagogy | miMove App
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/dryer2/ The second part of our discussion with Greg Dryer explores to the role of using apps and other ways of measuring our physical activity and how they might shape how we think and feel about movement, or even how we find meaning in it. We explore Greg’s project of developing and launching the miMoveContinue reading “Greg Dryer (Pt2) | Physical Education | Critical Pedagogy | miMove App”
Greg Dryer (Pt1) | Physical Education | Critical Pedagogy | Fun | Positive Youth Development
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/dryer/ Is fun a necessary part of good physical education? Or are there other, more profound experiences that might be more important for young people? Our discussion with Greg Dryer explores meaning and value of physical education in young people’s lives, what we know about meaningful experiences, and what might be ways that we canContinue reading “Greg Dryer (Pt1) | Physical Education | Critical Pedagogy | Fun | Positive Youth Development”
Drs Déirdre Ní Chróinín and Tim Fletcher (Pt2) | Meaningful PE | PE Teacher Education | Youth Sport | LAMPE project
https://paresearcher.podbean.com/e/meaningfulpe2/ All physical education teachers most likely aim to facilitate meaningful movement experiences. But when asked how they do that, it is not so easy. After all, meaning and meaningfulness are elusive concepts and we cannot assume that what is meaningful for one participant is meaningful in a similar way for another participant. So, givenContinue reading “Drs Déirdre Ní Chróinín and Tim Fletcher (Pt2) | Meaningful PE | PE Teacher Education | Youth Sport | LAMPE project”
Positive and Negative Experiences
I have been honoured to have such wonderful guests in the Meaningful Sport podcast who have asked critical but constructive questions around what kind of movement experiences might be important from the perspective of meaningfulness. Especially the episodes on physical education with ?Déirdre Ní Chróinín and Tim Fletcher and Greg Dryer have centralised these issues.Continue reading “Positive and Negative Experiences”