Keep your eye on the ball : investigating artifacts-in-use in physical education

• The purpose of this article is to develop a method of approach that can be used to explore the meaning and use of artifacts in education by applying a sociocultural perspective to learning and artifacts. An empirical material of video recorded physical education lessons in Sweden is used to illustrate the approach in terms of how artifacts in different ways can play a part in meaning making processes in physical education. The illustration from the video recordings shows that a ball can be constituted as a “great toy” and that in the practice of physical education being physically active and an active participant in a certain game is regarded as reasonable. However, it also illustrates that the ball can be constituted as a “lethal projectile” and a pupil positioned as lazy and unwilling. In the article we argue that empirical studies of “artifacts-in-use” using visual methodologies are both important and valuable, challenging physical education teachers’ reflections about the role of artifacts in their teaching.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Idrottsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Sport and Fitness Sciences (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Artifact

meaning making

sociocultural

tool

video

education

practice

learning

physical education

gym

Sports Science

Idrottsvetenskap

Publikations- och innehållstyp

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