Embedding lifestyle sports into a 21st century physical education curriculum:A motivational perspective and challenges of integration

Warburton, Victoria E. and Beaumont, Lee C. (2025) Embedding lifestyle sports into a 21st century physical education curriculum:A motivational perspective and challenges of integration. In: Teaching and Coaching Lifestyle Sports. Routledge, pp. 83-95. ISBN 9781003452454

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Abstract

This chapter supports the call for the inclusion of lifestyle sports into PE curriculums to provide a well-rounded, balanced curriculum that is fit for purpose in the 21st century and beyond. Using a motivational lens, the chapter begins by drawing on key theoretical perspectives in the areas of student attitudes, expectancies, values, and interests to explore how the ‘inherent characteristics’ of lifestyle sports can contribute to positive experiences of young people in PE. This is followed by an exploration of some of the challenges the discipline faces in harnessing this motivational potential and moving from the current status quo of PE curricula to a ‘new era’ in PE where lifestyle sports are ‘part and parcel’ of what is offered. Several factors, such as the history and tradition of PE and the curriculum, teachers’ socialisation into and through PE, external perceptions of risk in lifestyle sports, and the perceptions of the wider lifestyle sport community, are discussed. The chapter concludes with a call for all stakeholders to come together to make a concerted effort to develop and implement the solutions needed for the future of PE and the inclusion of lifestyle sports in the curriculum.

Item Type: Book Section
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education and Lifelong Learning
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Sport, Health And Education
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 03 Feb 2025 14:32
Last Modified: 07 Feb 2025 13:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/98355
DOI: 10.4324/9781003452454-9

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