Being a self-study researcher in Physical Education: Exploring the interplay of practice and scholarship

Self-study has captured the interests of many researchers whose studies seek to develop a critically reflective approach to understanding teaching practice grounded in the everyday practicalities of their own unique... [ view full abstract ]

Self-study has captured the interests of many researchers whose studies seek to develop a critically reflective approach to understanding teaching practice grounded in the everyday practicalities of their own unique situations. In this symposium we explore the interplay of scholarship and practice in teaching and teacher education, and consider the value of self-study in highlighting the emerging conflicts, dilemmas, and incongruities arising within the pedagogies for contemporary practice. Each presentation demonstrates the diversity in how physical education scholars view and use self-study to carry out and inform their scholarship and practice, particularly in respect to moving between changes, impacts, and implications for self, practice, students, and programs when enacting such inquiry. This also includes the dual roles of communicating newly gained understanding with others in the teaching and teacher education communities, and enacting these new and improved understandings of self, practice, and learning in the classes they teach.