CRITICAL INQUIRY AND PROBLEM-SOLVING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

摘要: Whether they agree that we are now in a period of postmodernity, late modernity or high (Kirk 1997), social commentators do live times characterised by profound and cultural changes which recognisable globally but reach into the everyday lives individual. The nature these is large part attributed to enormous advances technology have allowed for rapid processing transmission information within across countries cultures. On one hand, greater accessibility from larger range sources has exposed different points view thus provided more spaces challenging taken-for-granted truths. At same time, however, ubiquitous presence television other forms electronic media context populations can be persuaded particular view, include ways understanding health values meanings associated with physical activity sport. For individuals explosion, between generations groups, exposure wide values, produces world knowledge less certain identities no longer experienced as fixed constant (Fernandez-Balboa 1997). These uncertainties extend work, health, livelihoods, relationships so. Living such effects on how young people think about schooling. In Britain, Furlong Cartmel (1997) linked concept risk society (Beck 1992), traditional institutional economic become fragmented bear responsibility cost shaping their lives. Rather than follow predetermined linear trajectory, called balance multiple involvements study, employment, leisure; active constructing own Wyn Dwyer (1999) others (Du Bois-Reymond 1998) call this 'choice biography', emphasising extent