Governing Physical Education Through Community: Self-Regulation and the Emergence of the ‘Moral Individual’ in England (1970–1998)
A Talk by Dr Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan (Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE), Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University)
About this Talk
The self-regulation that we see embedded into the PE curriculum in England today can be traced to the emergence (during the late 1990s/early 2000s) of a problematisation of welfarist rationalities of governing that occurred in the early 1970s, and a consequent increasing emphasis on governing physical activity (and conduct more broadly) through communities. This need to self-regulate and thereby become a ‘moral individual’ began to infiltrate UK sports policies of the era, which were used as technologies for governing the working classes in particular. Indeed, the body became a ‘solution’ to Government’s desire for greater self-regulation and enhanced moral attributes in its citizens.
About The Speaker
Dr Rachael Jefferson-Buchanan
PhD (graduated in December 2019): physical education & sociology. Thesis title: ‘A genealogy of the governance of the body in physical education in England from 1902 to 2016’. 2009 – 2010, The University of the West of England, Bristol, UK: PG Cert in Applied Social Research (merit). 1996 – 1997, The University of Surrey, Guildford, UK: Master of Arts in Dance Studies. Thesis title: ‘Can dance education provide a focus for multicultural education?’ 1984 – 1988, Chelsea School of Human Movement, Brighton Polytechnic, Eastbourne, UK. BEd (Hons) in Specialist Physical Education & Special Educational Needs Second Class Honours, First Division. Specialist Options: Adapted Physical Education, Dance, Multicultural Education.