Using Media Coverage to Teach Advocacy in PETE

Abstract

This article discusses advocacy in physical education, specifically a response by the University of New Mexico pre service teachers to an article published by The Atlantic (2019).

Notes

Readers are encouraged to send “Advocacy in Action” submissions to column editor K. Andrew R. Richards at [email protected].

The purpose of the Strategies Advocacy in Action column is to provide tangible, real-world examples of grassroots and national-level advocacy activities taking place in the fields of physical education, health education and physical activity. Submissions should be written in a conversational, practical tone. Columns should be 1,000 –1,300 words (or roughly four typed, double-spaced pages).

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Karen Lux Gaudreault

Karen Lux Gaudreault ([email protected]) is an assistant professor in the Department of Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM.