Beyond the Checkbox: Practical Social Justice Strategies in Kinesiology and Physical Education

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present a case study example of a graduate student-designed, introductory series of discussions integrated within graduate Kinesiology student training, with the broad goal of building an academic environment that acknowledges bias and supports anti-oppressive conversation. Previous research on social justice training in PE and Kinesiology is briefly summarized and examples of social justice behaviors consistent with the Transtheoretical Model are discussed.

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Kathleen McCarty

Kathleen McCarty ([email protected]) was a PhD Candidate in the College of Public Health & Human Sciences at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR during the authorship of this article. She is now an Enablement Practitioner for Salesforce in San Francisco, CA.

Layne Case

Layne Case was a PhD Candidate in the College of Public Health & Human Sciences at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR during the authorship of this article. She is now an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Chico, in Chico, CA.

Winston Kennedy

Winston Kennedy was a PhD Candidate in the College of Public Health & Human Sciences at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR during the authorship of this article. He is now a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Health Sciences at Merrimack College in Boston, MA.